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Can You Change A Cats Personality???
Hi Everyone,
I am new here and in need of some help. Can anyone tell me if its possible to change a cats personality??? A few years ago, I rescued/adopted/took in, a male cat who was about a year old at the time. He was raised and living in a elderly nursing home where the people there would often mistreat him. I don't want to sound mean or anything but most of the old people there were crazy and/or senial, and they would abuse him. They would beat him with their canes, thow stuff at him, spit at home, urinate on the floor at him and other stuff like that. As a result from this, he now doesn't like humans and is usually mean towards people. With me, he is SOMETIMES friendly and will let me pet him WHEN HE WANTS, but other times he just wants to be left alone and if I try to pet him, he will try to scratch or bite me. When my nieces and nephews come over the house to visit, if they go near him, he will actually CHASE THEM away, as if it was like he was a dog protecting HIS territory, and try to scratch or bite them. I usually have him out on my enclosed front porch so that he can be by himself and left alone but even out there he has been mean towards humans!!! Everyday when the mailman/mailwoman comes and they put the mail through the mailslot on the porchdoor, he sticks his paws and claws through the door and swipes at their hand and fingers!!! He also jumps up and HANGS from the screen door and hisses at the mailman/mailwoman or anyone else that comes to the front door. A few weeks ago when I was out at the porch, the maillady told me that she "has NEVER in her life seen a cat like him, that jumps up and hangs from the screen and hisses at her, like he is an attack cat or a tiger or lion ready to attack!!!". So my question is, is there anyway to CHANGE his hatred toward humans or will he probably be like this for the rest of his life??? Any information would greatly be appreciated!!!!! Thanks!!!!! |
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