Kitty4670 wrote:
She still biting me, but not very much anymore, I have a sprayed bottle that I keep on my nightstand, I don’t want spray her. One of the last time she bite me, she bite me twice, one on my arm & the other on my other arm, she bite me near my wrist, I was bleeding so bad.
Redirected aggression is probably the most dangerous type of cat aggression because the bites are uninhibited and the attacks can be frightening and damaging. Unfortunately, it’s also a very common type of feline aggression. Redirected aggression occurs when a cat is aggressively aroused and agitated by an animal or person he can’t get at (because there’s a window between them, for example). Unable to get to the trigger of his agitation, he turns and lashes out at someone—person, dog or cat—who is nearby or who approaches him. There can be considerable delay between the initial arousal and the redirected aggression, as long as hours. This is why cat parents sometimes describe this kind of aggression as unprovoked or “out of the blue.” They weren’t even aware of the initial trigger (for example, a cat outside who passed by 30 minutes before the attack). A redirected attack occurs only if an agitated cat is approached or there’s someone close by. The cat won’t go looking for someone to attack! It’s not a malicious or even intentional type of aggression. It’s almost like a reflex, done automatically without thought. This is why it’s never a good idea to break up a cat fight or approach an agitated cat showing defensive or offensive aggression postures.
Some common triggers for redirected aggression are:
Watching another cat through a door or window
Watching or stalking birds, squirrels or other prey animals
Smelling another cat’s odor on a family member, a visitor or clothing
Coming indoors after getting outside if the cat usually lives only indoors
Hearing high-pitched noises
Being frightened or harassed by a dog
Having a person intervene in a cat fight
Being in an animal shelter, surrounded by the sight, smell and sounds of other cats
Petting-Induced
Some cats enjoy being petted, held, carried and even hugged. Some merely tolerate these activities with their owners, or they like being petted but not carried. And a few don’t like being petted at all. Petting-induced aggression occurs when a cat suddenly feels irritated by being petted, nips or lightly bites the person petting him, and then jumps up and runs off. This type of aggression isn’t well understood, but behaviorists think that physical contact, like stroking, can quickly become unpleasant if it’s repeated over and over. Repetitive contact can cause arousal, excitement, pain and even static electricity in a cat’s fur. Imagine if someone rubbed your back but, instead of moving his hand all over your back, he rubbed in just one spot, over and over. That could quickly become unpleasant. Your cat might feel the same way: what started out feeling good is now irritating, and he wants you to stop. This type of aggression is more common in males than females. When your cat signals you to stop petting, the best response is simply to stop.
With careful observation of your cat’s communication signals, you’ll usually see warning signs, such as:
Quickly turning his head toward a person’s hand
Twitching or flipping his tail
Flattening his ears or rotating them forward and back
Restlessness
Dilating pupils
Pain-Induced and Irritable
Pain-induced and irritable aggression are triggered by pain, frustration or deprivation, and they can be directed toward people, animals and objects. Any animal—including humans—can aggress when in pain. So even a well-socialized, normally docile cat can lash out when he’s hurt, when someone tries to touch a painful part of him (for example, to medicate his infected ears), or when he’s in pain and he anticipates being handled because someone is approaching him. Cats with aggression problems should always be examined for underlying medical problems, especially painful diseases such as arthritis, dental pain and abscesses from fighting. Painful punishment is not only ineffective for changing cat behavior, it can also trigger pain-induced aggression and worsen other types of aggression, like fear and territorial aggression. Body postures will usually be defensive.
There are alot to read here. My cat is a female, I don’t pet her too much anymore, she gets mad when I don’t pet her. She don’t always bite me, she usually bites at night or in the morning, after a few minutes, she came back in my room & she my sweet Angel again, she jumps onto my bed to snuggle with me.
28 Feb 2021, 10:43 pm
You said some good stuff. One possible trigger I thought of is that cats or other animals might be hanging around the building at night like mating or something. Cats can pick up the scents & pheromones of other animals sometimes when they're around. Not much can be done about that when you live in an apartment thou. Perhaps someone in a neighboring apartment might have a pet that is triggering the cat. I just remembered that on an ep of My Cat From Hell, a cat was getting wound up at night because he/she was seeing the headlights of cars passing by when he/she would look out the window. The solution was the cat being put on some kinda anxiety med. I think blocking the cat from being able to look out the window at night & stopping the light from being able to shine through would of also been helpful.
