Discipline

It's hard to discipline a cat.  My cat has tried to viciously attack me 2 times and the only punishment she gets is spending the night in a walk-in closet that is bigger than the cages most cats live in.  She does pout all day after spending the night in the closet though, lol.  Some people would have had their cat put to sleep for what she has done to my arms, but she is so sweet at other times, it is unthinkable to do this.  Cats do not obey like dogs.  If it's time to go to bed and the cat wants to play, she might try to bite, and did this exact thing to me 2 weeks ago.  My cat seems to be more trouble than most, she loves to scratch furniture and I've learned to clip her claws and plan to do this about once a month.  Yesterday I brought her home a scratch post and she bit me, I guess due to the excitement?  The cat doesn't have rabies I had her checked out, lol, but her behavior does worry me.  I guess a cat is just a miniature predator, and you can never forget that. 

Getting to know you

I have had my cat for a month and we are really getting along now.  After a few weeks she got restless and I think missed being free outside to roam to apartments and beg for food.  She was a stray before.  I let her play bite me too much and she got aggressive and scratched and bit up my arms.  Things changed after that, I had to establish more of a master and pet relationship.  A few weeks ago she hissed and tried to bite and scratch me and she had to spend the night in the closet, with her food, water, and litter box of course.  She hates the dark and she pouted for a few days after that.  Now she is more obedient and we even get along better.  Whenever I take her outside she gets growly, I think she wants more freedom.  It's not safe outside of course, and it's so cold she would freeze to death outside.  She is just a cat and can't understand that if I had not taken her my friend would have taken her to a shelter and she'd be living in a small cage.  I'm glad we are getting a long, all my scratch and bite marks have healed and we have both learned a few things I think.  Someone once told me that cats think that they are people too.  I think that's true.  You have to treat them like the dog-whisperer treats his dogs seeking a submissive attitude and not let them do whatever they want.  Our master and kitty relationship is working out, of course she is still a spoiled little trouble maker, but at least she has learned lessons about attacking.

Here's some footage of my little rascal

Cat getting scratchy

My biggest fear about getting a cat was that he would scratch up and destroy my apartment.  Had my cat for a week and 1/2 and she has not shredded and completely destroyed things, so I'm sure it could be worse, however, she has scratched a hole in my favorite chair, leather jacket, bed, and my arm.  At the end of the day a cat is still an animal.  She is sweet and licks my arm and purrs but she still has animal instincts.  I have heard people say it is cruel to have a cat de-clawed, and so far the damage is minimal.  But I don't want her to scratch my neices and nephews, or further damage my furniture, so I'm not sure what I'm gonna do about it.  I've heard you can have a cat's claws groomed or something to make them smaller, gonna look into that.  Pissed as I am, I'm glad I don't have super nice things, she hasn't really ruined much, except my favorite chair that really has just a few small holes, not shredded.

Vet visit

Took my Cat to the Vet today.  That's a pretty scary thing to do.  She didn't like them sticking needles in her and putting stuff in her mouth but these things have to be done.  It gave me my first idea of what being a parent is probably like.  Now we are making sure she doesn't have worms and getting rid of her fleas, the fleas even affected me so I was glad this visit was done.  It's even more important to have an indoor/outdoor pet taken to the Vet but all pets should be taken yearly.  Which makes me wonder about people that have dozens of Cats and/or several Dogs.  Do these people take all the animals to the Vet?  My guess is some don't and that's too bad, as well as all the strays that never see a Vet.  There are so many health risks out in the wild and even on city streets that we should all make an effort to keep our pets contained and bring them to the Vet annually.

Cats

I have always liked Cats.  It's a bit surprising I have developed love for cats because I was traumatically attacked by a psychotic Cat when I was a young child.  I have gotten over it and for the most part Cats are just cuddly little fur-balls that like to eat and play.  I just adopted a Cat and she has been nothing but a little sweetie, meowing at me and purring and playing with shoestrings.  I will be interested to hear from all types of Cat owners on this blog, even the Cat hoarders and crazy Cat ladies with 100 Cats.  Normal people please post things as well.  It's important to get your Cats checked out by a Vet, I'm about to take mine in today, I hope she doesn't have any health problems I'm unaware of.