My three month old kitten loves to bite. He will run up on you and just start biteing for no reason. He will not leave my older cat alone she beats the crap out of him and he just wont leave her alone. If I am a sleep he just starts biteing. Hes driving me nutts!!!!!!!!!!! we have tried spraying him with water to get him to stop when hes doing something bad. Smacking him on the butt lightly and saying no. Telling him no. Im out of options I have tried everything I can think of. please help!
2006-09-13 14:32:05 · 17 answers · asked by mindy 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
he is teething, on top of being a young kitten that loes to play and wrestle. Best bet is to buy a bitter yuck! spray that will teach him if he bites on things hes not allowed to chew on, it will taste NASTY and he'll quickly stop. He bites at your toes or ankles> Give them a quick spray over to-it has no smell, but it will stop the biting quickly. Also, if you could buy him a stuffed mouse or bird toy, and encourage him to play with it, it willt ake the focus off of using you to practice his hunting moves.
2006-09-13 14:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by Drisana R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bitter Spray.. spray anything he bites normally on a daily basis with it. You can get some from PetsMart, or PetCo, or any pet store pretty much.
It tastes soooo bitter that most animals dare not bite it again.
If that doesn't work, it may be a neurological problem with your kitten.
But 4 month olds can also be teething, which might be the case, but if they bite NON STOP it may be something with his brain.
Kittens normally have a very playful, very bity nature to them. They love to pounce, bite, and just play. it is their inherent bred in way of training to hunt. However, as excessive as this sounds, it may be best to take him in for a Brain scan if the bitter spray isn't working. ALL animals can have Retardation of the brain in almost any way a human can.
2006-09-13 14:39:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, kittens are a handful. They are playing and learning to hunt. It's what they naturally do. I just wore my kitty out playing with her. She really liked the feather dangly toys at that age. If you give him a toy instead of your fingers, that can help teach them not to bite you. Also I made a sharp noise at her and used the spray bottle. Each cat responds to different things. Tapping doesn't seem to really help. Distraction with a toy helps. Eventually they mellow out especially after getting neutered about six months old. It will pass. My kitty bit me so hard she drew blood when she was two months and now she doesn't anymore. Also when they get done teething, they don't bite as much.
2006-09-13 19:47:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of the problem is that he's 3 months old and full of energy.
Getting him neutered may help some. Smacking him on the butt will do nothing at all.
When he bites, you can grab him by the scruff of the neck (don't snatch him off the ground, just enough to get his front feet off the ground) and scold him, then let him go.
Keeping him caged at night until he calms down will help you sleep at night, too. Make sure he's got water and a litter box available in the kennel.
2006-09-13 14:39:06 · answer #4 · answered by searchpup 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Please do not hit your cat. Would you hit a baby? Cats don't understand what you are saying. He's a kitten and is probably bored. Get him some toys to play with. I've raised several cats and kittens and they all grow out of this stage. You just have to put up with it until it passes. Hitting them, spraying them with water, etc. won't do a darn thing but make the cat not trust you.
2006-09-13 15:47:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NEVER EVER HIT ANIMALS EVER !!!! No mater how lightly you think you hit them. I'm so sick of all these people that hit/ spank there pets. That is abuse plain and simple. There are ways to train animals in a loving kind manner get a book by Paul Owens " The Dog Whisper" http://www.raisewithpraise.com/html/homepage.html . (this is not the national geographic dog whisperer he is abusive too) The book is about dogs but you can use the same training techniques for cats and other animals. Please everyone learn to be kinder to animals.
2006-09-13 15:27:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try getting another kitten for him so that he'll have a playmate. It could be that he wants attention. As far as discipline, use spraying him lightly with water and BE CONSISTENT about it. Remember he's still young and he has to learn how to interact with you.The word is PATIENCE.
2006-09-13 14:40:33 · answer #7 · answered by carledwards99andtonystewart20fan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My cat did the same thing around the same age as your kitten. Keep using discipline on hima dn he will grow out of it, he's actually playing with you, but yeah, I know how annoying it can be especially if you get woken up by being bitten......... just keep at the discipline and your kitten will stop. :)
2006-09-13 14:37:43 · answer #8 · answered by Linda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he's doing what most kittens do when they're teething, or he coudl be "hunting"
I'd get him a few cheap toys ( like toilet paper rolls, sticks big enough so he can't swallow them, balls) to chew on.
Snackign his butt will do no good, cats do not respond to physical disipline, it will only make them mad at you.
You have to remember, in his eyes, he's no being "bad" h's tryign to relieve pain, or simply "hunting" give him somne healthy options to use rather than your feet :)
2006-09-14 10:54:46 · answer #9 · answered by kittenspawn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a kitty carrier? If you do put him on groundment, whenever he starts biting spank him and put him in it for about 10 min. We are having to do it with an adlt cat right now,the previous owner (my old roomate) abandoned with me and she allowed the cat to get up on the counters,tables, in her food plate while she was eating. WE cant take i either anymore. Try it, it might work.
2006-09-13 14:46:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋