#aggressive cats

[msbarrows]

Yup, it's not exactly rocket science to win a cat's trust. I was doing fostering for the Toronto Humane Society back in the early 90s and one of the cats I ended up with was a feral mother with kittens. She was very aggressive to start, as in I had to dress up in multiple protective layers the first day after getting her home, because she'd torn up the plastic liner of the litter box to hide her kittens inside the lining; not a safe or healthy location for them. I didn't get seriously injured but I did end up with a bruise the size of the palm of my hand where she tried to bite my forearm through a parka plus a couple other layers of clothing. I named her Tsunami at the time because she was kind of overwhelming.

After that, she decided to hide the kittens in behind a bookshelf in the fostering room; I didn't see them again until they were old enough to start walking. Initially even just feeding and watering her was an ordeal; I'd stick to the end of the room closest to the door, and use a broom to pull the dishes over to me so I could reflll them and then push them away again before retreating. The broom handle acquired many deep bite marks.

There was a wooden trunk under the window at that end of the room; I got in the habit of spending time in the room sitting on the trunk, reading or singing aloud so she wouldn't forget that I was there and could tell I wasn't doing anything for her to get angry about. After the first couple days of this she stopped doing the dashing-out-immediately-to-spit-and-yowl thing.

Eventually she stopped attacking the broom. Eventually, I was able to do litter box changes without having to put on protective layers to cross over into 'her' most-of-the-room. Eventually, she started very cautiously approaching me, sniffing at me, stropping once or twice against my legs before quickly retreating again, playing with a cat dangler toy I was wielding, and letting me scratch her head with the tip of it (though it, too, acquired bitemarks).

Eventually, she even started joining me on the trunk, to look out the window from right beside me as I talked to her, and, as long as I was slow and careful and let her see my hand coming well before it got close, I could pet her. Head and shoulders only; trying to go too close to her tail (obviously kinked and possibly grabbed and broken at some time in her past) was a big NO that would have her whipping her head around and glaring (but not biting or swatting). The belly and legs were clearly right out too.

Eventually, she started closing her eyes, tucking her head down, and pressing her forehead against my arm as a sign she was open for petting.

I adopted her of course (and renamed her - to Sandtiger for her sandy coat colours and ferocity). I had her for a little under 10 years, during which time she was mostly a big fat slug of a cat - as long as you paid attention to her boundaries about good touch and bad touch areas, she was open to affection and handling and liked few things more than curling up on top of me for a nap. She learned to get along well enough with my other two cats (sisters) for all three of them to share space without anyone getting territorial about it. While she was not much of a cuddler with them, on rare occasion I'd find her pinning one down to groom with a "my instincts are making me do this and I Hate It" long-suffering look on her face.

Twenty-some years later and I still miss her grumpy ass.

this is amazing 🐈 ♥️♥️

[verawhisk]

pet me, damn it!

[lovertm]

pins by dannybrito

[galedekarios]

#would you still love me if i was a worm?

[linkerbell]

Would you trust them? 🤨🫢

[catscafecomics]

Hi-Score of Hugs

[energysoda]

why are geiger counters so cute. they are like little animals to me. making cute little noises when they detect radiation.

[n4391]

Pet, pet… (なでなで) 🐱⚔️🍁

[lunarw0rks]

simon the type to keep a spray bottle within his reach, for you;

you slouch? one spray to the nape of your neck

you bite/chew your nails, god forbid? two aggressive spritzes to your face

[connect404]

4 NEW SKETCHES FROM BLOM'S STREAM !!!

Hiiiiii sorry 4 leaving I never use this app all that much (⁠＾⁠3⁠＾⁠♪

Bonus : cat Wallace plushie made by a fan (and Bryan playing w/ it)

[bamsara]

now i ask you

how does your nariander act when catnip’d

(Based off of my own cats)

off the rails going nuts. starts picking fights with lamb or any of his siblings just so he has an excuse to go feral.

Lambert walks in and gets tackled by a catnipped Narinder yelling 'spar with me traitorous vessal and prove to me youre the true bearer of the crown' but he's attacking them in such a way that they cant tell if he's trying to tear off their face or make biscuits in their head wool. Probably drags them to the floor at some point and has them in an 'alligator death roll' but it's the same way cats roll around on the ground after catnip.

Another incident being they walk into Narinder and Heket and Kallamar in full on combat, no weapons its a 1v2 but Narinder is winning because he's on all fours foaming at the mouth going feral with the aggressive zooms. Leshy is the one who put the catnip in his food

Later he just abrupt knocks out. Slumped. Sleepy. Limp ragdoll that the Lamb has to drag somewhere to rest because he's zooted out. Mans is covered in blood and ichor being slung around like a slinky with a full ongoing snore snork mimimimi

[brainrotcharacters]

What was that about a nasty dog?

I have the fucking receipts ☝️🤓 https://www.thesprucepets.com/dog-body-language-bared-teeth-1118207#:~:text=In%20most%20cases%2C%20when%20a,precursor%20to%20more%20serious%20aggression.

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

Literally go fuck yourself.

https://archive.ph/2019.12.27-222825/https://erinhunter.katecary.co.uk/the-blazing-star-spoiler-page/comment-page-10/%23comments for if you wanna go read this for yourself and see.

[animebookworm16]

Jinshi and Maomao are both, fundamentally cats.

But they are two very different kinds of cats.

Maomao is a feral forest cat that once introduced to humans only knows how to show affection by affectionately saying "Fuck you"

Jinshi is a purebred of some form or another that has been groomed and cared for from the moment it was born.

This is of course without going into either of their respective traumas and based solely off of their vibes, how they react to each other and other people.

Because Jinshi fully expects everyone around him to pay attention, that is a pampered house cat. Maomao would rather die than have more attention on herself than necessary, that is absolutely a feral cat.

And that is why I love seeing the two of them together and their relationship. Because due to prolonged exposure to Jinshi, Maomao sees there are more ways to show you care than just affectionately screaming "Fuck you!" And likewise, Jinshi gets to see that sometimes being more aggressive and selfish isn't always a bad thing.

[oxalisworks]

(slow cap for the writer and someone who give this magneficient idea *chef kiss*)

[padawansuggest]

Personally, I think Obi-Wan should brawl with Cody. Not flirting, not sparring, but straight up trying their best to kill each other. Because I think Cody is the only one who’d survive that, but also I just feel like Obi-Wan would thrive having someone around to try and kill, and the only people he’s been able to do that with are Quinlan and Siri, and not even Anakin because Anakin is his student, and didn’t grow up being left in warzones by his master and have to learn to break every rule possible to survive.

But I think Cody and Obi-Wan could fight, like cats staring each other down while their tails move fast and you immediately start filming cause you know you gonna see them attack in a second and it’ll be like watching a WWE show with a bit of them embarrassing themselves mixed in. A good show.

Anakin and Rex tho?? They Wrassle. Like kittens. It’s cute and you have to film it because they hissin and then they fell asleep mid-match. If Ahsoka wanders by she gets pulled in for a cuddle nap.

It’s not the same vibe but all versions are amazing.