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I adopted a senior cat 6 - 8 months ago. Since I've had her, she's bitten me multiple times, unprovoked. A couple of times it was misdirected aggression - we were watching a dog, she hated it, bit me a few times. But dog is long gone and still...this morning was typical. She wakes me up at 4:15 by walking on me. She settles on my hip, where she sometimes likes to sleep. I reach out to pet her and BAM! A very hard bite. But 90% of the time, she WANTS me to pet her. Sometimes she sits on the bedside table and watches me read. She isn't asking for attention. I'll notice her ears going down and BAM! She attacks.
I hate to lock her out of the bedroom. We have two younger cats that we keep in a separate bedroom at night only - the rest of the time they have the run of the house. Nighttime is my senior cat's time to have the run of the house without being bothered. They leave her alone, but she's still annoyed that they're here. I don't think the bite today was misdirected aggression though, because we've had them for two months and no issues. The bites are every few months and just as I'm letting my guard down, she bites again. They're never the result of overstimulation by petting, either. I'm very careful there!
Any thoughts?
I hate to lock her out of the bedroom. We have two younger cats that we keep in a separate bedroom at night only - the rest of the time they have the run of the house. Nighttime is my senior cat's time to have the run of the house without being bothered. They leave her alone, but she's still annoyed that they're here. I don't think the bite today was misdirected aggression though, because we've had them for two months and no issues. The bites are every few months and just as I'm letting my guard down, she bites again. They're never the result of overstimulation by petting, either. I'm very careful there!
Any thoughts?