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I know hyperactivity in kittens is normal, in some more so than others.
But as a primarily Persian cat owner and a person who likes his life calm, peaceful and slow, these past few months have been very stressful and often anxiety inducing.
As many of you probably know by now on June 20th we found a barely 3 week old kitten on the street, we looked for its mom but the kitten was in terrible shape with nonstop diarrhea and such. We took her in, she was FIP free, sorted her out and kept her.
For the first 3-4 weeks she was fine, but then....oh boy what we thought was a gray kitten turned out to be a tortoiseshell and those aren't the calmest of cats I've talked about the kitten, Spaska, pestering the persians when they dig in the litterboxes, about how she has it in for the mom Persian, Mila and constantly harasses her, even making her faint twice. Mila has had major health issues over the summer and the last thing she needs is stress.
The persians quickly accepted Spaska, but she started bothering them and never stopped.
I don't know where to start anymore
- She is hyper for about 6 hours of the day 3-4 hours in the morning 8AM-11AM or 12PM
- Then sleeps/is mostly calm
- Then starts being hyper at around 8PM and this lasts until 12:30AM or even 1AM sometimes
I play with her A LOT, more so than I'd like to
Sometimes I have no choice but to play with her for 2-3 hours at a time just so she is going to leave the adult cats alone, but when she decides to pester a cat no toy, noise or food in the world can divert her attention form the cat.
I give my cats endless love and I give them as much attention as I can, but spending 6 hours a day playing with a hyper kitten has been exceptionally emotionally draining for me, I keep doing it but I can't keep it up for much longer
I can't just leave her to play with the persian when they don't want to play and if I do leave them be, Mila, the mom is the one who suffers.
I've said this before, she shares a VERY STRONG bond with Casper, my big white persian
They all eat comfortably together and the other cats, when Spaska isn't hyper don't mind sharing the same space with her
When Spaska is hyper, her main targetis Mila, the mom (first cat form the left, our left in the pic)
Then Kala and finally Casper.
Spaska is 3.2kg
Mila 3.1kg
Kala 3.3kg
Casper 5.5Kg or so I believe he varies between 5.3 and 5.5kg
Spaska outweighing Mila by a bit and being generally VERY strong is no good, because she pins her down, holds her by the scruff and they get into what Spaska clearly sees as a playfight and Mila sees as something stressful and annoying, she fainted twice when trying to escape this grip. They found nothing wrong with her heart or lungs, but her immune system isn't too good.
Anyway she needs rest, less activity and NO STRESS!
THE MOST concerning issue I have with Spaska is her endless biting
She bites casper she grabs his ankles/feet and doesn't let go, he has to drag her around to get rid of her sometimes.
She is very quick to bite just about anyone.
I taught her not to use her claws on me when she was little, I thought we could learn not to bite just as quickly but it's not gotten much better
I am very well familiar with techniques, ways to teach cats not to bite and claw and all that hence why teaching her not to use her claws on people took less than 2 weeks if that.
My biggest concern is that she jumps on my mom's ankles, clamps her jaws and doe snot let go no matter what, same as what she does to the cats. My mom understands cats well but she is unable to stay consistent in training them and this isn't going to change.
The way I train her not to bite is, I stop playing or stop using the keyboard/mouse
I say NO and just get up and leave
Same with her jumping on ankles, she rarely jumps on my ankles anymore and when she doe sshe doesn't do the whole grabbing and not letting go she does to my mom, Casper and the girls.
So far, Spaska has never once hissed or growled at anyone
but I'm starting to think that she may grow up to be one of those cats who never really settle down and that concerns me.
I know having a kitten should be fun and enjoyable but to me it has been stressful and not very fun at all
I have beautiful moments with her, but more oftne than not I'm stressed if she is going to harass one of the cats, mainly Mila
if she is going to break something or hurt herself or hurt us.
She is a very loving cat but when she is active she is VERY active and it lasts for hours on end
she has INFINITE energy, to a point where no technique I've read or seen online works on her, nothing tires her out
I can make her jump for an hour straight and she won't tire out.
Running, jumping, nothing tires her out, it's like she is on a timer, she is going to be hyper for 3 hours straight and THEN she is done and that's it.
I have been unable to work for months
I don't even bother picking up gigs now, just waiting for her to grow up
I work as an illustrator and I honestly can't do my work under stress, I did some quick gigs here and there to make some video game money but that was it.
if I sit at the computer she goes absolutely BALISTIC biting, pouncing during her hyper hours
so I entertain her, I play with her, but it's never enough.
I'm sorry for being so negative
I'm just very emotionally tired of spending 4-6 hours a day playing with her it's not fun anymore
I tried rehoming her 2-3 times
nobody wanted a hyper kitten like this, plus finding a good home for a cat in my country where people know how to properly treat and raise cats is exceptionally difficult.
I don't want to rehome her
but I worry she might grow up to be one of those cats from hell who attack their owners or something, I don't feel very safe around her when she is hyper at all.
The doors in my apartment/condo don't lock, we're not calling a locksmith to change the locks amidst a pandemic in acountry where over 50% refuse to vaccinate or wear masks, so all I can do is wait this out and Spaska is a pro a topening doors lol
But as a primarily Persian cat owner and a person who likes his life calm, peaceful and slow, these past few months have been very stressful and often anxiety inducing.
As many of you probably know by now on June 20th we found a barely 3 week old kitten on the street, we looked for its mom but the kitten was in terrible shape with nonstop diarrhea and such. We took her in, she was FIP free, sorted her out and kept her.
For the first 3-4 weeks she was fine, but then....oh boy what we thought was a gray kitten turned out to be a tortoiseshell and those aren't the calmest of cats I've talked about the kitten, Spaska, pestering the persians when they dig in the litterboxes, about how she has it in for the mom Persian, Mila and constantly harasses her, even making her faint twice. Mila has had major health issues over the summer and the last thing she needs is stress.
The persians quickly accepted Spaska, but she started bothering them and never stopped.
I don't know where to start anymore
- She is hyper for about 6 hours of the day 3-4 hours in the morning 8AM-11AM or 12PM
- Then sleeps/is mostly calm
- Then starts being hyper at around 8PM and this lasts until 12:30AM or even 1AM sometimes
I play with her A LOT, more so than I'd like to
Sometimes I have no choice but to play with her for 2-3 hours at a time just so she is going to leave the adult cats alone, but when she decides to pester a cat no toy, noise or food in the world can divert her attention form the cat.
I give my cats endless love and I give them as much attention as I can, but spending 6 hours a day playing with a hyper kitten has been exceptionally emotionally draining for me, I keep doing it but I can't keep it up for much longer
I can't just leave her to play with the persian when they don't want to play and if I do leave them be, Mila, the mom is the one who suffers.
I've said this before, she shares a VERY STRONG bond with Casper, my big white persian
They all eat comfortably together and the other cats, when Spaska isn't hyper don't mind sharing the same space with her
When Spaska is hyper, her main targetis Mila, the mom (first cat form the left, our left in the pic)
Then Kala and finally Casper.
Spaska is 3.2kg
Mila 3.1kg
Kala 3.3kg
Casper 5.5Kg or so I believe he varies between 5.3 and 5.5kg
Spaska outweighing Mila by a bit and being generally VERY strong is no good, because she pins her down, holds her by the scruff and they get into what Spaska clearly sees as a playfight and Mila sees as something stressful and annoying, she fainted twice when trying to escape this grip. They found nothing wrong with her heart or lungs, but her immune system isn't too good.
Anyway she needs rest, less activity and NO STRESS!
THE MOST concerning issue I have with Spaska is her endless biting
She bites casper she grabs his ankles/feet and doesn't let go, he has to drag her around to get rid of her sometimes.
She is very quick to bite just about anyone.
I taught her not to use her claws on me when she was little, I thought we could learn not to bite just as quickly but it's not gotten much better
I am very well familiar with techniques, ways to teach cats not to bite and claw and all that hence why teaching her not to use her claws on people took less than 2 weeks if that.
My biggest concern is that she jumps on my mom's ankles, clamps her jaws and doe snot let go no matter what, same as what she does to the cats. My mom understands cats well but she is unable to stay consistent in training them and this isn't going to change.
The way I train her not to bite is, I stop playing or stop using the keyboard/mouse
I say NO and just get up and leave
Same with her jumping on ankles, she rarely jumps on my ankles anymore and when she doe sshe doesn't do the whole grabbing and not letting go she does to my mom, Casper and the girls.
So far, Spaska has never once hissed or growled at anyone
but I'm starting to think that she may grow up to be one of those cats who never really settle down and that concerns me.
I know having a kitten should be fun and enjoyable but to me it has been stressful and not very fun at all
I have beautiful moments with her, but more oftne than not I'm stressed if she is going to harass one of the cats, mainly Mila
if she is going to break something or hurt herself or hurt us.
She is a very loving cat but when she is active she is VERY active and it lasts for hours on end
she has INFINITE energy, to a point where no technique I've read or seen online works on her, nothing tires her out
I can make her jump for an hour straight and she won't tire out.
Running, jumping, nothing tires her out, it's like she is on a timer, she is going to be hyper for 3 hours straight and THEN she is done and that's it.
I have been unable to work for months
I don't even bother picking up gigs now, just waiting for her to grow up
I work as an illustrator and I honestly can't do my work under stress, I did some quick gigs here and there to make some video game money but that was it.
if I sit at the computer she goes absolutely BALISTIC biting, pouncing during her hyper hours
so I entertain her, I play with her, but it's never enough.
I'm sorry for being so negative
I'm just very emotionally tired of spending 4-6 hours a day playing with her it's not fun anymore
I tried rehoming her 2-3 times
nobody wanted a hyper kitten like this, plus finding a good home for a cat in my country where people know how to properly treat and raise cats is exceptionally difficult.
I don't want to rehome her
but I worry she might grow up to be one of those cats from hell who attack their owners or something, I don't feel very safe around her when she is hyper at all.
The doors in my apartment/condo don't lock, we're not calling a locksmith to change the locks amidst a pandemic in acountry where over 50% refuse to vaccinate or wear masks, so all I can do is wait this out and Spaska is a pro a topening doors lol