hi,
I have a cat called marley. I’ve had him since he was 6 weeks old and he was like my shadow. If he wasn’t on my lap licking me and purring he’d be right behind me every second.
He had his operation about 3 months ago and ever since then he’s been randomly attacking me. He’ll come into a room just to jump up growl hiss and attack me. I’m covered head to toe in bites and scratches. I’ve tried distracting with a toy, shouting and a spray bottle but it doesn’t work. I’ve found keeping my hands in his sight usually stops him going for my face so this works if I don’t have a toy on me. If I attempt to move away he’ll jump and cling onto any part of me he can. The other day it was side and he slid down me with his claws still in. ;(
We do have another cat. They don’t get along so they are separate at the moment - 1 year down the line I’m still trying introductions. I haven’t attempted for a few weeks now due to the change in his behaviour, my other cat is very petite and at the moment his neck is shaved due to a blood test so I dont want Marley’s teeth sinking straight into his neck.
I’ve had Marley checked, he is 100% healthy.
I have two children and they’ve never been victim to him, it’s only ever me.
Does anybody have any advice? I’m really upset about it.
I’ve added a link to a video, usually I wouldn’t try to stroke him I just wanted an example to show his behaviour towards me.
I have a cat called marley. I’ve had him since he was 6 weeks old and he was like my shadow. If he wasn’t on my lap licking me and purring he’d be right behind me every second.
He had his operation about 3 months ago and ever since then he’s been randomly attacking me. He’ll come into a room just to jump up growl hiss and attack me. I’m covered head to toe in bites and scratches. I’ve tried distracting with a toy, shouting and a spray bottle but it doesn’t work. I’ve found keeping my hands in his sight usually stops him going for my face so this works if I don’t have a toy on me. If I attempt to move away he’ll jump and cling onto any part of me he can. The other day it was side and he slid down me with his claws still in. ;(
We do have another cat. They don’t get along so they are separate at the moment - 1 year down the line I’m still trying introductions. I haven’t attempted for a few weeks now due to the change in his behaviour, my other cat is very petite and at the moment his neck is shaved due to a blood test so I dont want Marley’s teeth sinking straight into his neck.
I’ve had Marley checked, he is 100% healthy.
I have two children and they’ve never been victim to him, it’s only ever me.
Does anybody have any advice? I’m really upset about it.
I’ve added a link to a video, usually I wouldn’t try to stroke him I just wanted an example to show his behaviour towards me.