my granddaughter cant stopper cat from scratching people how do you make them stop?

Answer 1

either spray bottle train it... or get it de-clawed.

My friend had the same problem. She got her cat Cheddar de-clawed and he was playing that same day( even though he did have little castes on his front feet). And that can NOW is one of the sweetest cats I know.

Answer 2

Stop holding the kitty when he's agitated. Get him some kitty furniture to climb on. Ours likes the corrugated scratching things you can buy at a pet store. Get kitty toys like DaBird that the cat can chase so the energy is channeled in more productive means.

Clip the claws carefully with a nail clippers, and if you can't do it well, the vet will. There are also Soft Paws - caps you can put over the claws.

Declawing is cruel, please read up on it. We have decided not to declaw our kitten and we're very glad we didn't. Declawing is amputation of the tip of the toes.

We once had a cat declawed and it got very antisocial and also would bite. Declawing is actually not legal is some countries in Europe now. Cats are not dogs, so sometimes people make the mistake of expecting a cat to behave like a dog.

Answer 3

do not dewclaw the second cat, what they do in that surgery is not taking off just the nails it's actually cutting off the upper part of the cat finger bone, yes bone.
there are several things that can go wrong most cats who have been dewclaw instead of scratching began to bite, they start to have beaver problems, and the worst thing: they can actually die from the surgery, if you knew my native language i would have send you a posting from a cat group I’m a member of, it’s of a guy who dewclaw his cat and the cat died because of the dewclaw.
if you search the net for explanations of dew clawing in sites such as the peta
organization site you will see how awful this surgery is. there are alternatives which are cheap and don't cause your cat any life long pain.
one is to cut the edge of the fingernails once every two weeks your vet can show you how to do it. My cat has some beaver problems which makes it very hard on me to trim her nails I do it while she’s asleep a nail at a time it works.
there are also these great silicon caps that you glow to your cat’s fingernails, they stay on for about a month and half more or less. this is called soft paws. it's such a great invention it's cheap and it comes in all kind of colors: www.softpaws.com

also if you do that and have enough scratching posts then your cats will scratch on them. other things:
when he scratch tell him in a stern voice no, move your hand and quickly give him something else to scratch and bite on.
if your scared for your sofa them you can buy a special spray to spray on your sofas and carpet it doesn't leave any stains the cats hate the smell and don’t touch those places.


Here’s a link to some info about dew-clawing: http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=42


but the best thing is: to bring the kitten a feline friends, they will play together. she won't ruin the house and won't scratch your granddaughter hands.

Answer 4

First make confident you've a lot of issues accessible that she will scratch. Its also a sturdy theory to usually clip her claws on a weekly foundation yet study up on it somewhat so that you the position to clip too because too some distance of a clip will injure the blood vessels. After that theres a pair products you'll get. there are particular sprays you may positioned on the furinture which will scent undesirable for your cat and may want to deter her from scratching. there is also sticky pads you may positioned on the furinture that the cat gained't like the feel of. you may also get a product reported as safe practices claws that are like rubber caps for the nails and he or she wont take care of to scratch with those. in case your no longer into procuring any products than get a twig bottle with water that you squirt the cat with each and every time she starts scratching and afterwards direct her to at least some thing she will scratch. This procedure might want to make an effort so that you should attend to to adhere to it.

Answer 5

She might try buying the cat a scratching post and then teach the cat how to use it.

Or she can use an old piece of carpeting, and when she catches the cat trying to scratch the furniture, she can take the cat and gently place him/her on the piece of carpet, and gently drag the cats claws across it, so the cat will begin to get the idea that that is where they are supposed to do their scratching.

Answer 6

DON"T DECLAW it will make the cat that much more anger than it's only defense will be biting!

Plus how would you like it if someone pulled out your fingernails! Cruel right?

You can get soft caps to put on the cat's claws. I wonder who these horrible people are that the poo kitty has to scratch don't blame the cat for your peoples bad behavior.

Answer 7

Water in a spritz bottle is best but being a pet owner I realize you don't always have it in hand. I find that that clapping harshly and loudly while sternly saying "NO!" works well on all of my animals. If it doesn't work at first, you can try to teach them by clapping first then spraying with water and saying "NO!" The water is definitely a deterrent and if you clap first they will learn to fear the loud clap because they expect to get sprayed again. Good luck to you!

Answer 8

Taking your middle finger, and place your nail to your thumb, flick the cat right on it's nose and scold it. About the third time of this it will stop. Some might think it cruel, but it is better than putting it down.

Answer 9

you can safely clip a cat's nails, just make sure not to go to far(only the white tip) or you will end up hurting it. this helps a little. also, maybe the cat is being abused and just wants to be left alone...most animals don't scratch someone unless there is a reason(i.e. playfullness or annoyed).

Answer 10

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