Calling out the cat lovers ITT, need some tips.
This post will probably be poorly structured but bear with me.
Bit of history first. I'm a dog person, dogs are awesome I've had my 2 dogs die last year in a span of 3 months and I was emotionally destroyed. I've taken care of 6-7 infant dogs in my life time and none were as bad as my most recent cat experience. I've had 2 cats and the most recent one was an absolute angel.
Back in august I found an abandoned kitten out in the rain and decided to take her home. I'd taken a vow to never have a pet again after the recent events but I took her in anyways.
She wasn't even old enough defecate on her own and needed massaging, hadn't eaten food before either. She was needier than the usual baby animal, being separated this young. Fast forward a month, she's grown up... sort of and she starts getting aggressive for no reason, bites like a rabbit dog. I figure out her gums are itching and lack of a proper motherly education. Now she's even worse, there isnt a thing around that house that she hasnt broken and doesn't understand she's getting punished for the damage she's doing. Got her a special scratching pole but she finds the sofa more appealing, she uses the pole only when I put her there, she'd rather use anything else. She's biting worse than ever now with her jaw getting stronger. Her gums cant be itching anymore her teeth are razor sharp and look fairly well developed. But now she's even more aggressive, doesn't like playing unless there's blood involved.
The other day she fell of the wardrobe on the ground head first and I rushed in to see if she's ok, she just jumped and scratched me on the face. Missed my eye by a few centimeters. She's not aggressive all the time tho, she's sleeping in me as I type this. She'd greet you when you come home, sit in your lap, purr, sleeps under the sheets but those are few and far between.
I read that a good way to teach a cat to not do stuff is to spray it in the face with water when she's doing it. It hasn't worked out for me at all, she just runs away and waits till I get distracted. She has all the vaccines and the vet assures me the rabid period will pass, but it's only getting worse.
I have a part to play in her being this bad however, I'm used to the doggy approach with a slap on the ass when it's being bad. It worked on my previous cat too but this one doesn't get the message. Could a cat be retarded?
Any advice from the seasoned cat owners would be appreciated!
This post will probably be poorly structured but bear with me.
Bit of history first. I'm a dog person, dogs are awesome I've had my 2 dogs die last year in a span of 3 months and I was emotionally destroyed. I've taken care of 6-7 infant dogs in my life time and none were as bad as my most recent cat experience. I've had 2 cats and the most recent one was an absolute angel.
Back in august I found an abandoned kitten out in the rain and decided to take her home. I'd taken a vow to never have a pet again after the recent events but I took her in anyways.
She wasn't even old enough defecate on her own and needed massaging, hadn't eaten food before either. She was needier than the usual baby animal, being separated this young. Fast forward a month, she's grown up... sort of and she starts getting aggressive for no reason, bites like a rabbit dog. I figure out her gums are itching and lack of a proper motherly education. Now she's even worse, there isnt a thing around that house that she hasnt broken and doesn't understand she's getting punished for the damage she's doing. Got her a special scratching pole but she finds the sofa more appealing, she uses the pole only when I put her there, she'd rather use anything else. She's biting worse than ever now with her jaw getting stronger. Her gums cant be itching anymore her teeth are razor sharp and look fairly well developed. But now she's even more aggressive, doesn't like playing unless there's blood involved.
The other day she fell of the wardrobe on the ground head first and I rushed in to see if she's ok, she just jumped and scratched me on the face. Missed my eye by a few centimeters. She's not aggressive all the time tho, she's sleeping in me as I type this. She'd greet you when you come home, sit in your lap, purr, sleeps under the sheets but those are few and far between.
I read that a good way to teach a cat to not do stuff is to spray it in the face with water when she's doing it. It hasn't worked out for me at all, she just runs away and waits till I get distracted. She has all the vaccines and the vet assures me the rabid period will pass, but it's only getting worse.
I have a part to play in her being this bad however, I'm used to the doggy approach with a slap on the ass when it's being bad. It worked on my previous cat too but this one doesn't get the message. Could a cat be retarded?
Any advice from the seasoned cat owners would be appreciated!