Well, I would like to inform you all that Tom and Bug (the tabby and the black kitten Twiggy had) are healthy, have their first sets of shots, are pooping, and are schedules for a neuter in a few months (both are males).
Now, Tom, the tabby, is at least twice the size of Bug and is a little Tom in the making. Issue is is that he is rough. Rough with everyone and everything.
You give him a toy, and he will growl, snarl, and bite you if you try to take it from him. I have tried grabbing the toy right out of his mouth and walking away with it, he will run after you and bite you. If you are not fast enough to get it out of his mouth, he will swat and bite your hand, arm, nearest body part. I've tried locking him in a carrier and playing with Bug (so he learns that aggression is not okay and if he plays nice he will get to come out and play), but he comes out even worse so I had to stop doing that.
If you play with him without a toy, he will wrap his paws around your hand and bite you, hard, he's drawn blood on me twice now and he does it with everyone. We've blown in his face, told him no, got up and left (which again, results in him chasing you and biting your legs), pushing him away, scruffing his neck, everything I've read, but he seems unfazed.
He also seems to pick on his brother. If I have Bug and am cuddling him or playing with him, he will run over to Bug, bite him (which usually results in Bug crying rather loudly) and jumping onto my lap. If I am cuddling Tom and Bug comes over, Tom does the same thing.
He is only aggressive if you attempt to play or he has toys or something he wants. Otherwise, he cuddles, will sleep and cuddle with his brother, and otherwise be the cute kitten in the picture you'd think of. But he is very possessive, to the point that he will attack people if they go near me now and he sees. He's only 10 weeks old, has been hand reared since he was 2-3 weeks old, and seriously has been this rough since he learned to play. Today I pushed him off me because he was biting me and he ran around my back and as I tried to get up, jumped on my back and bit me, it's like he thinks he is boss and I am trying everything to show him not to and I do not condone this sort of behaviour.
Grrr, how do I stop him from being a bully?
Now, Tom, the tabby, is at least twice the size of Bug and is a little Tom in the making. Issue is is that he is rough. Rough with everyone and everything.
You give him a toy, and he will growl, snarl, and bite you if you try to take it from him. I have tried grabbing the toy right out of his mouth and walking away with it, he will run after you and bite you. If you are not fast enough to get it out of his mouth, he will swat and bite your hand, arm, nearest body part. I've tried locking him in a carrier and playing with Bug (so he learns that aggression is not okay and if he plays nice he will get to come out and play), but he comes out even worse so I had to stop doing that.
If you play with him without a toy, he will wrap his paws around your hand and bite you, hard, he's drawn blood on me twice now and he does it with everyone. We've blown in his face, told him no, got up and left (which again, results in him chasing you and biting your legs), pushing him away, scruffing his neck, everything I've read, but he seems unfazed.
He also seems to pick on his brother. If I have Bug and am cuddling him or playing with him, he will run over to Bug, bite him (which usually results in Bug crying rather loudly) and jumping onto my lap. If I am cuddling Tom and Bug comes over, Tom does the same thing.
He is only aggressive if you attempt to play or he has toys or something he wants. Otherwise, he cuddles, will sleep and cuddle with his brother, and otherwise be the cute kitten in the picture you'd think of. But he is very possessive, to the point that he will attack people if they go near me now and he sees. He's only 10 weeks old, has been hand reared since he was 2-3 weeks old, and seriously has been this rough since he learned to play. Today I pushed him off me because he was biting me and he ran around my back and as I tried to get up, jumped on my back and bit me, it's like he thinks he is boss and I am trying everything to show him not to and I do not condone this sort of behaviour.
Grrr, how do I stop him from being a bully?