Hey fellow cat parents, I’m so disappointed and sad. To make This short and sweet, I have a almost 2 year old male tabby. He’s the son of my very first stray Rescue, he’s always been the sweetest little kitty, he has NEVER been Aggressive to me. He’s my baby… he’s constantly asking for kisses and pets and he loves sleeping with me at night; he actually loves being the little spoon. But today changed everything.
a few months ago my parents decided to take in another male cat… I told them It was a bad idea since my cat is not neutered as I’m waiting for the right moment (he’s no aggressIve and doesn’t pee around the house) until he’s fully developed, I’ve seen two vets about this and they both agree. As per vet guidelines they only reach full maturity around 18 to 24 months (where I live) so I didn’t want to interfere with his growth (no judgment, please). His mom was spayed due to pyometra. She was already pregnant when we rescued her.
Ive always been extremely careful. My cat has a whole apartment sized room for himself, with everything he wants. But today he managed to escape. They are very obviously separated at all times. He escapde once when he was a kitten.
i grabbed him because he started screaming at the other male cat. And he was LIVID. but I was not about to let a ugly fight happen! As I was walking back to his room, he saw the other cat walking towards me… and he VICIOUSLY BIT ME! TWICE! It was so deep that you could see the several layers of flesh. It was incredibly painful. I have no idea why he did this but he has never done this and now I’m apprehensive. I’m scared of being around him. Up until the other cat showed up, he wa she only male in the house, so I understand why he is territorial. But he looked at my hand and BAM! he sunk his teeth so hard that he was hanging from my hand while I tried to push my finger into his mouth. I’m perplexed as to why he just bit me like that?
the other male is outside (he’s simultaneously an outdoor and indoor cat). I rushed to the doctor as I couldn’t move my thumb. i can now but very little range of motion and lots of pain. I’m on antibiotics. It was so deep the doctor considered stitching it but opted not to due to risk of infection. I squeezed the crap out of the puncture wounds to bleed them as much as possible all while running under tap water and then shoved betadine in there. I’m terrified of developing an infection, but I can’t stop crying because it was my precious baby. My cat that will let you do whatever you please. Can someone give me some advice? Or if anyone has gone through the same thing…? I’m devastated.
a few months ago my parents decided to take in another male cat… I told them It was a bad idea since my cat is not neutered as I’m waiting for the right moment (he’s no aggressIve and doesn’t pee around the house) until he’s fully developed, I’ve seen two vets about this and they both agree. As per vet guidelines they only reach full maturity around 18 to 24 months (where I live) so I didn’t want to interfere with his growth (no judgment, please). His mom was spayed due to pyometra. She was already pregnant when we rescued her.
Ive always been extremely careful. My cat has a whole apartment sized room for himself, with everything he wants. But today he managed to escape. They are very obviously separated at all times. He escapde once when he was a kitten.
i grabbed him because he started screaming at the other male cat. And he was LIVID. but I was not about to let a ugly fight happen! As I was walking back to his room, he saw the other cat walking towards me… and he VICIOUSLY BIT ME! TWICE! It was so deep that you could see the several layers of flesh. It was incredibly painful. I have no idea why he did this but he has never done this and now I’m apprehensive. I’m scared of being around him. Up until the other cat showed up, he wa she only male in the house, so I understand why he is territorial. But he looked at my hand and BAM! he sunk his teeth so hard that he was hanging from my hand while I tried to push my finger into his mouth. I’m perplexed as to why he just bit me like that?
the other male is outside (he’s simultaneously an outdoor and indoor cat). I rushed to the doctor as I couldn’t move my thumb. i can now but very little range of motion and lots of pain. I’m on antibiotics. It was so deep the doctor considered stitching it but opted not to due to risk of infection. I squeezed the crap out of the puncture wounds to bleed them as much as possible all while running under tap water and then shoved betadine in there. I’m terrified of developing an infection, but I can’t stop crying because it was my precious baby. My cat that will let you do whatever you please. Can someone give me some advice? Or if anyone has gone through the same thing…? I’m devastated.