How do I stop my kitten from biting me?

Question

My kitty is 2 months old, and I know that she's teething, but seriously, folks, she won't stop biting. Hard.

I know that she's just wanting to play with me and that's her way of playing right now, but how do I get her to stop biting without discouraging her to play?

It seriously hurts me, I have bite marks!

She has plenty of toys, some with catnip actually, that she loves playing with - one of them is a ball with feathers that is designed to fulfill her hunting instinct (she goes crazy!).

It just seems like I'm her favorite thing to attack. When I play with her, I always use a toy and I try to show her to bit the toy instead of me, but she never learns. Last night I got fed up and began to mimic her (I pretended I was going to bite her) until she hissed at me (she's a scaredy kitty). But she didn't bit me again all night lol

Answer 1

Was she not around her mother and siblings for long? Taking a kitten away from their mother and siblings too early keeps them from learning that things like biting can hurt. If she's been around them long enough and she's still biting, then you need to let her know that you find it unacceptable. When she starts to bite, stop playing. Immediately tell her "No!" and take your hand away and leave. If she continues, you might think about a little rap on the nose or a light thump (don't hurt her, just let her know you disapprove of what she's doing), or even a spray bottle with water. Your concern that you might discourage her from wanting to play with you has merit, but if you limit the scolding to only the times when she's biting you hard, then you'll have less to worry about. She'll eventually figure it out.

I have a cat who was a biter, too, when she was a kitten. I tried everything to get her to stop biting so hard. I eventually started biting back, and she got the message soon after. I'm glad, too, because I was tired of pulling cat hair out of my mouth.

Answer 2

Scruff her. Just grab that bit of skin on the back of her neck, not too hard or pinching, and hold it for a second. Then, put her down and ignore her. Do this EVERY time she bites you. She will learn that she doesn't get attention when she bites. Also, make sure she has plenty of things to chew on like a catnip pillow, though she's too young to care about catnip, or a toy mouse.

Answer 3

When your playing, play with toys. If she bites you then spray her with a water bottle. She will stop. It sounds sort of mean and you feel mean doing it. But it doesn't harm her and she should stop the behavior. That's how we got our cat from playing on top of us at midnight when we were asleep. Now he plays in the living room at night.

Answer 4

Having raised a few kittens and helped a momma cat with her litter, I know what you mean.

You're going to have to thump the kitten, though not too hard. That's how the momma tells the kitten to behave. And get toys that your kitten can be as rough with as she wants. My latest pair used to have a blast playing with squishy balls, though they've pretty well outgrown them now.

Answer 5

Give her an alternative to your fingers. My kitten chewed on a little rawhide bone while she was teething. She loved the taste and it was too hard for her to actually chew through so she never actually ate any of it.

Answer 6

Always play with a toy. When she bites, take your hand away and don't let her have it back. If you just let her gnaw, she thinks it's okay.

Answer 7

you should do some thing quickly, I had my cat for twelve years and he died one night whilst he bit right into a lamp cord. i do no longer understand what wires you're speaking approximately. attempt pushing the wires below the the baseboards. Block off the wires so the cat won't be able to get to them.