Don't make hissing noises at your sisters kitten! :(

Azagoth said:
Old woman about 5 doors down from me had to have her kitten (it was only a few months old too) put to sleep. The thing went ballistic on her and put her in the hospital for a week or so, it seriously sliced her up good.
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My cat was pretty much like that. My friend asked if I would look after her as she was afraid the cat would attack her young son. Stupidly I said yes, they brought her round in a box but wouldn't open it!!! I wondered what was going to come flying out!!

She's ok now. Took a few years but she now only has tiny episodes of madness :)
 
Classic pack behaviour - you asserted your dominance and the kitten put you in your place.

Kitten is now the pack leader - don't try it again :)
 
Azagoth said:
Drunk much tonight? :p

Are you trying to say "could I have looked after her cat"? Not a choice really, it went from cute little fluffy kitten to insane face ripping monster in a split second, the RSPCA had to cart it away. Actually, the guy who's job it was to go in and catch it looked like he was a bomb technician (face protector and the works) and still he came out with scratches.

The thing just went completely mental for some reason, there was noting that could be done really.
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Sock on head?
 
Maybe a little too sensible for GD, but I wouldn't advise doing anything like that again. If you play rough or fight with a cat, they will learn that it's ok to repeat. My boyfriend and a couple of others used to play fight with one of my cats when he was tiny, and now when anyone rubs his tummy, he'll act the same way - but he's 5kg and has huge feet. I didn't let anyone fight with my other cat, and she has never attacked anyone.
 
I only do it when we have stray cats in our garden, they run away pretty damn fast, never had one leap at me lol.
 
Our cat, even now she's old, has always hated newspapers for some reason and will attack them (she's learnt not to attack them when Dad's reading them now though :p ). I remember playing with her one day and put a newspaper on my head to see what she'd do - well she got really scared, puffed out all her fur and went into a very aggressive stance. I reckon if I hadn't removed the newspaper quick she would have had a pop at me. Weird things cats.
 
Thought this was going to be an incest thread with that title! :p

Cool cat though.. Cats rock! Can't wait till I get my own place and can have a cat again..
 
My old cat was better, if it ever did get on your lap (rare), it would want new food because it's 10 minutes old, so you'd be like, nah, stroke it. Then after about 2 minutes of the cat purring but still looking ****** that you haven't fed it, it would just grab you arm, scratch, bite and kick with its back legs.
You had to flail your arm and launch said cat accross the room to get it off.

Cats are evil.
My missus made me get rid of my loving snake now she wants to get a cat.
 
Our cat used to be a real scratchcat, but she was rescued from the streets and was starving when we found her. Don't know what had happened to her before but it took her a long time to trust us properly. She does now though and is quite harmless :D

There are some things you mustn't do with cats which you probably won't realise at first. For that matter they may vary between different cats. Some obvious ones like don't reach over thier face to stroke them, you must never put your hand near thier face. Insead, place your hand from around the back onto thier head but make sure they know you are going to touch them. You can then tickle under the chin/neck, but keep it higher up as lower down tends to stimulate anger more, you'll probably be able to see from the cats reaction if it likes this. Again, don't do this from infront. A cat showing its tummy almost certainly doesn't want it touched, they are just getting comfortable!

Visitors don't tend to follow these basic rules and it always makes me cringe a bit when I see it but shes a good cat these days and puts up with it/moves away rather than scratching. Oh yeah, also never put your face too near the cat, unless its on your lap in which case it may try to touch noses and then you mustn't try to evade! For safety, learn your cat!
 
Damn Dr.EM. You have a rough cat.

I have 2 - an Egyptian Mau and a Bengal. The Egyptian Mau is very very aggressive and is happy to use teeth and claws, when he wants to. However, neither of my cats mind me touching them on any part of their bodies. Placing my hand across their bodies, etc is not a problem at all. Though, I have had them since they were 3 months old, so this might explain their ease around me.

I can put my face near my cat, whether they are in my lap or not. They have NEVER EVER scratched or attempted to scratch it.

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that your cat's unease at having a hand approach him/her, across the face, can be cured by doing it repeatedly. You just need to teach the animal that when a hand is approaching its face, the hand isnt going to be used to attack the animal. This behaviour certainly isnt an instinctual thing, so your cat probably has had some bad experiences previously, with hands coming across its face.

I guess, before it arrived in your house, your cat might've been through some difficult experiences which has made it very defensive. Though, as you yourself admit (in your last paragraph), in time your cat is becoming more tolerant and learning to be more accepting of people stroking it and placing their hands across its face. It's learning.
 
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