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Hey all. I have an ongoing thread for my Sophia’s weight loss that mentions her history with biting and aggression here, but since this was a separate issue, I figured I’d start a new thread.
Sophia is almost 10 years old, 16.5 lbs, previously declawed, and has a history with play aggression. I adopted her late August 2020.
As mentioned in that thread: She has bitten me on the leg two times and broken the skin. She has attempted to bite my foot once but missed.
Things were looking up for a while and she has become very attached to me. She’s now a total lap cat, which was cute... until it appeared to turn into possessive/territorial behavior. Now, if she is on my lap and I move, she gets angry and attempts to bite my leg. I do usually sit with a blanket on my lap that smells like both of us, but even if I put the blanket aside, she lays on me. I hiss when the biting occurs and she runs away, but then she comes back to my lap 5 minutes later like nothing happened.
If I sit somewhere that she cannot get onto my lap, such as the kitchen table, she will look sort of lost. She will pace, stare at me, and eventually give in to lay on the blanket alone after a few hours.
On the topic of blankets, she is obsessed with them. She kneads and sucks on them multiple times a day until they’re soaked. She will burrow and purr. I’ve tried to give her a blanket of her own, but she wants whatever one I have. She recently vomited on her favorite blanket and didn’t want anything to do with it after the wash until it was on my lap.
She also used to sleep on the opposite side of the bed, but now sleeps on my feet/lower legs. When I inevitably move in my sleep, she bites me and wakes me up.
Any suggestions? Should I discourage her from sitting on my lap at all? It’s hard to keep her off of me. If she can’t sit on me, she’ll lean against me. I’d estimate she is touching me in some capacity at least 12 hours per day.
Sophia is almost 10 years old, 16.5 lbs, previously declawed, and has a history with play aggression. I adopted her late August 2020.
As mentioned in that thread: She has bitten me on the leg two times and broken the skin. She has attempted to bite my foot once but missed.
Things were looking up for a while and she has become very attached to me. She’s now a total lap cat, which was cute... until it appeared to turn into possessive/territorial behavior. Now, if she is on my lap and I move, she gets angry and attempts to bite my leg. I do usually sit with a blanket on my lap that smells like both of us, but even if I put the blanket aside, she lays on me. I hiss when the biting occurs and she runs away, but then she comes back to my lap 5 minutes later like nothing happened.
If I sit somewhere that she cannot get onto my lap, such as the kitchen table, she will look sort of lost. She will pace, stare at me, and eventually give in to lay on the blanket alone after a few hours.
On the topic of blankets, she is obsessed with them. She kneads and sucks on them multiple times a day until they’re soaked. She will burrow and purr. I’ve tried to give her a blanket of her own, but she wants whatever one I have. She recently vomited on her favorite blanket and didn’t want anything to do with it after the wash until it was on my lap.
She also used to sleep on the opposite side of the bed, but now sleeps on my feet/lower legs. When I inevitably move in my sleep, she bites me and wakes me up.
Any suggestions? Should I discourage her from sitting on my lap at all? It’s hard to keep her off of me. If she can’t sit on me, she’ll lean against me. I’d estimate she is touching me in some capacity at least 12 hours per day.
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