how do you train an annoying kitten?

Question

my kitten can be cute and cuddly one minute, but the next she is a devil. and then when i yell at her i feel bad. what should i do?????

Answer 1

be firm but gentle.It's a baby. Don't yell. Kittens are ALL like this.
I used time outs with one of mine when he got totally nuts. He was put into a room(provide a litter box and some water ) and was allowed to calm down. It worked very well,he's reasonably well behaved and very affectionate. Please don't let her play with your hands or chew on you. When this happens remove her and firmly but gently say "No" if it persists a time out is a great solution and will help the kitten understand that negative behaviour is not good social behaviour.
Remember to have lots of toys to amuse the kitten with and possibly find another kitten that can join your family. I have three and noone ever gets bored.

Answer 2

How do you get a leopard to change its spots? This is not an annoying kitten, this is a kitten who is annoying you.

If you want to train a kitten or cat you should never yell at it. They have no way of processing this except being startled or frightened.

Have you heard of the K.I.S.S. principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid)? Always give a simple, one word command, firmly and not too loudly. Just "No", which you follow up with something physical, such as firmly removing the kitten from you if she is biting for instance.

It takes only half the time (as compared to a human youngster) to turn the kitten into a more civilized member of your family. And it's a developmental thing over which you really don't have much control. Behavior that you focus energy on will tend to increase, ignoring or allowing will make it decrease.

Answer 3

Patience, and don't hit it.

Generally, if she irritates you too much, the greatest punishment is that you get up and leave her alone in the room (no, don't pick her up and carry her out, you should go out of the room for this to be effective).

Easier measures include loud hand clapping (or blowing a whistle) to get the kitten's attention with a loud noise; firmly saying "no" (usually no yelling is needed); I sometimes hiss at my kitten when I want him to stop doing something immediately; and, the strongest in this gradation, spray your kitten with a water bottle (make sure you don't spray any in her nose or eyes or ears). Again, depriving her of your attention, and, stronger, presence, is the most intense punishment.

Also, it's very important that you encourage correct behaviour, especially if she has corrected doing something wrong. Cats forget what they did soon, so take care to execute the punishment / reward immediately, so that you are sure she gets the idea that what she is doing is wrong or right.

Good luck!

Answer 4

You mean kittens arent little devils??? lmaooo Awww I dont know how old your kittens is but they are like that. Just like kids, you love em and want to beat em at the same time lol j/k Just give your kitten plenty of toys and attention. I have one adult and three, four month old kittens. I tell ya, having more then one cat helps, especially kittens. When they get full of beans, they take it out of on each other instead of me hehe. But darn it if they arent cute!! I love them to death. I took on a litter of kittens and fell in love so bad, I kept them all , gl!

Answer 5

Training Kitten
http://www.petskare.com/category/Take-your-Cat-for-Walks.html

Answer 6

Kitten wants to play almost all the time.
When she's a devil, she just want to play with you. if she hurts you, she didn't mean bad, she just want to play. Tell her NO very strongly, and never allow her to play with your hands. She needs her own toy (maybe a fluffy stuff animal) to play with.
A thing that works very well to help her understand it's bad to scratch or bite you is a small moisturizer. Keep it always with you, and when she hurts you, send her some water, she won't like that and will stop and be cute again.

Answer 7

Be consistant with your training technique. You have to stay with it even when you don't feel like it or you ruin anything you have accomplished. Invest is water guns or water bottles and keep them close at hand. When they get on something or are doing something they shouldn't, spray them. They will associate what they area doing to being sprayed and know that it is the outcome of their actions. Remain firm in your comands....a firm NO! does wonders and while I do not spank my cat I do give her a firm tap on the nose with my finger and tell her NO! and she gets the point. Most of all though....just enjoy your cat...it's their purpose and if you spend so much time "training" them you will miss out on how much fun their personalities are.

Answer 8

Kittens are like babies, they do not understand verbal commands. Also, devilish behavior is in kittens. That is how they explore the world, as well as their appendages. I would correct her behavior such as scratching with a water bottle, and leave the verbal scolding aside.

Answer 9

Kittens do better in pairs. That way they play rough with each other and not you. She will outgrow it someday and then you will look back and remember when she was a cute playful little kitty and probably miss it.

Answer 10

Cage train....when it does something bad...don't yell at it, just put it in the cage (carry case) and leave it for an hour. Then go on life as usual......everytime it does something bad....repeat. It will understand.