T_T

[silversolitaire]

I just don't know why Sher is like that... I thought he'd be better now after I ignored him all day yesterday. He even sat down next to me twice without me even asking him to! So I figured he'd want to be petted. But instead he attacks me T_T. I don't know what I'm doing wrong and how to stop it... my arms and feet are covered with gashes and most of them are deep enough to build scars... I look horrible... T_T I just wish he'd stop...

Edit:

And now I bled on the new couch... *cries*

Comments

[no-ron.livejournal.com]

i know it's not easy. i think humans in general are more compatible with dogs than cats. emotionally we understand dogs better. it's much more familiar territory.
cats are strange. and special in a way. i don't think there can be any "warm" love with a cat (maybe there are a few exceptions). it's "cool" love, cool respect. cats are cool (or max. lukewarm :) ). distant. independent. aloof. even when they cuddle. just observe your cat and try to find that catness within yourself. once you feel it, it will be easier.
try not to be "emotionally vulnerable" with him (if i can use that term). i think you need to close up a little bit, be cool like him. and don't let him manipulate you around. ;)

there's another thing. it's not a rule that you automatically have to get along with a pet. animals have a character too. like i totally don't get along with our dog. character-wise. and there's no "deeper" relationship between us. he's not a close friend to me.

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

But you see, that's the thing! We used to have a really close friendship. I mean he's with me for 4 years now or so! We used to be really close and big big friends. And I'm totally a cat person. I mean, I even meow in real life, I swear! And we used to be able to communicate. I knew exactly what he said and I could tell him what I meant, too. So... I wonder what happened that it changed. I don't know why he is that way now... Maybe he's hurting or I'm doing something he doesn't like. But I can't say what. Maybe I've got some scent on my body he can't stand... I really don't know. It can't be my voice since it hasn't changed much and I usually don't speak that much when I'm around him. Every time I shout he runs off (when he's not aggressive towards me). Or maybe it's the catnip? It started growing in our garden and now he's always lying around drunkenly... Meow...

[no-ron.livejournal.com]

that IS weird, then.
i don't know much about cat ontogeny.. aren't there supposed to be any behavioral changes around the age he is?