My 17 week kitten keeps biting me. What should i do?

Answer 1

One reason a cat may be biting is because it is playing. My sister's cat bites, and we are teaching her not to. The way we are doing this is by stopping the play whenever she bites, and getting a toy. She can bite the toy, but not the hand or foot. No playing with hands or feet, only toys.

I'm not sure of teething age? But if your kitten is teething, you should get special teething toys, because it hurts a lot when teeth grow in, and she needs to soothe the pain by biting and chewing. Get teething biscuits, too.

Answer 2

biting is part of play behavior in kittens. make sure you have adequate play things and toys for your kitten and don't play games with her using your hands which might give the kitten the impression that biting and clawing at you is okay. if a kitten bites a sibling or its mom too hard they will either bite back or stop playing. so right after he bites you, yell ouch and give pinch him hard enough to show discomfort. the kitten will quickly learn if he inflicts pain he'll will receive pain. and just saying ouch will remind them what will follow and they will stop. they have short attention spans so will need to do this several times to get the message across. or you an also try putting something like rubbing alcohol or something on your hands and the next time it bites will leave a bad taste in its mouth.
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Answer 3

If you are playing with it, that is the only way it deems necessary to get even with you. Get a mouse or other kind of toy while playing w/ it and let it attack the toy, not you. If you are not playing w/ him/her and it bites you, you are going to have to train it. Next time it bites you, grab its mouth for a few seconds, let it know that you don't want it to bite, then let go. Eventually, it will learn not to bite you. Right now, I can't remember when kittens start to loose there deciduous teeth, but I think its around that age.

Answer 4

I totally agree with Short Stuff, buy a small spray bottle and fill it with water. Every time your kitten bites you, point the bottle at his/her head and spray your kitten with the water. This usually stops them from biting pretty quickly as most cats hate water, problem solved :o)

Answer 5

Kitties bite, either during play time, or a way of showing affection, commonly known as "love bites"!

I think its cute!

Answer 6

maybe not twist its head off, a bit violent there.
but give it a wee bit slap on the mouth when it does biting u.
conditioning. dont hurt it. kittens are cute,

Answer 7

It's what cats do when they are playing. You should be happy! Besides, it's only a kittne.... what harm could it possible do? A happy cat will play, and gentle biting and scratching is part of that.
Don't try to discipline it.... that's what cats do.... if you don't like it, tough.... you shouldn't have got a cat.

Answer 8

Buy them more toys. When they try to bite you get out the spray bottle.

Answer 9

Spritz it with a spray bottle of water each time she bites you (has to be right away or it won't understand) and she will stop.

Answer 10

try using an old towel or rag and play with her/him and let them chew away!! the kitten is probably teething!! Him/her will stop once it's teeth stop bothering him/her.