My 8 week old kitten loves to bite and scratch at me and my fiance all the time! Is there a trick to help her be more less aggressive with us?
2007-08-25 07:13:33 · 10 answers · asked by ~Brig~ 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
it wants to play. that is normal. if you play with the kitten it will eventually be nicer to you.
2007-08-25 07:18:27 · answer #1 · answered by Stand-up Philosopher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a normal phase the kitten is going through. At the vet hospital where I work we call it the "killer kitten" phase. Her instinct are forcing her to want to stalk and hunt and kill everything that moves, to prepare her for killing prey and feeding herself. Instinct hasn't caught up to the fact that now cats aren't having to survive in the wild, and that all she needs to know how to stalk is her food dish.
She also is not with her mother, who would teach her not to bite and scratch and when enough is enough. You can teach her by not letting her play with or attack you. Give her lots of toys to chase and kill such as feathers on a stick, balls, toys inside a paper sack that she can discover, a great toy called a Cat Dancer, and so on. Don't roll her over onto her back and tickle her -- that's an aggression thing and will make her fight back.
If she gets too rough with you, stop playing with her and walk away, or give her a time out in a room by herself for a few minutes.
And, mainly, she'll outgrow this phase by the time she is five or six months old.
2007-08-25 07:25:02 · answer #2 · answered by Kayty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never allow a kitten to bite or scratch you even if it is during play. Always have a toy near by so when the kitten wants to play rough, give him/her a toy.
Another trick to try is play with the kitten several times a day with his/her toys. Don't stop playing with the kitten until he/she is ready to quit. This helps wind the kitten down to take a nap and also teaches them to only be rough with their toys.
I learned this information when I just go three male kittens last Wednesday. I hope this helps.
Good luck!
2007-08-25 07:24:25 · answer #3 · answered by My girls love the Packers too! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, she's a kitten, a baby, she's suppose to be like that. Try getting her some chew toys so she won't be on you all the time.
2007-08-25 07:20:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it from some one who has 12 cats and a kitten so what you have to do is not pall around with it one of my cats i paled around with it only a little two much and now he is more agressive. so and don't forget it is still only kitten!!*
2007-08-25 07:28:51 · answer #5 · answered by e_candyz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First Answerer got it right,
She wants to play and have some fun!!
Buy a toy ball, a Fake mouse, YARN and play with her!
my cat loved this:
You take a rubber ball and attach it to yarn and pull it around
He would go mad!! lol!
2007-08-25 07:21:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
shes purely a kitten so she likes to play plenty. She dosent be responsive to whilst shes being to ruff or getting over excited so then thats your activity to faucet her and enable her be responsive to that shes too ruff. additionally whilst she gets older she would be waiting to quiet down plenty extra.
2016-10-03 05:40:00 · answer #7 · answered by vaden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop playing with her when she gets aggressive. Making a loud noise or spritzing with water also can work.
2007-08-25 07:21:24 · answer #8 · answered by mattgo64 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wants to play, that's how mine is.. Give it toys to play with.. you're the only thing it can play with right now.. So it's going to keep doing it.
2007-08-25 07:23:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a dog to eat it.
2007-08-25 07:21:40 · answer #10 · answered by Michael C 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋