daisymactx
Jul 17, 2007, 10:00 AM
I have a 2 year old orange tabby named Mister Buddy. He was rescued by a friend from an apartment complex where his tail had been slammed in a door and it had to be amputated. After he came out of the vet's office he ended up with me and my DH. He was about 4 months old and the vet thinks he never lived inside in his lifetime.
We keep him indoors and he is a real sweet boy. Loves to play with toys, and sit in your lap. When he gets in my lap, especially when I am on the computer, he curls up and starts kneading. Then he sits up and stares at me, pupils very big, and will reach up to my face with his paw to touch me. He gets his mouth very close to my face and my mouth. At this point I am usually petting his head or stroking his neck. Then he lays back down and if my arm is near him, which it is, he nips me. First he will smell my arm, then touch it with his mouth and then he nips. He has been doing this for quite awhile, but I thought he would outgrow it. I say STOP, and move his mouth away, but that doesn't work for more than a minute. To stop him I have to put him back on the floor, and not let him back up. He does not nip the hubby.
I don't want to hit him, or hurt him, but I want this to stop. What should I do? I actually had thought about putting some Bitter Apple on my skin, but I don't want him to be repelled by me.
We keep him indoors and he is a real sweet boy. Loves to play with toys, and sit in your lap. When he gets in my lap, especially when I am on the computer, he curls up and starts kneading. Then he sits up and stares at me, pupils very big, and will reach up to my face with his paw to touch me. He gets his mouth very close to my face and my mouth. At this point I am usually petting his head or stroking his neck. Then he lays back down and if my arm is near him, which it is, he nips me. First he will smell my arm, then touch it with his mouth and then he nips. He has been doing this for quite awhile, but I thought he would outgrow it. I say STOP, and move his mouth away, but that doesn't work for more than a minute. To stop him I have to put him back on the floor, and not let him back up. He does not nip the hubby.
I don't want to hit him, or hurt him, but I want this to stop. What should I do? I actually had thought about putting some Bitter Apple on my skin, but I don't want him to be repelled by me.