Does your cat intentionally bite....?

Question

and has been declawed? I don't mean play biting or nipping. I want to know about the cats that bite on purpose and hard.

I need to know about the cats that are DECLAWED!

I would NEVER declaw my cat. This is just a survey for my own information.

Answer 1

when cats get declawed they know it and so they have to resort to something else.. in your case biting. I don't know what to say but to talk to your vet.

Answer 2

Yes, my cat intentionally bites. We will be petting him, he will turn on us & bite & run. And yes, he does cause us to bleed. Then he comes right back & wants us to pet him again. Yes, he is declawed. He does not go outside & everyone that comes in this house knows that there is a cat in here & that he is declawed & DO NOT let him go outside. He sits at the glass door & looks out but he has never been interested in going outside. We have had him for about 8 months.

Answer 3

My cat is declawed. When it first happened, she was fine, but about a year later we moved and it freaked her out.

Since then she's a little skittish with knocks on the door, etc., and when she is mad at me, she gets aggressive and bites - hard. She's very sweet and loving. She gives love bites, and nips, etc., but when she is REALLY peeved, she'll put her ears back and bite. Usually when I won't play with her or if she's sitting on me and I have to get up.

If your furbaby is biting aggressively, the best thing to do is pick her up and put her on time out. Mine knows that she needs to ratchet it down a notch when she gets put in the bathroom.

She has really improved since I began doing that. Now I put her in the bathroom and don't even need to close the door. She stays in there until she's calm or I tell her she can come out.

You just need to separate her from whatever is causing the anger/aggression - even if it is you.

Whatever you do, don't try to punish your cat by swatting her or hitting her...like you would do with a puppy. They don't respond to that.

Good luck.

Answer 4

I let my cat bite and claw me personally. They are animals not people and they have different ways. I don't like when they claw the furniture and I just go nuts when they do. I did have a few cats that I put mittens on like babies because of how much they scratched.

I like my cats to feel like cats and cats hunt. You can't hunt without your claws.

I did have a very sick cat go feral on me a few times near the end of his life - that is dangerous with claws. He made his way up my body like a tree trunk and went for my eyes. He got my legs and body pretty good but I was able to toss him off before he got my eyes and I stayed clear of him if he showed signs of becoming moody(feral), usually only when he got a whif of another cat near the house.

Ummm. I don't personally like to declaw. I would not like my nails removed. We don't remove the nails of our children when they scratch (no matter what they are scratching).

I have seen a new product that I have not tried ~ they are nail caps sold at PETCO.com and AMAZON.com.

There is not anything you can really do for a house cat that bites same thing as scratching I think. I have heard that you can remove some teeth usually done to tigers I don't know if they can do this for house cats, but I would not do this to my cat either for the same reasons. Cats hunt and you can't catch something without biting it.

My girl cat is allowed to bite me hard but my son and husband don't put up with it. She started out not even nipping when I got her I felt she was not aggressive enough. So I encouraged her to bite me as hard as she wanted without drawing blood when we play.

It may not be easy for cats to tell how hard they bite. I have had cats that played with each other and got along well that ended up taking nips out of each others ears. YIKES! Didn't seem to hold it against each other though.

Answer 5

My 4 month old kitten does this too. You should see my hands they are covered with bite marks and scratches. (mostly little bite marks.) She loves to play with my hands and when she does of course she bites. I wear gloves how and put on cortizone. I even got some of that scar stuff to put on my hands. My parents were apalled when they saw my hands. (but it is hard to resist her she is so cute and I love her so much).

We are not getting her declawed either. It will get better though, with training.

Answer 6

My cat does that whenever she's playful. She follows me across the kitchen giving me little nips whilst I dont play along with her. My boyfriend growls at her. Weird I recognize.. But it particularly works. Even whilst she's in safeguard mode, the growling makes her again up or even the ones painful claws retracts. I can by no means appear to growl at her, finally ends up sounding bizarre so I'm nearly the person who will get the affection bites.

Answer 7

We have a cat that bites when we even try to pet him. Maybe he's mad and doesn't want you to mess with him at that time or maybe he's just playing with you. Cats don't realize when they get rough.

Answer 8

My does some times.If she get mad ( very short temper) bite.But is not every day.Pets have a special temper and some times they need some way to express something.Keep that in mind.If the cat is indoor all the times,bad behavior might take place.

Answer 9

Telling you food dish empty or somthing ,cat box full . I'd bite you too !!!

Answer 10

It could mean that you are pissing him off and he's telling you to quit. Or it's just a love bite.