How do you discipline a wild kitty?

Question

We have a 8 week old kitten named Noel. She is an indoor cat who was rescued from the wild about 4 weeks ago. She has a bad habit of running around 24/7 biting and clawing EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. We know kittens are playful, and we don't mind that, but she's a little crazier than any kitten we've ever had. Is there a good way to punish her for being evil so that she will learn to chill out?

Answer 1

time out in an isolated spot like a bathroom or even a dog kennel. I rescued one of my cats as a feral 3-4 week kitten and he was the same way. Would even attack people in their sleep. I used "no" and a spray bottle as well, but the most effective was putting him alone in the bathroom for 10-15 minutes and let him out again. and repeat as necessary.

Answer 2

I am very disappointed in some of the responses to your question. Killing a animal is not a solution just an easy way out.
It takes a lot of patience and understanding to tame a kitten that lived in the wild. I would consider getting a large cage or small room to keep the kitten in until it is trained properly.
Just say "no" firmly and pull your hand back when attacked and no longer play with it at that time. Use toys to interact with the kitten so it will bite and chew on the toys instead of other things.
Sometimes it takes a few weeks or a few months. Depends on the cat and how much time and patience you give it.
Good luck!

Answer 3

First of all, she's not being evil, she's being a cat. Cats claw and scratch, that's why they have claws. You'll need to be very patient, but there is hope. Whenever she claws/scratches on anything that isn't her scratching post (I'm assuming you have one), tell her "no" and take her to the scratching post. Take her little paws and make scratching movements on the post. She will get the idea. Cats are not stupid...just stubborn and indenpendent.

As for any other issues, I agree with and use the water bottle. Squirting the cat when she does things 'wrong' works wonders. My kitten has stayed away from the Christmas tree and off my counters due to being squirted. They really hate that and it does no harm.

Good luck & be patient...kittens are a challenge but can be trained.

Answer 4

One thing you need to do, is be patient. I took in 2 wild cats about a week ago and they both had natural instincts when I first got them. But I trained them and they are perfectly fine now.
Whenever Noel does something you dont want her to do, you look her in the eye and firmly say ''NO.''. She will soon get the idea that your not happy with her being naughty.
Or if that fails, you get a water bottle and squirt her when shes doing things you dont like. She wont like the water and will know not to do the same thing again, for fears of being squirted.

Good luck with Noel!

Answer 5

Get a spray bottle, and spray her with water when she's being bad. If my kitten even sees the water bottle she takes off running, so 9 times out of 10, I don't even have to spray her. Cats / kittens are smart, and she'll figure out that doing bad kitty things gets her in trouble because she won't like being wet.

Answer 6

Agree with Detroit Diva, your kitten has been imprinted already by the feral community. If she hasn't calmed down after 4 weeks, she Will remain wild.
This is not play, this is fight. Have her desexed and see if she calms down.
Early de-sexing is accepted world wide. The kitten must be over 800gm for spaying.
Having said all of that, you may either have to confine her for the next 15 years so that she causes no more damage to life,limb and property, or ..... have her humanely put down. Knowing she has spent half her life loved and cared for

Answer 7

you can't punish a cat. especially one who was on her own at 4 weeks old and you rescued. all you can do is keep anything you don't want her clawing out of her reach and wear thick pants and socks. hopefully she'll grow out of it. in my life i've rescued many kittens who ended up being crazy. but after fixing them and waiting a year or 2, they calmed down some. but they'll always be a little crazy.

Answer 8

Nope.. can't punish a cat... can gently tap on her nose and look her in the eye and say softly... very softly as you touch tap her nose... "NO"... cats listen to whispers.. trust me it is true.. I am currently taming 4 wild ones who have now moved from Johns Jungle to my garage...
Good Luck and be patient.. it takes a lot of time to tame the wild ones

Answer 9

Well, I know she is young, but half of her life was in the wild. It had an impact on her makeup to this point. This cat may always be a little wild.

Answer 10

Cats are smarter then human beings think of. you could practice your cat and your cat in all opportunities are high conscious of she's being undesirable on the 2d even nonetheless it is not sticking yet, she's nonetheless a toddler, they do get greater effectual with time. 10 months, you ought to get her fixed pronto, countless the peeing ought to be from being in warmth, they choose for to have their fragrance around. I even have 4 siblings all age 2 a million/2, they have been a handful I aid you be attentive to. One is ADHD, he's gotton greater effectual with age nonetheless. you ought to extremely enforce the no and associate it with the habit. some cats do like water so the sprayer isn't doing the job. i could say no extremely loud once you seize her in undesirable behavior. once you hit upon the pee soaked merchandise, convey your cat in, enable it sniff it, say NO. do no longer leave issues on the floor and decrease her get right of entry to to places so she does not have many judgements till she learns the litterbox is the region to pass. once you sparkling something up, take the rag or papertowel together with her fragrance on it and positioned it in the clutter field. rub actual lemon on the section she peed, that deters cats exceptionally good. it ought to be the fashion of clutter you're paying for, she does not like it too, attempt some diverse varieties, some cats like paper shreds, others clay, others the sandy like variety. Mine like the two paper shreds (so I in no way leave something paper on the floor now) or the sandy variety. I actually have a million coated field, a million super canines sized clutter field, and a million smaller one and shop them sparkling. IF the field isn't sparkling, the cat won't pass there. It facilitates if whilst she is fixed you shrink her to a small room with the field in it, it extremely is the alternative place to pee then. For the counters, have something up there very repulsive to them, i discover lemon scented toddler wipes (they are puppy friendly so if it gets on the paws and that they wash them it incredibly is advantageous) are a large repellent. I wipe down the counters with them and could leave the wipes obtainable on the counter too. there's no cat that likes the scent of those moist Ones lol.