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I've had my cat Jasper since he was born. He's a cat everyone loves. I've always enjoyed snuggling him and never was afraid of him until the past couple of years.
The first time he bit and scratched me when he was 1, he found a bag of marshmallows and whenI tried taking it from him, he scratched my hands and was growling at me.
He never bit me again until he was 5 or 6. I was sitting on the couch playing video games and he wanted me to feed him. I didn't because it wasn't time. He sunk all four teeth inro the area surrounding my knee cap and he was trying toclamp down even harder. A week later we found out he had a urinary blockage and he was successfully unblocked and hasn't had issues since.
However he's continued the aggressive behavior. Anytime he wants to eat or, less often, play, he aggressively bites me, he aims for skin. He bites me so hard and deeply it turns into a swollen black bruise and bleeds a little. I'm in tears because he just lunged and bit my scalp. He doesn't have many signals he's going to do it, he normally just walks up to me and little by little gets as close as possible. He pretends to be sweet and then sinks his teeth in.
Me and my other cats are afraid of him, even his closest friends. He does the same thing to them. He pretends he's going to sniff them and then bites them HARD. Nobody wants to be around him anymore. My cats even run to me for protection from him sometimes. My cat Brom who used to sleep with Jasper will lay over my head when I'd be sleeping and he'd try to protect me from any early morning attacks from Jasper. It's horrible.
I also want to add, every time I've been attacked it's been around the time he's supposed to eat or when he's hungry and I'm ignoring him. He's overweight and a horrible foodie. We've worked on his diet and feedings and he's down to 15 pounds now. It doesn't happen weekly or even monthly. It has increased in frequency though. It happens less if I don't sit down. Almost all attacks happen on the couch.
The first time he bit and scratched me when he was 1, he found a bag of marshmallows and whenI tried taking it from him, he scratched my hands and was growling at me.
He never bit me again until he was 5 or 6. I was sitting on the couch playing video games and he wanted me to feed him. I didn't because it wasn't time. He sunk all four teeth inro the area surrounding my knee cap and he was trying toclamp down even harder. A week later we found out he had a urinary blockage and he was successfully unblocked and hasn't had issues since.
However he's continued the aggressive behavior. Anytime he wants to eat or, less often, play, he aggressively bites me, he aims for skin. He bites me so hard and deeply it turns into a swollen black bruise and bleeds a little. I'm in tears because he just lunged and bit my scalp. He doesn't have many signals he's going to do it, he normally just walks up to me and little by little gets as close as possible. He pretends to be sweet and then sinks his teeth in.
Me and my other cats are afraid of him, even his closest friends. He does the same thing to them. He pretends he's going to sniff them and then bites them HARD. Nobody wants to be around him anymore. My cats even run to me for protection from him sometimes. My cat Brom who used to sleep with Jasper will lay over my head when I'd be sleeping and he'd try to protect me from any early morning attacks from Jasper. It's horrible.
I also want to add, every time I've been attacked it's been around the time he's supposed to eat or when he's hungry and I'm ignoring him. He's overweight and a horrible foodie. We've worked on his diet and feedings and he's down to 15 pounds now. It doesn't happen weekly or even monthly. It has increased in frequency though. It happens less if I don't sit down. Almost all attacks happen on the couch.
