So this is a hard thread to write. I like cats so much but it seems like this last cat i got has a screw loose. No, I think she is bi polar.
I adpoted this cat from someone who was moving, she is 9 months old, super cute. For the first three weeks she hissed at me, no big deal, she is scared and getting used to her surroundings but there are red flags that keep going up. I have owned 5 cats is my life, but nothing even close to the distemper this one has.
So check this out, cat is purring loving life, i am gently petting, being respectful as i knkw she is skiddish. Then wham! She hisses at me, bites me and draws blood. This has happened a couple times and it just comes out of left field. One minute purring the next is a freaky beast. So i am considering getting rid of her. Yes, sounds awful i know but why keep something that clearly does not appreciate who she is with. Anyway i would love feedback. Could this behavior be altered? Will she grow out of it?
I adpoted this cat from someone who was moving, she is 9 months old, super cute. For the first three weeks she hissed at me, no big deal, she is scared and getting used to her surroundings but there are red flags that keep going up. I have owned 5 cats is my life, but nothing even close to the distemper this one has.
So check this out, cat is purring loving life, i am gently petting, being respectful as i knkw she is skiddish. Then wham! She hisses at me, bites me and draws blood. This has happened a couple times and it just comes out of left field. One minute purring the next is a freaky beast. So i am considering getting rid of her. Yes, sounds awful i know but why keep something that clearly does not appreciate who she is with. Anyway i would love feedback. Could this behavior be altered? Will she grow out of it?
my Hope is exactly like that. With time I have learned for how long I can pet her, and most importantly, where. Cheeks and head are ok, belly and lower legs are a 
she hates grooming and that is done at my own risk :lol3: 
. but my kittens were very wary of me and i asked my mum for advice and although she may not have realized it, she was a total genius!!! in less than 24 hours they both want my attention, like to be petted, purring a lot and liked to be picked up!! with hold food! its so simple and easy i don't know why i didn't try it on my sister's cat cos he wasn't very friendly at all. i think it might depend on age and experience of the cat but my mums advice worked well and this is how i did it. if your cat is inside at about 4 pm don't let him out and don't feed him, during the hours 4pm-10pm give a few tit-bits by hand only. make sure he goes all night without food but remember to always leave water down. in the morning (on a day off work would be best) pour some food in a bowl but be careful that your cat doesn't hear/know and sit in the lounge/living room with your cat in the room, still making sure he doesn't know you have food, hiding it under a cushion would be great. now when your cat comes to you cos it is hungry, pet it once and give it one biscuit/ piece of food at a time by hand only. each time make your stroke more soothing and longer. keep doing this until it eventually finds out you have a bowl of food put the food next to you and when your cat starts eating pet it in its favorite place. basically its showing that something good comes out of being petted and it just reinforces that positive feeling they get with a full belly and a nice scratch of the ears. cos i have kittens, older cats will take longer so just repeat the process every two days cos if you did it every day it means the cat could possibly go a whole day without eating.
