Thanks Momofthree.
Yes, I am leaning towards this option as her last chance.
I have fostered and worked with a lot of cats...I do mean a lot of cats (foster, rehab for a local shelter for several years), but this little one is an odd one.
Yesterday when she came after my hands again(she was on the floor and I was in the chair)really was startling to say the least. After she did it, she ran to eat from her bowl of food. (Hunt, eat, sleep).
Getting a bite is startling, isn’t it? SK bit my hand when I was removing her empty food plate. I did notice that her nip seemed to startle her as well. However, she kept looking at a shadow on the wall and I think that is what was getting her anxiety up. I have also noticed that a lot of play does help. She loves the feathers on a string. At the end of the day.. you know what decision has to be made. I’m not flaming anyone for having to make it. We knew that SK had only us and we took the approach that we would give her all the benefits of time/meds/etc.. so if we HAD to make it.. we would know there wasn’t any other option. Hubby and I were comfortable knowing what was a possible outcome if it didn’t work. She will never be a lap kitty.. however, she does sleep in bed with my one daughter. Plus, I can pick her up briefly if I have to (the one daughter can pick her up all the time). Cats are weird.. and sounds like ours are weirder than most. :)
Did you try hissing at her, as several have suggested? Don’t kill the cat.