My siamese male cat

Question
We him  got about 2 and 1/2 months ago and when we got the cat the lady said it was a girl and it turned out to be a boy and also we found out it was taken away to early.Well at night he has a stuffed dog in his bed and nurses on it,what should I do?Also,when we eat we have to put him in the bathroom and close the door or he sneaks up and eats your food.Plus to go along with that he scratches you up all over I don't no what to do but spray water on him.It doesn't really help though.He thinks he is the ruler of the house.I didn't mention it but I have him inside.Also,these with spots appeared on me that is a fungus and the doctor asked did I have any pets,I said yes a cat and thats where I got It from.He also said the scratches could get infected and become cat scratch fever.Should I get rid of him?????

Answer
Amber,

If you are really unhappy, you may see if the lady will take the cat back.  I am sure she will not refund your money.

Kittens should not be sold or placed into a new home until they are a minimum of 12 weeks of age.  If your cat truly is a Siamese, he should not have been sold or placed until he was at least 4 months.  We do not sell our Abyssinian kittens until they are 5 months.  If he is happy nursing on the stuffed toy and not chewing on anything else, he may outgrow it, eventually.  If not, what does it harm?

Siamese as a breed are incredibly forward, and, yes, it is their house!!!!!  The food on the table is their food.  I am afraid it is the nature of the breed to have to be put up if you want to eat in peace!!!!!

It also sounds as if this cat has never been socialized.  Kittens, when they play with each other, play very, very roughly with lots of scratching and biting.  Cats have very, very tough skin and need to learn to play more gently with us softer skinned humans.  We play a "game" with our young kittens.  We pick them up, talk softly to them, and stroke them gently.  Kittens love this "game".  If they begin scratching/biting behavior, we stop the "game", put the kitten down, and walk away.  It does not, usually, take the kittens long to understand that they need to play more gently with people.  One hint!  Never, never, never roughhouse with the kitten.  Only engage in gentle play, or the kitten will get confused as to what you expect of it. Roughhousing implies scratching/biting behavior to kittens and you need to be consistent in playing with your kitten.  Also, have the vet show you how to clip the claws.  With kittens the fronts need to be clipped weekly and the backs bi-weekly.  When the kitten is about 8 months of age, you can change this to bi-weekly for fronts and monthly for backs.  Be careful about the declawing option as it can drive the cat to excessive biting behavior (it is like getting your finger cut off at the first knuckle!).  Also, the use of water as a discipline tool is highly over rated.  I would not bother as it makes stuff wet and some kittens learn to like being sprayed <sigh>!

Did your vet do a woods lamp test on the cat to see if the cat would fluoresce?  Did your vet try to culture the fungus.  Although fungus is a royal pain, it is not life threatening and can get cleared up.  I find it odd that it took 2.5 months for you to catch fungus from your cat, if indeed that was the source.  There are plenty of other sources of fungus, especially if you live in a warm damp climate.  Have your vet check out the cat and recommend a course of treatment, if the cat is truly affected.  If the fungus did, indeed, come from the cat, then, if the lady you got the cat from sold you the cat with a written sales contract and is a member of a reputable cat registry, you may have cause to lodge a complaint.

Cat scratch fever is, indeed possible, but if you have not gotten it by now, you probably will not.  It requires the scratches to be fairly deep and is not a very common malady!!!!!

Please let me know how it goes.

Best regards... Norm.