I have an extremely angry kitten and I don't know why he's angry?

Question

I have an almost 8 month old kitten, and since the day I got him when he was about 2 months, he has had a terrible temper. Whenever he meows, it's always a really angry meow or a demand, and if I'm holding him while he's meowing angrily, if I move him only slightly he hisses. But he's never clawed me, and has only bitten me when he wants to play. He is part Siamese (we think, because he has a long, lanky tail, a triangular-shaped face, and the irritating meow) even though he has orange fur. And the only person he likes is our other, older cat. Can anyone tell me why he is so angry, if he'll grow out of it, and what to do about it?

He was never abused; we got him from the shelter where he was born, and he has had plenty of love, food, water, and attention.

Answer 1

Sounds to me like your kitty was abused, and he's awfully young to have been abused already. I have a purebred bengal that was abused as a young kitten and when my husband brought her home all she did was hide and run from everyone. His parents only made it worse by constantly chasing her to the basement. When we bought our own house and moved her in with us, I used extreme patience. I tried to show her that I didn't want to hurt her and I'd talk real calm and soothing to her when I saw her and if she ran I let her go. Eventually she started to come around and she's now sort of like my shadow. She'll come and lay on me, she comes to me when I call her, but I'm the only one she'll do that for. She's still scared very easily and that's one thing that will probably never change. She doesn't like it if you pick her up, she has to come to you and hop up or she gets very scared and thinks she's about to be harmed. All I can say is try being patient with him and try to do things on his terms.

Answer 2

Have you asked your vet about this? Maybe it's a psychological problem that your kitten has. Where did you get him from? If it's from a shelter/rescue, there's a chance something bad happened to him before you got him.

I have heard that when you have more than 1 cat in your household, they are less dependent on humans, so maybe that's why he prefers the older cat to you or any of your family.

Also, maybe the way he meows is just his "voice". It may sound angry to you, but it's normal for him. I have a VERY very very vocal kitten. She always sounds helpless that everytime I hear it, I run to her. But she'll even meow the pitiful meow when she's playing and having fun. The only time the pitiful meow sounds like it's appropriate is when she's just looking for my other kitten, who will hear here and will go running to her. I've just learned to accept that it's just the way she meows. We don't get to choose what we sound like and chances are...the cats aren't given a choice either. =)

Answer 3

You need to know if the cat is actually angry. Some signs that may help; do his eyes get larger? Do his ears start to point backwards? Also, I've noticed that when a cat is angry and you try to reach for it, he will move his head away from you and then proceed to bite or swat your hand away. If you know that he IS angry, don't touch him and give him time to calm down; cats forget their anger rather quickly.

Make sure that you've taken him to the vet as well. They can check to see if there is anything physically wrong with him that might be triggering his angry mood.

Answer 4

Your kitten became already been imprinted via the feral habit and with the dealing along with her calmed down. yet seeing you locked him faraway from his "calming" effect he has reverted to feral habit. and is merely now not common. i'd such as you to think of what is going to happen interior the destiny whilst your son is on the flow and you have him prepared to pat or carry the kitten. If he's attacking adults and inflicting such accidents, think of what he can do on your son. My suggestion, and you will possibly now not like it, is to the two discover him a sparkling homestead with people who comprehend wild/feral cats or humanely placed him down. 14 weeks isn't all that early for desexing, notwithstanding it became a reliable thought.

Answer 5

i own three cats and one of them is Siamese the problem is most Siamese cats are mean but if you continue to love him he will grow out of it ,but dint make them mad when they are older. they will slap you silly and make you like it. well that's as much as i can say P.S. : the reason he likes the older cat is since he sounds part tabby cat they respect older cats more than humans and the Siamese part dosn`t help . well have a good day.

Answer 6

So your cat is angry all the time? Wow, that's something new. Give your cat some tuna or something good to eat. It might help. Or play with him/her for a while like a piece of string, ball or anything that it might catch it's eye with.

Answer 7

The poor thing is probably delirious with fear. Patience is the key. Let the cat lead this dance. The cat is probly not used to you!
The cat is probly going to keep up the bad and ill tempered till he get used to you!

Answer 8

Siamese tend to be very problematic that way. My parents had one that they ultimately had to get rid of because it would ambush and attack my mother. The cat never grew out of it and the behavior couldn't be modified through any kind of negative or positive reinforcement.

Answer 9

He is not angry, cats don't retain that kind of emotion. they get riled up and it goes away and they forget about it. I think you are reading too much into your cat, deciding it's angry when it is just being its own irritating self. Some cats have more pleasant demeanors than others, it's just that particular cat's personality.

Answer 10

I think you should take ur cat to a vet, they might kno someone who can help pets about their emotional problems. I hope ^-^
Come to think of it are there any pet therepaist in the world?