Researchers have proposed a number of reasons a cat might act aggressively toward his human housemate. Early weaning, bottle feeding, being a singleton, separation from littermates at too young an age, early life illness or trauma, and poor nutrition have all been shown to increase the risk of aggression in adult cats. Of course, all of those things tend to occur before a cat comes to his forever home. But research indicates that how we interact with our cats once they come to live with us may also lead to aggression.
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