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Cats can be just as aggressive in nature as dogs are. No, we don’t usually associate cats with biting the mailman or chasing neighbors down the street in a fury of terror. But the reason they aren’t viewed among the public as being as aggressive as dogs are may be because bites from cats aren’t nearly as dangerous for humans and other pets as are bites from dogs.
It’s not normal for cats to be aggressive in the sense that they bite humans and other pets. Many cat owners have cats that are overly aggressive and don’t think anything of it because they think all cats naturally behave that way. But they don’t. Pet cats should not embark in activities that put you, your family, and your other pets in danger. Clawing, scratching and biting at you by your cat is not normal. Normal cats are loving toward you in nature and respect you.
Cats do have some naturally aggressive behavior, but that doesn’t include biting you. Cats have normal instincts of mating and hunting that are necessary for the survival of their species. But it’s when these instincts are turned away from productive means in their natural environments and toward you, your family, pets, and guests to your house, that the behavior becomes dangerous and wrong.
You can help reduce the aggressive level of your cat, but it will take time. The first thing to consider is whether you feel comfortable approaching your pet. If you steer clear of your cat, and don’t feel you can pet it and hold it, then you don’t have a healthy relationship with it. You should be able to pet your cat, roll it over on its back so you can rub its belly, and even stick your fingers in its mouth to check its teeth and tongue, without it trying to bite you.
If you can’t do this, you should start slowly to earn that level of respect and trust, but showing your cat more love than you have before. Pet it more. Hold it more. If it tries to bite you, tell it that that’s not good behavior. Then slowly try to get to the point where you can rub its belly so that it purrs when you do that. This activity is meant to be a loving one, not an aggressive one. You should then work your way to be able to inspect its mouth for any kind of odd sores or unhealthy teeth. You should be able to hold open its mouth and feel around inside it without it growing aggressive toward you.
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