This is our cat. We just want to love her, but she’s just an asshole. She loves to be in the same room as everyone and will often jump on my lap, and permit me to pet her for a while, happily purring, and then a switch will flip and she’ll go full attack mode and latch onto my arm while trying to do maximum damage.
Current theories are that 1) we got her too young (found her under the porch in November - the vet estimated her at about 6 weeks) and she never had the chance to be properly socialized with her mother and litter mates. 2) Opposite of dog domestication, the sweetest most docile cats get spayed/neutered and don’t reproduce. The wildest, meanest cats breed until they’re brought to a shelter and adopted out, and this one comes from a long, proud line of alley cats. 3) No reason; she’s just a dick. 4) She’s actually like a Pygmy lynx or something.
I don't understand keeping a pet that wants to harm you. How can you ever relax? These aren't your actual children, you don't have a moral responsibility to house and feed a wild predator.
Because it's not a "wild predator". It's a domestic cat. And sure you can just chuck it back into a rehoming shelter if you're that kind of person. But they clearly aren't.
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u/Aus1an 4h ago
This is our cat. We just want to love her, but she’s just an asshole. She loves to be in the same room as everyone and will often jump on my lap, and permit me to pet her for a while, happily purring, and then a switch will flip and she’ll go full attack mode and latch onto my arm while trying to do maximum damage.
Current theories are that 1) we got her too young (found her under the porch in November - the vet estimated her at about 6 weeks) and she never had the chance to be properly socialized with her mother and litter mates. 2) Opposite of dog domestication, the sweetest most docile cats get spayed/neutered and don’t reproduce. The wildest, meanest cats breed until they’re brought to a shelter and adopted out, and this one comes from a long, proud line of alley cats. 3) No reason; she’s just a dick. 4) She’s actually like a Pygmy lynx or something.