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How do I teach kitty NOT to bite!

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  • 24-11-2009 10:01pm
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    LadyMayBelle
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    Kitty is five months old. Lovely pleasant thing but with a tendancy to bite, when playing mostly. She rarely puts out the claws, but is content to 'gnaw' on preferably, fingers!

    Never had a kitty before so not sure what to do or if it's normal. She eats crunchy dry food and has toys to chew on if that helps..


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    cyning
    Registered Users Posts: 3,251 ✭✭✭cyning


    My cat does this too.. she'll start licking and then bites. Its always when she wants something. I found as mine got older she got better. if she bit or scratched one of us we put her out of the room and that is very effective: she knows if she bites she won't get what she wants!!! Also plenty of toys!


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    LadyMayBelle
    Registered Users Posts: 5,095 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    Hope it's oky to repost, kitty now has sharper teeth and uses them...while i understand she is still playful and gnaws away at things, she bites anytime now...she has lots of toys but goes for fingers

    I've only ever had dogs and they were okay to train, but with kitty Im clueless..others in the house had read that a single clap when she does something bad (jump on the kitchen table for example) should deter it but nothig works..what works? Clapping doesn't, a light tip on the nose doesn't, a stern voice neither..am i being too cluelessly optimistic? It's becoming a bit of a problem..


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    babychuckles
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    This might work, or not, but when my lot jump on the kitchen table or bite too hard when playing i gently blow a quick short breath in their face and it stops them in their tracks. just enough to get their attention and get my hands away while they are distracted.


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    LadyMayBelle
    Registered Users Posts: 5,095 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    I'll try it! I've read about the squirting water at them, but my kitty puts her paws out the the dash of water (she loves water, she lets the utility tap water run all over her so that's a prob!) and the lemon smelling claening agents on surface tops, but I don;t want the house to stink of lemons all the time...all advice appreciated!


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    Ambersky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭Ambersky


    Im more use to dogs too but this year got my first kitten
    I had this pressurized air duster that came as a free gift with my computer.
    It has a fine nozzle and lets out a little blast of air while giving off a hissing sound.
    My kitten only had to hear it hiss and he would stop whatever he was doing.

    He use to think it was great fun to go under my desk and bite the cables he found in there while I was on my computer.
    I would chase him away but I think the behaviour was a way to get my attention back on him and get a bit of a thrill at the same time. He loved it.
    Nothing worked untill one day I blew some air at him. I think the hissing sound is a bit like a cat giving out and its the only thing he listened to.


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