Will my cat learn if i hit it?

Question

it snuck downstairs into my room & knocked a plate of food over & dovoured it on the carpet, if I show her the plate, then whack her with a stick, will she learn to stay out my room?

if not, how do you teach cats?

dudes
1) its my sisters cat
2) it gets fed properly, TRUST ME
3) "As a human" I will leave plates of food around whenever the f**k I want!

and 4) MY DOOR DOESNT STAY CLOSED!!!

Answer 1

No, that will not teach her to stay out of your room. All she'll see is some large person brandishing a plate and beating her with a stick....she won't connect one with the other.

Spray bottles (water) and loud noises help deter cats. If you want your cat to stay out of your room, make a loud noise every time she comes in. You can put marbles in a metal jar and shake it every time she tries to come down. Or spray her with water when it happens. But NEVER hit a cat....it will only breed resentment in the cat and possibly make her mean.

Answer 2

I only punish my cat for bad behavior it did when I was watching it happen my squirt bottle set to spray mist works well because the mist water droplets confuse the cat's sences while the water annoys the cat. This method has caused my cat to discontinue bad behavior at least while I am around. Punishing your cat for a misdeed more than 5-10 minutes after the fact will only make the cat think it is being abused, and mistreated and this may cause your cat to abandon you and become feral.

As for keeping it out of your room associate a negitive consenquence with entering your room uninvited. This should after a while train kitty to stay away from your room entirely.

Answer 3

No, that is animal abuse and animal cruelty! If you hit her she will learn to hate you and then you will have a bigger problem on your hands.

Here is info about how to train a cat:

http://www.perfectpaws.com/train.html

1. Stop all reprimands. Concentrate on making your relationship fun, rewarding, playful and interesting. Sometimes this change alone will solve your problem. Cats are known to become overly active and destructive when bored. Daily play sessions and relaxing massages help calm kitty down. Cats that feel neglected will often stop using their litter box. If you schedule regular sessions to give kitty your undivided attention and to play games with him, even litter box problems can disappear almost overnight.

2. The most effective method of cat training is through rewards, so the second step is setting up the cat's environment so he can succeed. This will give you the opportunity to reward and praise him for good behavior.

3. The third step is setting up the cat's environment so that his misbehavior is not a rewarding experience. Let's take a look at furniture scratching as an example. While making kitty's scratching post fun, rewarding and exciting, the training process also requires you to make the furniture unattractive as a clawing item. Instead of you telling the cat to avoid the furniture, let the furniture itself tell the cat to stay away. It's up to you to find something your cat does not like. Each cat is different. However, most cats don't like to snag their claws when scratching, so you might try draping some netting or tulle over the furniture. Some cats don't like the feel of aluminum foil or two-sided sticky tape. A mild menthol or citrus scent repels some cats. Once your cat realizes that these places are not fun to scratch or sit on, and she regularly has wonderful times at her scratching post, the problem of inappropriate scratching will disappear. Read more on destructive behavior.

If you don't want her to knock over a plate of food and eat it, you should make sure she has enough food herself to eat and then she wouldn't have to eat yours. Also you shouldn't be leaving food lying around - it attracts vermin and insects. She may also be doing it for attention. Alot of times, cat misbehaviour can be traced back to what their owners do or don't do.

Answer 4

Your cat was hungry. That is an instinctual behavior and no animal can be "trained" not to seek food when it needs it.

Hitting any animal with parts of your body or another implement such as a stick is considered animal cruelty and you can be prosecuted for that. If you think this is acceptable then you should not own an animal.

Hitting your cat will only "teach" it to fear you. It will never correct behavior you don't find acceptable.

Answer 5

No you can't just do that--she wouldn't remember what she did...she probably thought you were being mean to her and she'll resent that. What I did with my cat was when she did something bad, RIGHT AWAY you have to tap them on the head (like when cats don't want something they will swipe at you) and go "no no". You need to do that consistantly so that they will learn that its not good and "no no" means stop. Hitting it with a stick will make her resent you. A spray bottle is also helpful--don't let her see you spray her. She'll think the water is from the environment and will not attempt to go to that place again (for example if she is on the stove, spray her but don't let her see the bottle in your hand. She'll think the stove sprayed her and avoid that place again).

Answer 6

no smacking your cat will not teach her- that only means (to the cat ) that she's getting some kind of attention (good or bad she doesn't know the difference) it will take a lot of patience with her specially if she is small-until you can train her- you as the human should not leave food on any plate until then

Answer 7

if your not wanting your cat to jump on things, like where you had your food sitting, get one of two things or a combo of the two. one is some sticky strips that you can put anywhere. cats don't like the tacky feel, and will get away from it. also, try what i use on my cats at christmas to keep them out of my tree. it's called SSSCAT!!!! it's a spray with a motion detector on it. that way, you don't have to be armed and ready with a spray bottle at all times. what it does, is it'll beep, and then emit a harmless spray in the direction you aimed it. great stuff. you can get both of these at fosterandsmith.com

Answer 8

pets never learn well with negative stimulus not directly associated with the event. If you can catch it in the act and spritz it with a squirt gun, that can help extinguish the behavior. Showing the plate doesnt associate the act with the consequence, it's too late. Never hit pets, they then associate you with hitting.

Answer 9

ok dude, dont hit your cat with a stick. if you show her the plate and gently hit her on the paw/heas that is fine but idk if she will learn. when i wanted to keeps the cats off the kitchen tabel sprayed them with a spray bottel containg water, try this method when ever you catch the cat in your room, as for nocking things over the expresstion "curiosity killed the cat" is mosdefinatly true, cats are extremely curious and will sniff and look at your stuff of will of course nock things down. my advice is to just be patent with it.

Answer 10

No animals don't learn by being hit anymore than children do. Try the spray bottle thing instead.