What to do when a cat attacks frequently

Angry cat

What to do when a cat attacks frequently? This is a question that, in reality, should not be asked, or at least not exactly like that. And it is that we must start from the base that this is an animal that does not attack unless it feels threatened, or that it feels pain in some part of its body.

If it bites and / or spider, one would have to wonder what is being done to him and also how he has been educated. A cat is not a dog, but it is not difficult to find people who play with their fur in a rough way ... which is a mistake.

Why can a cat attack frequently?

The cat is a feline that always gets away from stress, from noise. It is generally unsafe and very scary. If he attacks frequently, it is because something is being done wrong, or because something has happened or is happening to him, such as:

  • Have pain somewhere
  • Not played with the right way (i.e. with toys and not with hands)
  • Being a puppy it has been allowed to bite and / or scratch
  • Have you been (or are) a victim of bad treatments
  • Live in a tense environment
  • It is a feral, feral or semi-feral cat locked in a house (these animals have to have access to the outside, otherwise they will never live happily)

What to do to make it okay?

Well, the first and most important thing is to take him to the vet for a check-upas it might be sick. From there, it would be necessary to rule out possible causes until finding the right one. Of course, if you are being abused and we have evidence of it, you must report it; But if what happens is that we have adopted a cat that has been abused, the most advisable thing is to ask for help from a feline ethologist who works positively: he will give us a series of guidelines that we must follow so that the feline can regain its self-esteem .

If what happens is that, simply, we have let it attack us as a puppy or we have played with it roughly, now we will have to do what we should have done in its day: teach it to not bite and do not scratch. To do this, you have to arm yourself with patience, and always have a toy at hand (in these cases, the ideal is a cane for cats). You have to play with it three times a day for about 20 minutes, and keep your hands as far away from your mouth and paws as possible during the session.

Another possibility is that we have brought home a wild or semi-wild cat.. This animal runs away from people, keeps hidden under furniture, and does not want contact with humans. And yes, if you try to touch him, and let alone fuck, he gets angry because he feels threatened. This is not life for him or for people. If he is semi-wild, that is, if he has been raised at home but since he was a puppy he likes to be more on the street than in the house, then it may happen that he accepts some caresses, but you should not keep him locked up. And the wild must always be outside, either in a large enclosure (several hundred meters long) with shelter and food, or in a safe area where there are more cats.

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