Hello all,
Just looking for any suggestions - I've had my cat for about a month now. She is just over 1 year, spayed.
She has been great for the most part - there's just one thing - biting/attacking my legs (just playful, but still enough to hurt), just in two random spots.
1. While I am sleeping in bed. I assume here that she is attempting to play, since she will jump up from the foot of my bed and attack. Still hard to respond right away. I have been either covering up my feet under a blanket (too hot of an apartment to get under covers usually) - or I will throw the blankets on top of her.
2. When I am laying back in my recliner, she will hop up and curl up in between my feet. About half the time, she will eventually end up biting/attacking one or both of my legs until I move them or attempt to get off the recliner. I am honestly not sure why she is doing this here - is it playing? Or does she take it as an invasion of her space? I'm also not sure how to best react because it is hard to move laid back in my recliner unless I lower the legs and dump her on the floor.
I am particularly looking for input on the chair, though happy for suggestions on either! Should I just ignore her and see if she will get bored and stop attacking? Keep a toy nearby to distract her? I do try to get her exercise as much as possible, though I work a lot and don't always get a lot in before falling asleep.
Anyhow, thanks in advance!
Just looking for any suggestions - I've had my cat for about a month now. She is just over 1 year, spayed.
She has been great for the most part - there's just one thing - biting/attacking my legs (just playful, but still enough to hurt), just in two random spots.
1. While I am sleeping in bed. I assume here that she is attempting to play, since she will jump up from the foot of my bed and attack. Still hard to respond right away. I have been either covering up my feet under a blanket (too hot of an apartment to get under covers usually) - or I will throw the blankets on top of her.
2. When I am laying back in my recliner, she will hop up and curl up in between my feet. About half the time, she will eventually end up biting/attacking one or both of my legs until I move them or attempt to get off the recliner. I am honestly not sure why she is doing this here - is it playing? Or does she take it as an invasion of her space? I'm also not sure how to best react because it is hard to move laid back in my recliner unless I lower the legs and dump her on the floor.
I am particularly looking for input on the chair, though happy for suggestions on either! Should I just ignore her and see if she will get bored and stop attacking? Keep a toy nearby to distract her? I do try to get her exercise as much as possible, though I work a lot and don't always get a lot in before falling asleep.
Anyhow, thanks in advance!