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Shirley, do be careful. There must be a reason for the cat becoming aggressive but while you are finding out what the reason is, you don’t want to be on the receiving end of a bite. Cat’s mouths carry a lot of germs and a bite can be very serious.

A few years ago my granddaughter, then aged 6, was bitten on the arm by her cat and very quickly ended up in hospital on a drip. Thankfully, with prompt treatment she made a full recovery but she was off school for three weeks.

I hope you find out what the problem is and the cat calms down.

Most of my cats considered Garfield as over active ....

You need somebody like this

http://www.catbehaviourist.com/

Yes when he wants to attack I say sternly NOOO

I have had to defend myself by using the iPad as a shield
He backs off but then try's again

It's a pity if he has a one person problem cos i would hate to get so frightened of him that putting him down would be the only option

Just give him a stern glare and a loud NO,when tries again...and put him out.so he knows he done wrong.

maybe hes just got past the teen stage and wants to lay the law down.

Shirley ...............

I wonder if it is possible that he is a "one person cat" or a "one sex cat", ie he was attached only to your husband and blames you for him not being there, or that he can get attached only to a man.

please, please watch him very carefully.

We had a friend whose cat started to behave like that, nothing she did worked, and then one day he attacked her really viciously when she was sitting down and her trousers had ridden up a little bit ............... she had to have plastic surgery on her calf where he ripped the skin so badly.

The vet said the only thing he could suggest with a cat that was so vicious was to put him down ........... she didn't want to keep him as she didn't trust him and it would not be fair to pass him on to another household. There is no treatment or training that the vet could suggest.

Are you able to get hold of him to look in his fur.He may have a Tick.

Have a word with the vet to see if they will come and check him out.

Yes Shirley, one of those we adopted some weeks back is an upstart !!
Not a day goes by without a cat fight. Pebbles gets equal shelter, food and water, yet unfortunately he's a trouble maker. I think he trys to mate with Fluffy, who has been spayed. Not welcome.

He is an indoor /outdoor cat
He has several toys like stuffed mice etc that he plays with but then ignores .
He has a scratch post and a bed type unit that he loves to lay on and also scratch

I do have one of those toy feather things but he really isn't interested in catching it he likes the live variety as well as mice etc

Summer is a problem as I get many presents bought indoors

I just wish I knew why he wants to turn on me with eyes ablazing and claws out as if I have upset him or he sees me as a threat
Cat nip and plug in soothes make no difference

Does he have any floor toys that he can chase about with bells in.or on a stick that he can pat about...


try him with a catnip filled soft toy,cats usually go silly with them.

We rehomed a two year old male in 2015,

The story was he had been had from a kitten but the owners were being evicted from their home and couldn't take him with them

He had only been with cats protection for two weeks when we said we will take him


He was more my hubbies mate than mine . Yes I fed him but he liked to jump onto hubbies lap for a cuddle

Even when hubby came home bedbound from the hospital after a 7 week stay he wanted to be on the bed with him.After hubby passed and the bed was still in situ he wanted so sleep on the bed.this was late 2015

So increasingly I am finding he wants to attack me .he just suddenly turns and claws out he goes for my legs, getting his claws caught in the trousers just enrages him more

I don't do anything to enrage him .indeed I am up and down like a yo yo letting him in and out the garden. He is intelligent and will swipe my arm from the side of the armchair to let him out.

He wiil suddenly crouch and tail switching and eyes dilated got into attack mode and go for me . He goes into a stalk position and then strikes
I have had many leg and arm scratches from his attacks

To be honest I am very wary of his behaviour but try not to show it but I am getting afraid of him.
He is now 5 years old

I did mention it to the vet at his last jab time only for the reply he shouldn't do that

Well yes i know that but why and what can I do if anything