Aggressive little bugger!! [[6 week old kitten--abandoned.]]?

Question

My husband and I were at our friends house last Saturday night and there was a little tiny kitten outside. Our friends mom said it had been hanging out there all day long and she didnt know if it was a neighbors kitten or if someone dropped it off.

It was late at night [[eleven and later]] so we assumed if it was someones kitten, it would have been inside by now or someone would have been asking about it. It kept meowing so we decided to feed it [[our friend has other cats so there was cat food]]. We soaked the food in evaporated milk and the kitten gobbled it up like it hadnt eaten in days!! It also had some scrapes on it right side of it face like it had been tossed out of a slow moving car.

The next day, the kitten was still hanging around and none of our friends neighbors had called or came over asking about it and we were pretty sure it was a drop off so I decided I would bring it home with us.

It is a three hour ride back to our house and the kitten was wonderful in the car, slept the whole way.

I made my dad check to see what the gender was and its a girl. She was fine for the first few days here, all calm and such. But now, she is soo aggressive when she plays with you and she doesnt let my husband and I sleep.

Whenever we go to get into bed to go to sleep, she just wants to play and jump on us, and bite our ears and noses. And its not cute little bites, its vicious.

Anyway, sorry about my long story, I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas why she is soo mean?? I know that most kittens are aggressive and hyper and grow out of it as she gets older, but Ive never had a kitten as aggressive as her. And Ive been around cats my whole life.

Any ideas??

Please and thanks in advance.

Answer 1

i recently got a new kitten and in the beginning he was CRAZY! sometimes he would bite me and it would hurt so bad. now my kitten is 13 weeks old and is calmer now, not like completely but not a lunitic. so i think your cat will eventually calm down. if not when she gets to aggresive or whatever lock her in a bathroom, or a room where there's "limited mobility" atleast thats what the vet said.

hope i helped (=

Answer 2

She may not have been abandoned, it is just coming to the end of kittening season so there are many feral kittens that are now ready to leave their mum. She will be very excitable at that age and they are very hard to handle.

I have hand reared a few wild kittens in my time and I find that these kittens are less afraid as they have been left to fend for themselves at a very young age, they then show no fear when it comes to new situations.

The best thing to do is to close her off to one room during the night, she will then learn that this his her territory and as she gets older will learn to find it a comfort (don't use this area as a disipline exercise), look out for signs that show she is about to pounce and be ready to divert her attention. Don't show any reaction when she does claw or bite you as this will then make it feel like a game to her.  

Answer 3

she might be just being a kitten. you could see about putting her in another room closing the door. hoping she has a kitty pan and enough to eat. make sure she has some toys and something toasty to lay on. I would put a cardboard box in there with some covers in it.Make sure the box and the kitty pan are oppsite each other. get her used to sleeping in there and soon she will run in there to sleep rather then in your room.! My cats always have. Even if it means you wait to feed her her meal till the night time, she will be ready and eat and then sleep. She sounds like she has energy. she doesnot know how to be a kitten... her mommy was taken away too soon. they still need the mommy for another few weeks, and people dont keep with the mommy long enough!

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

She's not trying to be mean.

I'd say two reasons.

1. Separated from mom too young, before she learned how to be a proper cat.

2. She just is aggressive.  That's why she's alive.  Had she not taken the risk to approach you she'd be dead.  She's alive because she's aggressive.

We've been dealing with the same thing.  He was about 5 weeks old and was crying in the median of the busy road in front of our house.  He's been very aggressive.  He's a sweetie and I know he means well.  But if he hadn't been so loud and so determined he never would have been found.  He's been getting cat lessons from our 5 other cats and plays with most of them a lot.  But I still do wake up to attacking too.  It is really frustrating, but at the same time I have to remind myself that he's only alive because he's so tough and I'm so glad he's alive.  He's getting close to 3 months old and is doing a bit better.  

You may need to keep her out of your bedroom.  At best you could play with her before bed enough to tire her out.  Be very firm about not biting.  She would have learned from mom, but since she doesn't have her cat mom she has to learn from you.  Our other kitten is still with his mom (she was a stray) and he never bites but the younger one needs educating.  

Patience and consistency is what she needs.  Spaying should help too.

Just try to remember that she's a baby animal who has been through something traumatic.  She isn't trying to be mean.  She loves you and appreciates you, she is just lousy at expressing herself because her life up until now has been much less than ideal.

Good luck!

Answer 5

Sometimes when kittens are very young and for whatever reason they are not with their littermates and mother, they miss out on the very important socialization period where they learn what in play is acceptable and what isn't.  For example, how hard to bite etc...she isn't doing this intentionally the poor thing doesn't know how.  As for night time, it is not mean to keep her in a bathroom or spare room with her litter, she will adjust.  

I would suggest a vet visit as I would bet she has some sort of parasite which is not uncommon in kittens at all.  She will require lots of love and patience.  When I am fostering a kitten such as yours I always have something with me to divert attention should they start to play rough...ie a feather on a string.

best of luck with her...she will return your kindness as she grows with much devotion and love...

Answer 6

She doesn't understand that you are trying to help her. She feels like she's being held prisoner. Remember, she's being protective, not mean. As for while you are sleeping, how do you know for sure it's not playful? Claws + Sharp teeth = hard bites and scratch but doesnt automatically mean shes being mean.

Like you said, she'll grow out of it, but that's probably why. :-D

Answer 7

Some cats are more aggressive than others.  Remember cats are naturally nocturnal animals. That is when they do their hunting. Your job is to teach her that is not a wise move on her part.

You are not holding her prisoner. Trust me on that. She has landed in Eden and is happy about it. She thinks of you as her "pride".

Put her in a crate at night that is big enough ot hold her litter pan. She might fuss a little while like a baby not wanting to go to bed. Soon this will become part of her little daily routine and will probably go in the crate just to have a quiet place.

Answer 8

you definetely need to show your kitten that she is gettin a little rowdy and needs to calm down.  well first, thank you so much for picking up the poor kitten (: So if she ever bites you just make a screaming noise which mom cats make if ther kitten bites them too hard.  if she still does not listen, you get a bottle with water and spray it on her paws if she bites or scratches.  and if she ever bites your hand really hard, give her a toy instead which will teach her that hands arent toys.  make sure you give her a treat if she ever bites you and then lets go when you yell at her.  i really hope your kitten gets better (: all kittens are pretty aggressive when theyre young.  good luck!

Answer 9

that is just what kittens do. The way to fix this is to get another kitten then it play and bite that one instead of you. It is just lonley. Or buy a cat soothing cd for cats to release stress cd and play it for her. You can buy it on amazon.com.