Hi, Everyone,

I'm having trouble with my one and a half year old cat, Joshua. I adopted him from a shelter at 10 weeks. Unfortunately I wasn't able to adopt his brother. Anyway he started biting right away. He gave little warning, sometimes none and did not fit into the usual aggression catagories. He did this often in my lap and I would put him on the floor but I wasn't too good at ignoring him. As he aged it got worse. He would walk back and forth across my lap and then bite or sometimes from the side. He really acted like a dominant aggressive dog(I took a dog survey and he got a very dominant score as well) Worse he didn't care if I ignored him anymore. So I armed myself with a plant mister and sprayed him when he attacked. This has worked very well and he does not bite as hard or often(it used to be daily). Now he doesn't sit in my lap too much. It's almost like he doesn't know how to interact with me without being aggressive which bothers me. I spent (and spend) lots of time playing with him, and being with him,etc. and he's indoor-only. So right after the biting stopped he went for all the fabric on the furniture. EVERYTHING. I used the sticky paws but he didn't seem too bothered and since there's so much he wants to scratch I'm using aluminum foil. It looks like David Bowie is my interior decorator,lol. But Josh will look for any uncovered area and scratch it. In the past he used to "graze" on the carpet and eat inedibles. He's very smart and I feel like he will probably resume scratching once the foil comes off. Haven't tried nail caps yet because I'm sure he'll get those off. He has a sisal post that's several inches too short(sometimes) which he was using. I play with him to get him to jump on his post. Now he's scratching any tiny un-foiled areas and not his post. Water doesn't work. So, any suggestions?

Sandra and Joshua

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