We have a four year old female calico and a seven year old human little girl in our family (we also have two other cats and a dog inside).
When I tickle my little girl she squeals and squirms. Our calico, whom we found as a stray four years ago when she was a few months old, will attack my little girls neck, trying to bite her but not scratching her. This happened for the first time only recently.
She is otherwise non-agressive and generaly kinda skiddish. She is not overly affectionate anyway, but is generally more tolerant of the little girl in terms of approachability, so this surprises me. I spend lots of time with her since I work at home. It seems like she's trying to protect me or is she just responding to the high-pitched squeals and giggles? My wife thinks she just wants to play, but her attacks seem unusually vicious to me.
Anybody have any idea?
Thanks.
When I tickle my little girl she squeals and squirms. Our calico, whom we found as a stray four years ago when she was a few months old, will attack my little girls neck, trying to bite her but not scratching her. This happened for the first time only recently.
She is otherwise non-agressive and generaly kinda skiddish. She is not overly affectionate anyway, but is generally more tolerant of the little girl in terms of approachability, so this surprises me. I spend lots of time with her since I work at home. It seems like she's trying to protect me or is she just responding to the high-pitched squeals and giggles? My wife thinks she just wants to play, but her attacks seem unusually vicious to me.
Anybody have any idea?
Thanks.