Helpy cat is psychotic!!!?

Question

I have a 4 month old kitten. He is wild. He sleeps all day exept for the rare hour here and there where he is running around like a madman. Then he stays up all night doing the things he knows he's not supposed to do.
When he is having those madman spells during the day, he climbs up the curtains, tries to climb the walls, gets on tables and counters, knocking things down, etc. I have tried the squirt gun idea which has worked well with previous cats, but he just does it again and again. My last cat was like this at first, but I used to smack him. He learned not to do these things, but this cat has had a hard first 4 months of his life (I found him in the garage and took him in. He must have been abandoned and was savagely attacked by another animal while out there.) and I don't want him to feel unwanted. I really do love this cat.

How do I straighten him out before I have to give him up? (it's not my house and I'm not sure how long they can take this behavior)

He is getting neutered next month, vet says he'll be ready. Hopefully that does help.

He even tries to sharpen his claws on my favorite jeans when I wear them. (Only those jeans!)

for "may i help you":
I did not smack the cat
I did not tease the cat
and I just got the cat a few weeks ago. Learn what you're talking about before you get rude and start running off with the mouth!!!!!

He does well with me, he cuddles and lays on my lap, he's not afraid of me or anything like that. He's just wild.

Answer 1

Kittens and puppies are just like baby humans; sleep a lot, then raise hell.

He WILL calm down at least a little with age and after being neutered, but you'll never know just HOW much until the time comes. Some cats remain a little weird. Get a kennel or prepare a small room specifically for the cat. Don't think of it as mean....you need to keep him confined to keep him safe while you're sleeping or away. Make sure you get a variety of cat toys, and play with him as often as possible. Try to redirect his craziness. Keep using the spray bottle, but don't just spray, then ignore. Spray him, then start trying to get him to play with a toy instead of shredding the curtains, furniture, your legs....lol. With as hyper as he sounds, it's going to take a lot of work and consistancy.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Oh your poor thing! Well, the 1st piece of good news is that your kitten is perfectly normal. The 2nd piece of good news is that he WILL grow out of it. Kittens have 2 speeds - on & off. They are crazy, and they make their owners crazy too! If they weren't so darn cute, I think all kittens would be homeless! LOL!

Believe it or not, the best way to calm a crazy cat is to schedule their craziness! Sounds nuts, I know. Well, what I mean is you need to use what I call "play therapy". Hear me out...this really does work. Take 10-20 minutes out of the day about 3 times a day and play-play-play with your kitten. Get one of those interactive teaser toys (fishingpole/string toy) and let your kitten go crazy chasing it. Those laser light toys are great too. Get some ping pong balls and let him bat them around the house. Keep your kitten playing until he is laying on his side panting in exhaustion! This is all part of the grand scheme! Not only are you bonding with your kitten, you are depleting all that pent up energy throughout the day when it's convenient for YOU, instead of him. You may even find that your kitten sleeps straight through the night after a couple of days of this. Trust me, it works like a charm. Your kitten will think you're the cat's meow (no pun intended), and your family will think you performed a successful exorcism! Good luck!

Answer 3

I kind of had the same problem with a kitten I used to have. I wound up having him neutered and it calmed him down a lot.

Good luck!



ALSO, a fine mist spray bottle sprayed in his face is more effective than a thin stream squirt gun in my experience. You can get a small one for about 75 cents at Walmart in the bins with the mini travel toothpaste and stuff.

Answer 4

If I read your question correctly, I'm understanding that you found this injured kitten in your garage. Kittens tend to be hyperactive and curtain climbing is normal. I'm guessing you have a bit more than a kitten here. There are cats and there are cats.

I'm wondering if you don't have a feral kitten in your charge. This would be a kitten born to a mother who was not accustomed to human contact. They tend to be more rowdy than the normal kitten, and less open to human contact. They can also be a bit more of a challenge. Does your kitten avoid you? Is he open to being handled? If the answers were yes and no in that order, you probably have taken in a feral kitten.

The good news is that, in time, he will calm down. It just takes longer with ferals. Don't force yourself on him. Chasing him and scaring him will only reinforce his instinct to avoid humans, increase his sense of panic, and fuel his out of control behavior. Try to remain calm in his presence. Try talking in soft reassuring tones. Don't expect him to calm down overnight. It can take a long time to overcome what has been bred into him. Still, if you love him and are willing to have the patience, you can be assured that, in time, he will be indistinguishable from the cat that was born in someone's bedroom closet to a pampered mother.

Answer 5

I had 4 kittens (at once) do similar things. I never did anything to train them, they just stopped on their own as they got older. The really crazy behavior stopped at about 6 months old. Each month after that got even easier.

Answer 6

Cats are a unique type of animal. They can be a handful when they are young. My 12 year old Siamese is named Psycho for good reason. She was a terror as a kitten and has not settled down yet.

Answer 7

I don't know what to tell you. I once had a cat from hell and I regret keeping him for so many years because he never got better, and turned me off to cats for a long time. You maybe should put him in a large cage over night, or whenever he starts going nuts during the day. Like a time-out.

Answer 8

Cats are obdurate. it is all. There are some cats who're very friendly at an analogous time as others have a terrible temper. certainly one of my previous cats became very delinquent and would by no potential come out different than whilst my grandmother visited and gave the cat chips. She did no longer even come out to verify the relatives - ever. Our different cat at that factor could be particularly offended and did look for revenge (do no longer pull their tails, I inform you!). meanwhile, the cats I even have now are very mushy and affectionate. They appreciate being held, like sitting on laps and greet human beings whilst they arrive to the door - in basic terms approximately like canine. they are unquestionably spectacular for their breed - they are Siamese and Siamese many times have greater of a temper. They do get jealous and possessive and now and lower back act on those thoughts, yet they are particularly regularly occurring in that way - is that no longer what us human beings do? tom cats are very exciting animals and actually self reliant and obdurate. in assessment to many different animals, they'd fend for themselves and be on my own - at an analogous time as animals at the same time with canine are based on their vendors and might get a sprint too clingy (canine are superb, too nonetheless). interior the tip, cats are such as human beings. They each and each have their very own personalities and are distinctive from others interior the animal kingdom as there are categories of persons, some self reliant, some no longer, some introverted, some no longer. Cats are actually not psychotic regardless of in the event that they'd look it - do no longer overlook this nonetheless: Animals can tell once you're afraid. So, in case you are concerned cats, they'll understand and supply you a foul attitude. All animals have distinctive tactics of exhibiting emotion, in basic terms as human beings, so it is not any reason to choose cats. As I reported; cats are such as human beings. Judging cats is like judging certainly one of your classmates, friends, acquaintances, and so on. (I understand that this makes me sound like a loopy cat lady, yet i will assure you that i'm no longer. I in basic terms admire animals with the aid of fact they are truthfully exciting - way greater desirable than us human beings.) Cats are maximum rather no longer psychotic - and additionally you do no longer would desire to cover with the aid of fact, in case you do, they'll understand. (They DO have noses). They likely won't do something nonetheless till you rather troubled the cat...

Answer 9

Well my cat was wild but I've given her space and let her gain my trust and now she's lovely. But in some cases like that one just let him have space and I'm sure having him de-sexed will help.

Answer 10

My cat likes to get into trouble too when she gets the chance. I'd recomend keeping your kitten in a kennel at night so you know that he is not getting into trouble.
I'd also keep squirting him with water when he dose something he's not allowed. Or have a "time-out" space (ie. a small room with nothing to destroy) that he can be put in when he causes trouble. I use the bathroom.