Our kitten is very playful and our older cat lays a round the house lots . The kitten will play with our cats tail and then she will bite & scratch his tail and stuff , then he gets annoyed by it and they start "fighting " not bad , but not soft . Last night it when into a playing thing . Sometimes I`m afraid they will gurt each other . is there a way that I can make the kitten stop playing with my other cats tail ?
2006-11-01 07:38:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
I have a 19 year old declawed cat. She had been an only cat for several years because her sibling had passed away.
We got two new kitties from the shelter. One was less than a year old and very playful. She would go after the old cat, trying to play. I was worried, too, because the young cat is not declawed.
They worked it out. There was some hissing and tumbling, but no one was hurt. It's their way of working out who's the alpha cat in the house. After they establish a dominance hierarchy, they won't fight. Now just one look from the old cat keeps the young cat off her bed.
It's perfectly normally. Let them work it out unless it gets serious enough that one will get hurt. The kitten will grow up, too, and start to lay around like the older one.
2006-11-01 07:47:03 · answer #1 · answered by Doe 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe by 24 months any child is ready for discipline. With my 12 month old I had to teach him the meaning of gentle. I believe it's all in the tone of your voice. When you see him being rough with your kitten use a firm voice to say NO that is naughty. Show him how to pat the kitten and keep saying "gently". Get his hand and pat the cat gently all the while saying the word so he learns the word. Let him have a go on his own and the second he gets rough again, use a strong and firm voice and say NO. If he keeps being rough, bring in the naughty spot. He will more than likely not stay there but the principal is the same. He will realize that if he keeps being rough he will taken out of the fun. Also when he is rough with the kitten and after you have explained what he did wrong, take some time to show only attention for the cat. When he is playing nicely with the kitten be sure to give him lots of praise and have a snuggle with him and the kitten. I hope this helps a little. Good Luck :) P.S - Don't feel bad. Being a mum is a life full of learning.
2016-05-23 04:57:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly I wouldn't worry. The kitten knows the difference between right and wrong, especially when expressed by a member of its own species (The Big Cat). The big cat also knows that the kitten is just a stupid little kid. I think the kitten will eventually learn not to mess with the big guy through a standard psychological occurrence called classic conditioning. All humans and animals alike learn from classic conditioning. If you take a look at the link below, there is actually an example of classic conditioning that uses a dog, it is quite interesting. And I believe that if you let nature take its course, everything will work out in the end.
2006-11-01 07:52:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think there is a thing you can do. The older cat will handle it with a minimum of bloodshed. Do you spend some time every day use a cat dancer of feather toy to play with the kitten? You might even pull that out when kitten is annoying big brother and distract her from the tail.
2006-11-01 08:42:56 · answer #4 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try to get a laser pen and drift him away from the tail.your kitten wants to play and if U don't play with him he'll play with something else. try a long stick with furry tail at the end so she'll know the difference between a cat tail and a toy. she'ls still young and she'll get it from your cat. make sure your older cat's nails are not sharp because he may scratch the eyes.
okee good luck
2006-11-01 08:21:01 · answer #5 · answered by lan k 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can buy a toy for the kitten: for Ex. Like a ball, a mouse on a string, or get some yarn so the kitten can leave your cat tail only.Sometimes you can have both of them to play with the toys
2006-11-01 07:50:38 · answer #6 · answered by kurt2006 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, not really.
Anything that moves(or doesn't move) is a toy to a kitten. Your older cat will "teach" the little one when she has gone to far. Let them work it out. If it does turn too aggressive a little time apart to cool would be in order.
2006-11-01 10:40:36 · answer #7 · answered by auntienanny230 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If no real harm is being done, STAY OUT OF IT. They will set their bounderies and their dominence order. All your efforts will only make it worse. Your older cat may actually benifit from the stimulation. Just check from time to time for booboos that might abcess. Most of the time if they just drain they don't become a problem and heal up, but if there is one, you do need to watch it.
2006-11-01 08:56:45 · answer #8 · answered by character 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. If your older cat hits your kitten hard enough or often enough, she'll learn. Cats aren't really logical creatures, and especially when they're young they learn by negative or positive rewards. You smack them while they're doing something, they stop doing it. You praise them while they're doing something, they keep doing it.
At any rate, cats are actually quite sturdy. Chances are pretty slim that your older cat will hurt your kitten...it's more likely he'll just hurt her feelings and she'll whimper in the corner for a while.
2006-11-01 07:45:36 · answer #9 · answered by Brian L 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No just let them be if the older one is really annoyed he will fix the problem. They won't hurt each other that bad so don't worry to much about it
2006-11-01 08:49:41 · answer #10 · answered by kna0831 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋