Okay so I've had Neka since August 30th of this year. She was between 5 and 6 months of age when I got her. She's always been a very sweet but active kitty.
With her claws she uses her scratching posts and i've never seen her scratch the furniture. Well when jumping down from her cat tree she'll land he one of the wood dressers and her claws scratch the top of that up a bit but I'm fine with that. As far as scratching inappropriate objects I've never had an issue with her...
The issue is her scratching me! She doesn't scratch or bite me on purpose don't get me wrong. The first issue was with my feet under the covers, she'd scratch at them when they moved, but this is a normal cat behavior - she see's movement she's going to pounce. When I'm walking normally she rubs up against me and my feet - she doesn't scratch me then.
The second issue, was kneading, after first it was just my legs which was fine, I was completely okay with that. But then at night now for several months when I'm laying down with her, or when I'm asleep she'll knead my face! That I'm not happy with at all. I've gotten some good punctures on my nose from that and there's been a couple of times where her paws go for my eyes. Mostly she keeps it around the cheeks, mouth, and chin. With the chin she ends up scratching almost every time.
The third issue and this is more recent is she's going for my hair both with her mouth and with her claws. Tonight she got her claws into my neck twice, that hurt! With getting her off of me she likes to just grab on with her claws when I try to take her away from my hair. Now with her going after my hair what I'm going to have to do is just wear a pony tail every time I'm around her now on, and potentially when I'm sleeping to just pull the covers over my head or something. Still don't know there. Because when she's goes for my hair she goes to chew, like it's prey. Which kind of make sense because she loves her feather toys...
So don't know how to discourage that...
Anyway I try to keep up with trimming her claws, sometime's a bit difficult because I live alone, but I can usually get it done...
I've tried the soft claws (not soft paws) but soft claws that petco has, that was a disaster. She hates stuff on her claws and just kept biting at it until it was in shred...
What else can i try?! I do not want to get her declawed but her claws are really starting to hurt even when they're trimmed. She's not out and out being bad, I don't think she has any major behavior issues (pica aside) so I don't want to punish her with a spray bottle or something when she's kneading my face, when she does that I just move my face away and then she just keeps coming at me....
Suggestions?
With her claws she uses her scratching posts and i've never seen her scratch the furniture. Well when jumping down from her cat tree she'll land he one of the wood dressers and her claws scratch the top of that up a bit but I'm fine with that. As far as scratching inappropriate objects I've never had an issue with her...
The issue is her scratching me! She doesn't scratch or bite me on purpose don't get me wrong. The first issue was with my feet under the covers, she'd scratch at them when they moved, but this is a normal cat behavior - she see's movement she's going to pounce. When I'm walking normally she rubs up against me and my feet - she doesn't scratch me then.
The second issue, was kneading, after first it was just my legs which was fine, I was completely okay with that. But then at night now for several months when I'm laying down with her, or when I'm asleep she'll knead my face! That I'm not happy with at all. I've gotten some good punctures on my nose from that and there's been a couple of times where her paws go for my eyes. Mostly she keeps it around the cheeks, mouth, and chin. With the chin she ends up scratching almost every time.
The third issue and this is more recent is she's going for my hair both with her mouth and with her claws. Tonight she got her claws into my neck twice, that hurt! With getting her off of me she likes to just grab on with her claws when I try to take her away from my hair. Now with her going after my hair what I'm going to have to do is just wear a pony tail every time I'm around her now on, and potentially when I'm sleeping to just pull the covers over my head or something. Still don't know there. Because when she's goes for my hair she goes to chew, like it's prey. Which kind of make sense because she loves her feather toys...
Anyway I try to keep up with trimming her claws, sometime's a bit difficult because I live alone, but I can usually get it done...
I've tried the soft claws (not soft paws) but soft claws that petco has, that was a disaster. She hates stuff on her claws and just kept biting at it until it was in shred...
What else can i try?! I do not want to get her declawed but her claws are really starting to hurt even when they're trimmed. She's not out and out being bad, I don't think she has any major behavior issues (pica aside) so I don't want to punish her with a spray bottle or something when she's kneading my face, when she does that I just move my face away and then she just keeps coming at me....
Suggestions?