Hello all,
I could really use some thoughts on what to do about the following situation...
I re-homed a 5 year old British Short hair cat precisely a year ago this month. His previous owner bought him as a kitten, and her official line was that ill health was making her have to give him up. She has also re-homed her other two cats a few months before I took him on.
Myself and my boyfriend live together, and basically the issue is that the cat really dislikes my boyfriend. His behaviour is getting worse as the months go past and I really don't know what to do about it.
Cat will hiss at boyfriend and run away from him whenever he goes near him/walks past him. He has scratched him (at times quite severely) more times than I can count. He will hide under furniture and then run at him hissing and scratching. Last night he was hiding under the bed and mauled his bare feet as boyfriend walked across the room. He also growls at him a lot of the time, and just generally acts in a very aggressive manner towards him.
He tends to be a lot better with him when I'm around, but will still often growl/hiss and sometimes scratch. He never scratches me; although he will sometimes hiss at me for no obvious reason. He's not the most affectionate of cats. He never gets on your lap, or cuddles up to you. The concept of snuggling you on the bed etc seems totally lost on him! He will let me stroke him though, and seems quite fond of me in his own grumpy way.
He's also incredibly demanding. He will yowl for food from the moment you stir on a morning, and always looks like he's basically very disappointed in you and the world around him.
I'm really not sure what to do about it. I do like the cat, but it's creating a lot of tension in the house and my poor boyfriend is cut to ribbons. We try our best to be good owners, but it's all really frustrating. I've got another thread running currently about my horse who also has behavioural issues. It's all getting a bit too much quite frankly! :(
Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated. Thank you.
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peskyfeelings · 10/06/2016 07:57
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