Wicket...she can be the sweetest little thing in the world...when she's sleeping
We've almost broke her of her hissing when you pick her up, the biting is getting better but she still does it a bit. It's funny though, her hiss has no threat to it, it's almost like a habit. Now...worse of all her behavioral issues - she goes through spurts during the day where she insists on constantly getting on the table and the counters in the kitchen. All of our cats have been taught that the table and counters are off limits..period (or course we aren't so naive as to think that they don't do it when we aren't around!!) But wicket...she will sit there and contemplate the jump..then look at one of us who will tell her no calmly...then she will look back at the counter (or table) and contemplate some more...then look at us and get a stern no...then she will turn around, make the jump and run from us hissing if we try to remove her. Yes, we know it's a game...we have tried to make it unpleasant for her with water, claps, distractions with toys, she has high places she is allowed, she has other cats to play with, she has toys galore and she loves them, but not as much as getting on the counter...she insists on this patricular game!! Foil doesnt' inhibit her, nothing noisy does...water will to a certain extent but we can't constantly stand guard with a water bottle. We've tried ignoring her...if we do that she will just start knocking stuff off, or simply lies down. I'm really at my wits end...I still have no leads on finding her a home, can't take her to a shelter (don't have the heart), but I am also getting a bit of cat overload, we don't live in that large of a house and the two of the four are becoming increasingly irritated with Wicket always wanting to play...heck even Willow is getting irritated with her at times. I know she picks up on this and I do my best to always tell her I love her and she's sweet and play with her as much as the others...She's a typical kitten still...and I love that about her... but I'm really getting short fuse with not being able to sit down to dinner, or to watch a movie without being interupted by her misbehavior. We have tried confining her at these times, but she makes such a noise at the door!! Besides I don't like confining for human convenience...it just isn't right to me. Help!!!
