my cat is always biting and scratching me and my visitors what can i do?

Question

he has always been aggresive i was warned before i got him.
ive had him since he was 8weeks old i got him from a friend who didnt want him scratching her 4 year old daughter.
he is now a year old and he has been neutered.

he is nice and cuddley one second purring, then he just bites or scratches.

sometimes he pounces on me from out of nowhere while im watching tv or on the phone.

my friends dont like to come round to mine that often because he goes for them too.

i have started spraying him with a water bottle when i see him getting ready.
i dont do anything to encorage him to attack me.

how can i stop this behaviour?
i cant afford those pherimone plug ins.

when he pounces he always has his claws out and the jumps are getting higher up my legs!

Answer 1

Get him some "Cat Gloves" they are specially designed to stop cats from scratching you. Alternatively you could get his claws removed, which is a bit harsh but very effective. Ask your vet for the gloves they should be able to help you out.

Answer 2

Frankly what your cat does is deeply in his character and psychological make up and I suspect nothing that you may do will change that. I'he had four cats in my life and only one with a deep rooted psychological problem that was so bad I had to have him put down. When my mother was in a nursing home, they had this simply beautiful grey tom cat that was so silky and cuddly but he pounced on me ( totally unprovoked ) and sank his front incisors deep into my hand. The pain was very, very sharp and the carers simply said that was his way of expressing cat 'lust'. But frankly, I would not want a cat like that in my home .... and I am sorry to say this but I think your options are few. I suspect that you will have to rehome the cat and quickly ..... I know that it will be a wrench and no doubt be upsetting but so is an aggressive, canine happy cat! I don't really think you can keep him. Believe me, once you've got another cat who will not be a blood thirsty biter, you will be heaps happier.

Answer 3

Out of my 10 cats, all fixed and great pets, two are just like that. Rocky doesn't like men, chews them up. Women can pet him only on the head and a very short time before he plays rough nails out and bites. He's 5 and slowly getting better. Now for Sammy, loves to jump and attack me, claws out then runs and hides. I find him, tag him(like the game}, then I run and hide, he finds me. We go back and forth. He used to bite and stratch after our game. He's 1 1/2 yrs. Now he doesn.t. I think want broke him is first he got alittle tired,me too, and I was able to wrestle with him--not with my hands but while on the floor I cuddled [cradled] rocking and rolling around the floor, leaving him a confessed and enjoying the game without biting and he keeps his claws in. However each cat is different. You need to spend the time to play with him so he doesn't demand attention. No on water bottles. Wouldn't that tick you off.

Answer 4

I've got 3 cats - one doesn't do this at all - the kitten does it sometimes and the big fella does it all the time - but only with my husband. He is playing; but he knows I dont like it so he doesn't to it to me. When he first did it I took him away and put him in a room on his own for a minute or two. He soon learned that he can do it with my hubby but not me.

When he changes from cuddling to biting it is either because he is bored with it or you have touched a bit he doesn't like - my big fella hates you touching his tummy.

He sounds as if he needs someone to play with or more attention from you. Teach him the difference between acceptable behaviour and not acceptable - try separation, he obviously does it for attention. Show him a better way to get attention is NOT to attack.

Answer 5

to This!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is the same thing that happened to me! we got my cat from our friends and she never was a cat who comes in your lap and sits, She was always a little aggressive but then after 2 years we got a dog and she started to get more and more aggressive. The only person that she didn't bite or scratch when petting or even touching was me. We took her to the Vet and they said she was doing crazy like one minute to me she can be nice than the next rip your eyes out! They said she is too wild to keep with me and she needs some quite space and she wants to be alone. They said we must give her away it was too dangerous! SO we did and it broke my heart but at least some one who needs a cat who wants to be left ALONE and than she would be happy too!

Answer 6

Try to move quickly away from your cat when it starts to get nasty, try not to stare at your cat as cats see this as threatening instead squint at your cat as often as possible, this shows you mean no harm and respect the, encorage guests to do the same. If you are stroking your cat and then it bites/ scratches you move your hand away and ignore it, it will soon want stokes again, do this every time and this behaviour should stop.

Answer 7

Give this cat a good slap, the other day i saw my wife slap the hell out of my brothers cat for contiuing to jump on the counter where we cook, i was hysterical! but the point is dicipline that cat or it will always be the way it is now scratching etc....

Answer 8

Cats are unlike canines in that they like you to be the chief of the p.c.., yet cats can grow to be aggressive in the event that they're sick or hurting. additionally, some cats do only unlike being touched or petted in specific places on their bodies. My cat hates being petted on his abdomen and scratches and claws each time all of us touches or pets him there. attempt taking her in for a checkup. stable success!

Answer 9

Get another cat my cat was crazy running around like a manic and biting me and scratching. know he plays with the other cat and he fine.

Answer 10

have you got a scratchy post if you have i would spend some time with her show her that your not an enmy the cat will feel better for it and more at home and more relax myby even bye some4 new toys !