For example, this morning when my kitty saw me sitting up in bed, she got excited and starting meowing. Then she follows me into the bathroom and keep standing on her hind legs reaching out wanting me to pet her. When I do shes very loving and butting her head into my hand. A few minutes later she rubs against my legs, and when I bent down to pet her, she grabs my hand with her front paws and bites my hand hard, then goes off into a corner in the bathroom with an angry look on her face. A few minutes later shes fine and meowing and rubbing on me again. Anyone know why she gets such a attitude and bad bood swing so suddenly for NO reason????
2007-10-08 08:01:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
Help for Cats Biting
by Margaret Schill
Cats bite people for various reasons. Sometimes it is on purpose, perhaps due to fear, and sometimes the cat didn't intend to inflict harm, but was just playing too roughly. Or, a person doesn't stop petting or holding a cat who doesn't want any more handling.
The two most common reasons tame pet cats bite are due to:
Play Aggression
Over stimulation
Early Training Matters to Prevent Biting Kittens, or Why Kittens Should Stay with Their Mothers for 12 Weeks
When kittens are kept long enough with their mothers and littermates, they learn that biting and scratching for real hurts. They learn to keep their claws in and to not bite for real when playing. Mother cats discipline kittens who get too rough when they play with her. First she might hiss. Then she will finally sit on a kitten who bit her in play and won't stop from getting hissed at, gently holding him down by the neck with her mouth, so he can't wiggle out from under her, giving the cat version of "time out". A littermate who got bit will squeal out, startling the one who did the biting, helping to modify the behavior.
Kittens should be kept with their mothers and littermates for 12 weeks, so they have time to really learn to not play too roughly. They can only start learning "kitty manners" at 6 weeks of age, and it takes a few weeks for them to fully internalize the lessons to where they become the normal way to play without thinking about it.
Most of the kittens and cats reported to be biting and scratching people in overly rough play are those kittens and cats who were taken from their mothers and littermates too soon. If for some reason the mother needs to be separated from the kittens, the kittens still should remain with each other, or at least in pairs, for 12 weeks at least. A single young kitten should be paired with another young kitten to play with and learn about not being too rough while still young. Kittens should really be adopted in pairs.
If you have an only kitten, read on to learn ways to prevent play aggression biting from occurring.
Too late now, the kitten/cat is biting!
If one has a cat or kitten that is biting, see the articles below for help.
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Good luck!!
2007-10-08 08:15:02 · answer #1 · answered by glorious angel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've found that lots of cats do this when they are "over stimulated". With the cats that I've had who have done this, you can usually see it coming in their eyes and body language. When she's really worked up, dont' pet her.
I'm guessing too that in the a.m. she is probably hungry and excited for her breakfast.
Is she more calm after she eats?
I think this can also be a dominance thing.
I would recommend just ignoring her. Let her rub on your legs, but don't pet her.
Or, shut the door behind you , don't let her follow you into the bathroom.
2007-10-08 08:22:35 · answer #2 · answered by Mrs. D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The good news is that your kitty adores you.
The bad news is that if you give kitty too much attention, she gets overstimulated and bites because that's how cats show play behavior and affection to their litter mates.
My guess would be that when she bites your hand, you probably instinctively tell her no and pull your hand away. She doesn't have an attitude or mood swings. You just have to be understanding of her language and not get her quite so worked up. She really does love you a lot.
2007-10-08 08:05:50 · answer #3 · answered by Leslie L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you may be associating your kittens play behavior with anger. Your kitten begins to rub and purr and you pet her playfully and she wants to play. Only thing her idea of play is to nip and gnaw on things. Look how she plays with her toys, biting them, throwing them around and rolling around with them. She is doing the same to you.
My cat loves to jump on the bed in the morning and lay on his back and have me rub his tummy. He rolls back and forth with me rubbing up and down his back and tummy. After a minute he grabs my hand with both his paws and starts biting. At first I fussed at him and it confused him because he was playing and I was scolding. Once I realized he was playing I did not scold and I did not pull away and he began biting more lightly for play. He never hurts me now.
Try not scolding him, try just playing along and see hat happens.
2007-10-08 08:28:05 · answer #4 · answered by mn lady 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if she's a kitten I would say that's pretty normal. they just get a little carried away sometimes...no big deal. if she's older and she's never acted this way before she may be tryig to tell you somethings bothering her. keep an eye on her...cats are pretty predictable...eat, sleep, purr...so when somethings bothering them it's pretty easy to spot because their behavior will change in an obvious way. (won't come out from under the bed, meow more than normal, won't eat, can't relax, stuff like that)
2007-10-08 08:07:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
shop feeding him! he's a youthful turning out to be kitten and desires his nutrition. do no longer feed him moist nutrition another day feed it 2 him on a daily basis. All cats could desire to survive is meat and dry nutrition has no meat nutrition. interior the morning, feed him approximately 2-3 spoons then feed him a million-2 spoons each and every 3-4 hours after that. do no longer enable the undesirable turning out to be kitty starve!
2016-10-21 11:43:08 · answer #6 · answered by dyett 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She probably wants attention, cats get bored too and want attention just like we do. My cats do the same thing, the biting is not meant to be mean, it is playful. My cats get up on the sink and play in the water when I brush my teeth and wash my face, they also steal my hair bands.
2007-10-08 08:06:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
sorry to say but she's a cat. Cat's are moody and often love you and want to be by you but only on their rules. If you have been gone for a while and just came back it could be the cat's inner termoil of happiness that your back and being upset that you left her alone. My cat does that to me all the time
2007-10-08 08:05:25 · answer #8 · answered by j6776c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my cat does this sometimes, i think they might be trying to tell us something and maybe get frustrated when we don't give them what they want, try to think what might be missing, what is it that she may want, perhaps hungry? maybe their toy is under the couch? or maybe they just want a pat or scratch? sometimes they want to go into another room. if you ever figure it out let me know! and it may well be she's in heat, but both my male and female cats do it and their both fixed. cats are weird.
2007-10-08 08:05:21 · answer #9 · answered by etak2007 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like shes in heat maybe?
Thats how our cat acted...
2007-10-08 08:03:53 · answer #10 · answered by ♥Honey Blood Coma♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋