Melanie's Blog The Cat rubs your foot and then bites you suddenly? The behavior of cats is sometimes really bizarre to the cat owner. Some cats just rub the owner’s foot and then suddenly bite. What exactly does this mean?
1. Hunting Habits
Sometimes, the cat rubs your foot, and then suddenly bites you, it may be thinking of you as a hunting target. Cats possess an innate instinct to hunt, and even those kept at home will exhibit hunting behaviors. When they can’t find prey at home, the moving object will become the object of the cat’s hunting, so the above situation occurs.
The cat owner should stop the cat in time because its teeth are very sharp and even if it doesn’t bite, it can still hurt the owner accidentally. If scolding doesn’t work, you can pat your cat on the back as a warning and let the cat know it’s wrong.
2. I want to play with you
The daily life of a cat at home is to eat and sleep and wake up to eat. If the cat owner does not play with it, it will inevitably become bored, so it will run to your feet, rub against you first, and then suddenly bite you in a way that grabs your attention and demands that you play with it.
At this time, you must scold it severely to let it know that this is not acceptable. Usually, you can play with the cat for a while, and you can use the cat-teasing stick to tease the cat so that the cat can consume excess energy and reduce such behaviors of the cat.
3. Express love to you
If your cat rubs against you, it means that the cat likes you and trusts you. If the cat rubs and bites you suddenly, it means that the cat is expressing its love for you in this way.
Even so, the cat owner can’t let the cat bite like this, and the cat’s behavior needs to be corrected in time.
4. Retaliation
If the cat owner rarely accompanies the cat and often treats the cat violently, the cat may hold grudges. So there will be situations where it will bite you suddenly without you noticing.
The cat owner should spend plenty of time with their cat, feed it personally, foster a strong bond, use positive reinforcement when disciplining, and never resort to physical punishment to avoid this kind of situation.
5. Express Emotions
Cats sometimes bite suddenly, probably because they are expressing their emotions. If the cat comes to rub you and you pet the cat incorrectly and it makes the cat feel uncomfortable, they will use this method to warn you not to pet them in this way. In addition, when the cat is tired from playing, it wants to rest on its own. If you force the cat at this time, it is likely to bite suddenly.
6. Not familiar with you
If it is a new cat that has just arrived home and is not familiar with the surrounding environment and its owner, it will also attack people for the purpose of self-protection.
In this regard, the best solution is to give cats a process of adapting to the environment independently and usually feed them by themselves to cultivate their feelings for each other. After the cat gets to know you slowly, it will naturally stop biting.
