my two cats are strict indoors, but when we leave the back door open with the screen, sometimes stray or neighbor cats come over and bother them. Maggie gets really freaked out, and one time i went to comfort her and tried to get her away from the door at the same time, and she ended up biting my arm pretty viciously and drew blood.
i have scars!
it happened again with a stray cat last night - only i learned my lesson, and didn't go anywhere near Maggie to comfort her, but i HAD to close the door, so i clapped my hands very loudly to scare off the stray outside, which worked, and then tried to talk to Maggie in a soothing voice, but she wouldn't leave the doorway. i was about 3 feet away from her, and when she turned around she literally climbed up my leg (she is NOT a KITTEN! she is full grown and about 4 or 5 years old) and bit my thigh very wildly and drew blood.
normally when a stray cat upsets her she will also take out her frustration (?) on our other indoor cat Ruby. this didn't happen last night (fortunately)
my question is - why does she keep biting me? is she confused and think i'm another cat? or does she know it's me?
also - she just had her rabies vaccine last week - but should i be worried about anything else as far as such a deep bite wound?
ack.....
i have scars!
it happened again with a stray cat last night - only i learned my lesson, and didn't go anywhere near Maggie to comfort her, but i HAD to close the door, so i clapped my hands very loudly to scare off the stray outside, which worked, and then tried to talk to Maggie in a soothing voice, but she wouldn't leave the doorway. i was about 3 feet away from her, and when she turned around she literally climbed up my leg (she is NOT a KITTEN! she is full grown and about 4 or 5 years old) and bit my thigh very wildly and drew blood.
normally when a stray cat upsets her she will also take out her frustration (?) on our other indoor cat Ruby. this didn't happen last night (fortunately)
my question is - why does she keep biting me? is she confused and think i'm another cat? or does she know it's me?
also - she just had her rabies vaccine last week - but should i be worried about anything else as far as such a deep bite wound?
ack.....