New, big foster cat bites. With blood. [View all]
My blood, not his. He was scheduled to spend a few days on exhibit at a pet store. Nope. A woman with a 6-year-old child wants to adopt him. Nope. He's bit me 5 times--the last above the leather glove I started wearing when petting him.
In 20+ years of rescue, I've had unsocial fosters. I've had grown-up "only kittens," who never learned to pull their punches. But I've never had one that spontaneously attacks. He's not "playing rough;" he's attacking without warning. I'm going to take him to the vet to see if there's a medical issue, but I haven't noticed that he objects to being touched in any specific place, and I'm not up for more experimentation. He weighs 12 pounds and bruises as well as breaks the skin. He bites hard.
I'm going to tell the rescue that I'm not the person to rehabilitate him. And I don't want to reinforce this habit! The only solutions I can think of (feral colony, barn cat) break my heart, because he really wants to be loved. He just attacks mid-love. Not the way to build a lasting relationship.
Any compassionate (for him and me) suggestions?
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