I have a 15lb neutered male that we've had since he was 4 months old. He is now 3 1/2. He like me (the wife) and my 7 year old daughter the best -- tolerates my 9 year old daughter but has real problems with my husband.
My husband does not give him a lot of attention -- but he is not much of an attention seeking cat. The cat does like to lay on me in bed and will enjoy petting on the floor in any other room.
The problem is he keeps snapping at my husband. Sometimes in the morning, he will get on our bed and lay next to my husband seeking attention. Husband will pet, pet, pet and then SNAP! Just tonight, husband was putting the kids to bed -- cat was on my 7 year old's bed and husband went to pet him and SNAP!
My husband is not the only one he has snapped at. He has done it to a few other people that don't live at our house.
I have tried squirting him with water when he does this. The problem is I don't alway have a spray gun in my reach.
I don't know what else to do. This is causing huge animosity towards the cat from my husband -- he says our cat is "defective". It is the one and only pet we are going to have for the next 12 years so I wish he was different.
Should I just tell my husband to ignore the cat?
PS: I have heard of Rescue Remedy. Is this something that can be used everyday????
My husband does not give him a lot of attention -- but he is not much of an attention seeking cat. The cat does like to lay on me in bed and will enjoy petting on the floor in any other room.
The problem is he keeps snapping at my husband. Sometimes in the morning, he will get on our bed and lay next to my husband seeking attention. Husband will pet, pet, pet and then SNAP! Just tonight, husband was putting the kids to bed -- cat was on my 7 year old's bed and husband went to pet him and SNAP!
My husband is not the only one he has snapped at. He has done it to a few other people that don't live at our house.
I have tried squirting him with water when he does this. The problem is I don't alway have a spray gun in my reach.
I don't know what else to do. This is causing huge animosity towards the cat from my husband -- he says our cat is "defective". It is the one and only pet we are going to have for the next 12 years so I wish he was different.
Should I just tell my husband to ignore the cat?
PS: I have heard of Rescue Remedy. Is this something that can be used everyday????