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Hi guys, this is quite “gross” so I will try to keep it as simple and delicate as possible and would appreciate any professional/experienced feedback.
I have a 1 year old British shorthair and he is a complete asshole (I say that endearingly).I work from home and let him do his thing most of the day and he typically comes to bite my feet and scratch me when I’m not looking, or try and destroy my wallpaper despite having 5 scratch posts, none of which he uses.
Well today I say him scratching my wall paper per usual and so I went to pick him up to put him by the scratch post instead. In doing so he scratched me and so I blew a little air on his face (I know he does not like this so it is what I normally do to make him stop things like biting and scratching because I don’t want to physically harm/touch him).
Well for some reason this time he started hissing at me (he has not hissed at me since I brought him home from the pet shop) so I blew on his face again (in retrospect I understand this was an awful idea and I should have let him down when he hissed). After the second one he hissed again and I felt something warm on my leg which is when I noticed he had peed on me and the floor (this has never happened before). In respite/shock I dropped him and he ran to a corner. I noticed he seemed scared so I tried to slowly approach him but he then hissed, rolled on his back and peed on my wall, and then pooped all over my rug.
at this point he and I are both covered in excrement so I had to put him in the bathroom while cleaning up the mess. Afterwards I gave him a bath (which he also hates, but I can’t have him covered in urine and feces) and then I gave him his favorite treat.
He is now currently walking around the house licking himself and doing his normal business as if nothing happened.
I want to emphasize that there was no physical harm or ill intention towards my cat because I absolutely adore him! I just want to know what type of things could have escalated to this behavior and how can I be sure to avoid this in the future? (For starters I will stop blowing wind on his face..)
I have a 1 year old British shorthair and he is a complete asshole (I say that endearingly).I work from home and let him do his thing most of the day and he typically comes to bite my feet and scratch me when I’m not looking, or try and destroy my wallpaper despite having 5 scratch posts, none of which he uses.
Well today I say him scratching my wall paper per usual and so I went to pick him up to put him by the scratch post instead. In doing so he scratched me and so I blew a little air on his face (I know he does not like this so it is what I normally do to make him stop things like biting and scratching because I don’t want to physically harm/touch him).
Well for some reason this time he started hissing at me (he has not hissed at me since I brought him home from the pet shop) so I blew on his face again (in retrospect I understand this was an awful idea and I should have let him down when he hissed). After the second one he hissed again and I felt something warm on my leg which is when I noticed he had peed on me and the floor (this has never happened before). In respite/shock I dropped him and he ran to a corner. I noticed he seemed scared so I tried to slowly approach him but he then hissed, rolled on his back and peed on my wall, and then pooped all over my rug.
at this point he and I are both covered in excrement so I had to put him in the bathroom while cleaning up the mess. Afterwards I gave him a bath (which he also hates, but I can’t have him covered in urine and feces) and then I gave him his favorite treat.
He is now currently walking around the house licking himself and doing his normal business as if nothing happened.
I want to emphasize that there was no physical harm or ill intention towards my cat because I absolutely adore him! I just want to know what type of things could have escalated to this behavior and how can I be sure to avoid this in the future? (For starters I will stop blowing wind on his face..)