I have a cat my son dumped on me (via his mother) because he lived in NYC and was lonely so he got this cat....
A little clawed needy monster that can’t get the hell out of the way when I walk. Bothers me constantly, tries to wake me up at 4AM every day and then wants to stick her butt in my face when she tries to curl up next to my head. If you touch her wrong, she bites and then comes back 15 minutes later like nothing is wrong. All she wants are treats. An eating, crapping machine that is too damned nosy.
I’m gonna accidentally let her outside one day and let Mr. Coyote get acquainted with her. It will be a terrible tragedy over which I will lament greatly to my son and wife.
Oh. The reason he (son) flew it down here? His fiancé is “allergic” to it. Later it came out that cat was mad about the same things I am now.
I told them to stop it now, no dog or cat is a grand anything to me. There are just animals, nothing more.
Of course they love seeing me mad. I want no animal in my house.
Make sure you delete this post before the accident! ;-P
You can cure the biting by simply swatting her a little and raising your voice when she bites. Thereafter, that tone of voice will get results. The “bothering”? That’s what I love about kitties. :-)
Don't overplay your hand - they might get you a kitten to heal your "grief."
You love that cat, I can tell.
The best way I’ve found to stop a cat biting is when the cat bites, rather than pulling your hand away, gently push your hand further in the cat’s mouth. The natural reaction is, of course, the opposite. It opens the cat’s mouth further so the teeth don’t sink in and puts the cat on the defensive. The cat usually engages pretty quickly. It doesn’t take too many times before most cats learn that biting doesn’t work.
OK, Gaffer. We get it. You love your cat. We have one, too,
that is a mess. We love her, though. - You HAVE to get her
out from under your feet when you are walking, though! If
you trip over her; you could fall, bust your butt AND mash
the cat, too. - I stopped “Boo-Boo”, our cat, with just one
or two simple swats with a fly swatter when she was under
my feet. (She respects me & my fly swatter - & you don’t
have to whip them too hard or too many swats to get their
attention!)
Yes; and all “Boo” wants is treats, too; but she is only
given a few treats 3 times a day. Otherwise, I keep her
a bowl of dry (uncolored, plain) cat food all the time so
she can eat when she gets truly hungry. We feed her
Wildcat food from TSC (Taste of the Wild) and Hippie Cat
Food from Walmart (has a picture of a hippie on the bag).
Cats need meat; and those two are high meat content. She
eats less of those because she’s more satisfied and gets
full easy eating them.
Your kitty is being naughty biting her Pappy. Brutus likes
to pull that stunt with me; but knows I am likely to switch
her butt with the fly swatter when she does that. - I
don’t want to dampen her spirit.
As for crapping. We keep her a litter box in a plastic
bin with about 3” of plain cheap clay litter (unscented).
I have one of those little plastic scoops and scoop out
her poop every couple of days, put it in an old Walmart
bag, tie it up and toss it in the garbage. That way, her
litterbox stays okay & fairly clean.
She is a fanatic about being outdoors; so I think she
poops outside a lot. But, still, we keep her a litterbox
for when she comes in to sleep most nights. I only empty
it and put in fresh litter about once a month.
She like a very small bowl of milk; but will only drink
Stonyfield Organic Whole Milk - & even then, she won’t
drink even that after the carton stays in the fridge for
3 or 4 days.
We have coyotes, cougars, skunks, etc., out here; but
“Boo” is so mean they don’t mess with her. She bosses
our big old dog around, too, but “Dub” loves her madly!