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I adopted a 1.5 year old male back in late September. He was a stray that was captured as a part of a feral colony in a nearby city. He was originally going to be a TNR but they saw he was very friendly so he was sent to a foster for a month and then was at a PetSmart for another month until I adopted him.
I was warned that he gets nippy when his back side is touched. The volunteers think it's because he was treated for a bite wound when he was trapped.
He's improved a lot and I can pet him quite a bit before he tries to turn his head and nip. The biggest obstacle now is that when he lays down, he will try to bite if you touch him. He used to take swipes at us if we past by him (he tends to block entry ways), but we've mostly stopped this by hissing at him. The problem is, if our other cat passes him, he still takes a swipe at her. He used full on jump/pounce on her if she passed by.
Does anyone have tips? He's fine being picked up except when he's laying down. I have been also trying to get used to brushing but he's a bit bitey/swipey too - the only thing that I've found is that he likes the flavor of this Burt's Bee Dry Shampoo and will lick the brush - it's honey/apple scented lol
My resident cat can be touched just about anywhere for any period of time and is cool with anything (well, except being picked up, that's a different story!).
I was warned that he gets nippy when his back side is touched. The volunteers think it's because he was treated for a bite wound when he was trapped.
He's improved a lot and I can pet him quite a bit before he tries to turn his head and nip. The biggest obstacle now is that when he lays down, he will try to bite if you touch him. He used to take swipes at us if we past by him (he tends to block entry ways), but we've mostly stopped this by hissing at him. The problem is, if our other cat passes him, he still takes a swipe at her. He used full on jump/pounce on her if she passed by.
Does anyone have tips? He's fine being picked up except when he's laying down. I have been also trying to get used to brushing but he's a bit bitey/swipey too - the only thing that I've found is that he likes the flavor of this Burt's Bee Dry Shampoo and will lick the brush - it's honey/apple scented lol
My resident cat can be touched just about anywhere for any period of time and is cool with anything (well, except being picked up, that's a different story!).