“You can see he is ticked…I don’t know what I have ever done to make him not like me…he bit me….”
“My sister’s cat, Max, hates me for some reason. The first time I saw the cat it hissed at me right away, and that is pretty much the way it has been since day one. I am a total cat lover, and I have never been mean to this cat……”
Please watch the video. My immediate impression is that this gorgeous grey cat has been declawed. This post is not really about declawing. It is about cat behavior and our interaction with our cat.
When a cat smacks an adversary, as we see in the video, the claws are always out (extended). Every time. A cat will keep his/her claws in when tapping a friend (to, for example, wake him/her up) but this is an aggressive smack and the claws should be out and the person could only try this stunt once because he would have a bloody hand after the first strike. There would be absolutely no possibility that he could go on doing what he is doing – provoking this cat – pushing his hand towards him/her again and again.
I can’t be absolutely sure but my assessment as is stated — that this cat has been declawed. We know the video was made in America because the video maker’s voice is American. And we know that nearly all veterinarians in America declaw cats and about a third of domestic cats in America are declawed. This increases the chances of my assessment being correct.
Okay, unless I hear to the contrary, I am compelled to conclude that this cat is declawed, which leads me to the further conclusion that he or she may be in pain and discomfort (based upon Dr. Kirten Doub’s findings) and indeed may have a dislike for this person not because this person has been nasty to him/her but because he resembles somebody who has been nasty to him and that person may have been a veterinarian. Or this cat is just pissed off because of the discomfort.
What is your assessment? Can anything be done to rectify the situation? X-ray of the paws for bone shards for example? Who knows?
Thank you, Lisa. Agreed.
I know it’s extremely late in the day, but I have to say that the vet should be in trouble for this! And de-clawing should be against the law. Animals with claws NEED them.
I think its the humans fault as cats never do it on purpose unless provoked or stressed also cats always know if someone isnt a cat person. They can sense it. They always know if someone doesnt like them. I remember tammy whos not with me now she used to get angry at some people as im sure she could sense they werent the right people and it turned out they werent so i believe often its human error.
I do agree, you can hear Max’s paw slapping on the person’s hand, if he had claws I don’t think it would, I think just the claws would make contact, nor do I think the man would keep going back for more of the same, it also looks to me as though Max is frightened of the camera or whatever the person is holding because his eyes seems to move between two points, one the man and the other the camera. Max has made it plain he doesn’t want to interact, he’s under a table or in a cupboard or something, why doesn’t he just leave him be. I can’t believe he hasn’t had the severe biting he so richly deserves and for which the cat would no doubt get the blame.
I am pleased you agree. It seems that no one who viewed the video on YouTube suggested declawing as a possibility for this cat’s behavior.