We named him Rocket for a reason, but this is just bizarre.
Saturday night, more Samurai, more lovey cat. Gives me that look again and is all teeth before I can react. I didn't swat him this time, but the evil eyes are still looking at me. Ears laid back, more biting, the good Samurai slices the bad Samurai, more cat teeth, and another Top Fuel launch toward the hall.
Felines are not to be trusted. This orange tabby has a taste for human flesh. What's next, BRAINS?!?
Only ONE demon? Your cat’s an underachiever. :=)
Just b4 that point we bring out "black kitty", a stuffed toy for the cat to attack.
Sounds like something is going on with Devil Cat. Why don’t you take Devil Cat to a vet who loves cats and see what s/he says.
They're all like that!
Cats don’t get possessed by demons. Demons get possessed by cats.
You need to watch the cat while petting him. Cats will give clues that they are becoming overagitated from the petting. When you start to recognize those clues, you will know when to stop petting.
Some cats, especially the younger ones, get quite excited at being petted and are almost untouchable. With a cat like that, you need to back off as soon as it starts to show excitement. I think I also growled at my cat, when I had one like that. He did learn to calm down if he wanted affection.
If you have a yard and a spade; you can solve this issue very quickly.
Swatting a naughty cat doesn’t teach them anything. It only teaches them to be even more p!ssed off at you! If he is being aggressive (with a side helping of “hey, let’s play!”), you can chastise him like a mother cat. Grab him (not too hard) by the scruff of his neck and hold him motionless for a count of three, and give him a firm (but not crazed) “No!” Then let him go, and ignore him. Don’t look him in the eye until he calms down. Don’t reengage with him until he seems like he really does want to be gentle. Repeat as necessary. The scruffing returns them temporarily to kittenhood, and shows him that you are his “mommy” and in charge. (Cats don’t have alpha cats . . . they relate to their humans as their mommy.)
Make very sure you don’t “scruff” him too hard, and don’t lift an adult cat by the scruff. Kittens can be lifted and carried around by the scruff safely, but an adult cat has nerves there that can be permanently damaged by being manhandled or being carried around, because of their greater weight. In short, you have to be careful when scruffing an adult cat, but it is a useful technique to immobilize an aggressive cat, and put a naughty one in his place.
We used to have a black half-Siamese, Ursus by name, who was crazed and aggressive when he was younger, but then mellowed to being merely a character (after some remedial scruffing!). He passed away two years ago, nearly twenty years old. I can’t tell you how much I miss that crazy old coot!!!! He was like having another human around. So much personality. So don’t give up on your “lovey demon” cat!
Do you “rough house” with him?
Having owned more than my share of cats (for whom I have a grudging respect), all I can say is that if I had a cat like yours.....
...it would immediately become an ex-cat.
I’ve had two cats that did that regularly. They want to sleep in your lap but don’t want to be disturbed.
Two words: cattle prod