Hi there - I hope you can help me!
A little background:
We've always been dog people, never had any cats. Finally, in Oct '06 we got our first kitty. (she'll be 2 this month) I made sure to ask lots of questions first and found I wanted a female (sis' male kitty sprays - ick!). We gave her a nice home, with an extremely patient and polite doggie, and we speak kindly around her.
But, as much as I love all animals, I think she's got a screw loose.
First, she doesn't meow, which is weird, but I'm okay with it.
She doesn't purr either. Or cuddle. Or rub up against us. Or want anything to do with any human, except on rare moments, she'll lick my arm, but only a couple of licks, then it's a bite and a hit.
She won't go on a couch, chair, or bed that is human-occupied.
She doesn't EVER want to be petted more than once. Even if she's just woken up, and I say a quiet hello to her and touch her, after the second stroke, she either bites, hits, or does the back-foot-bunny-kick. And it hurts!
She's mostly indoors, but if I'm out watering the garden, she and the dog come outside to enjoy the sunshine.
She will come up to me if I'm cooking to put her paws on the counter for food, but I only give her what I know is okay, nutritionally. She won't eat from my hand, but will take a few tastes from something on the floor.
I hold her (like a baby, peeping over the back of mom's shoulder) and at times she'll put up with it, but she's stiff and irritated till I put her down. Then she runs off.
I really want to be a cat mom, but is this kitty a lost cause?
A little background:
We've always been dog people, never had any cats. Finally, in Oct '06 we got our first kitty. (she'll be 2 this month) I made sure to ask lots of questions first and found I wanted a female (sis' male kitty sprays - ick!). We gave her a nice home, with an extremely patient and polite doggie, and we speak kindly around her.
But, as much as I love all animals, I think she's got a screw loose.
First, she doesn't meow, which is weird, but I'm okay with it.
She doesn't purr either. Or cuddle. Or rub up against us. Or want anything to do with any human, except on rare moments, she'll lick my arm, but only a couple of licks, then it's a bite and a hit.
She won't go on a couch, chair, or bed that is human-occupied.
She doesn't EVER want to be petted more than once. Even if she's just woken up, and I say a quiet hello to her and touch her, after the second stroke, she either bites, hits, or does the back-foot-bunny-kick. And it hurts!
She's mostly indoors, but if I'm out watering the garden, she and the dog come outside to enjoy the sunshine.
She will come up to me if I'm cooking to put her paws on the counter for food, but I only give her what I know is okay, nutritionally. She won't eat from my hand, but will take a few tastes from something on the floor.
I hold her (like a baby, peeping over the back of mom's shoulder) and at times she'll put up with it, but she's stiff and irritated till I put her down. Then she runs off.
I really want to be a cat mom, but is this kitty a lost cause?