Daughters Devil cat...11-15-'18

I watch this guy on youtube who goes into people's home and looks at why the cat behaves as it does. It strikes me that the behaviour is often connected to the environment. Watch a few and see if there is anything that resonates. They are called "My Cat From Hell." He even found out one cat was learning disabled. Cats seem to act up for a reason. People put up with a lot from their cats. They cannot talk human so they communicate in other ways. This sounds like a very traumatised cat. It is possibly stealing as it is stressed. Did you say you had a lot of other animals, including dogs? Have a look at what might stress her out. It might even be a bid for attention. Asthma gets worse with stress, so the stress of the cat behaving like this could well be a trigger. Either way, it sounds like something has to be done.

Maybe she was a wild one before going to the shop

This cat sounds to be a little monster. My neighbors years ago had a black cat like this.

I had one named Prissy. She was my baby, but not anyone elses. She never outgrew attacking people for no reason.

My inlaws use to have a cat like that and no one could touch him except the immediate family. He was a very nasty cat but so beautiful as his fur was all black and so shiny.

It sounds like it's still a kitten in it's teen years. Give it a little more time as it is acclimating to your home and you. I've had cats and kittens like that and it's because it's frightened for one thing. It's having a difficult time readjusting to someone who actually cares for it rather than being on it's own. Having someone scream and slam doors at it isn't going to help the problem any, the cat is emotionally terrified as it is. When it reaches out to claw or bite you tell it a firm "NO" and slowly withdraw your hand. It's in the wrestling mode which it would normally do with it's litter mates. Also someone who had the cat before you might have wrestled with it and made it think that was okay. My Petey will sometimes do that with me (he's still a young man cat) and I will slowly draw my hand away and tell him "No". He's slowed down on the clawing and biting a lot. The stuff of yours that it's stealing is stuff with your scent on it. It's out of affection and also the need for something with your scent that gives it security. If you have a pair of really old socks that you have worn one more time and haven't washed them, roll one of the socks up into a ball and give it to the cat. It will help give it a sense of security and "home" and that you aren't going to give it away again. It's like a small child with insecurities and once those are set aside it should be much better and less of a terror. I hope this helps understand your little terror... every once in a while one comes along that needs some educating. Also has it been spayed or neutered yet? If not it is something to consider doing soon. That will tend to settle it down a LOT!

How old is this cat? My mother had a cat that was really mean like that. My mother gave it to her mother when my sister was a baby so the cat wouldn't hurt her. It was always mean to everyone except my grandmother but like you said with your daughter it sometimes it clawed her too. It used to sit atop The banister and swat anyone who went by.

Oh my - beware of the mean cat! Our friend's family had a mean black cat named "Poe". We'd rarely see it when we were over because he'd hide. They warned us to not look for him either, because he might scratch or bite.

I'm terrified of cats, especially cats like the one you describe. I never knew why til my dad told me when I was a toddler we had a cat that jumped off the couch and clawed me all the way down my back! The cat went out the door that day and apparently I had a subconscious fear of cats ever since!!

I have bad news. Ms. Character cat likes you. She wouldn't choose to plague you if she didn't find you a ball of kitty fun. I'm not much help cause I like Monster Babes. Sorry. I have a cat who was not raised with a kitty person and you bet she will bite through my hand if she is ticked. I wish you much luck.

It sounds like whoever had the cat before your daughter adopted it was very mean to it and this is its reaction to humans @bunnybon7 . Persistence and kindness will conquer. Lots of toys and a scratching post.

Some cats are like that, and being a kitty, she may need to be trained, if that's possible. Doodles, the love of our lives, sent my son to the emergency room twice after ripping the veins in his wrist and biting through a finger. Now, he is as good as gold. We learned the warning signs when he doesn't want to be touched and run away as fast as possible. lol

I was always told that animals are just like humans, only mean if you do something to them. But as ive gotten older, ive realized that thats false about humans, so must be about animals too. Hope the cat stopped robbing you.

All cats are "saints" lol!

Ooh, I think i would have to get rid of that cat.

I have two cats that I adore. One of them creeps around at night, jumping on me in the bed. I have to find a way to stop her form waking me. She is jealous of the other cat that sleeps with me. But she will not sleep anywhere but on her bed. Oh well, the saga continues.