Good afternoon fellow cat lovers/owners. I have a very sweet tabby (neutered) male cat of about 3 years old. His name is Leia. He's very sweet and you can do anything with him (pick him up, pet him everywhere, touch his paws, he's good with anything). But this very sweet cat has bitten me twice in 2.5 years now.
The first time happened when he was 9 months old. His leg got stuck in one of those weird, wiry mobs, and he was completely freaking out. I was dumb and just reached for him to free him. In the process of freeing him he bit me in my hand. I didn't think much of it back then. I mean, he was freaked out and scared, of course he'd bite. This was on me, not him.
But yesterday, he bit me again. This time his buddy, Luke, had his leg stuck in a window. Luke was freaking out and making very angry noises. This put Leia in an immediate battle mode. I didn't think much of Leia, as I rushed to Luke. One second later, I just lifted him up and freed him. All was well, except that I all of a sudden felt 4 teeth sink into my bottom. Leia had attacked me from behind, actually jumped up to bite me in the arse! Luke was already free at that point, which I set down onto the table. Leia flung himself at him as well, but Luke whacked him back. At that point, Leia was in full on battle mode, hair straight up, noises like the devil and ears pinned way back. But a few pspsfpspss later and he calmed straight back down, and all was well again.
So, is this just a fight response from Leia, who just didn't understand the situation? He heard angry noises, got the fight response and because he couldn't get to the 'threat' immediately, turned to me (as I moved) and afterwards Luke? Is this something I should worry about?
The first time happened when he was 9 months old. His leg got stuck in one of those weird, wiry mobs, and he was completely freaking out. I was dumb and just reached for him to free him. In the process of freeing him he bit me in my hand. I didn't think much of it back then. I mean, he was freaked out and scared, of course he'd bite. This was on me, not him.
But yesterday, he bit me again. This time his buddy, Luke, had his leg stuck in a window. Luke was freaking out and making very angry noises. This put Leia in an immediate battle mode. I didn't think much of Leia, as I rushed to Luke. One second later, I just lifted him up and freed him. All was well, except that I all of a sudden felt 4 teeth sink into my bottom. Leia had attacked me from behind, actually jumped up to bite me in the arse! Luke was already free at that point, which I set down onto the table. Leia flung himself at him as well, but Luke whacked him back. At that point, Leia was in full on battle mode, hair straight up, noises like the devil and ears pinned way back. But a few pspsfpspss later and he calmed straight back down, and all was well again.
So, is this just a fight response from Leia, who just didn't understand the situation? He heard angry noises, got the fight response and because he couldn't get to the 'threat' immediately, turned to me (as I moved) and afterwards Luke? Is this something I should worry about?
