biting kitten

[TXRunner]

Originally Posted by lottamoxie

Your kitten will outgrow some of this, btw. My cat was a real biter as a kitten. She's now exactly 1 yr old and somewhere around the 7 to 8 month mark she greatly relaxed. She'll still do the odd bite but then it turns to licking, which I praise-praise-praise when she's licking. The hiss/growl worked well to let her know the biting was unacceptable.

And resist the urge to quickly pull your hand away as that triggers their prey drive. Do your hiss/growl and then slowly pull your (finger/hand/foot) away...then do the total ignoring thing after that.

And ditto to the advise to use a toy to engage your cat as much as you can.

My cat was exactly the same. You could never pet it, ever. It would always bite you. Around 7-8 months she would bite half the time you touched her and by 1 year she was like a normal cat. She only bites now if you really started messing around with her.

[lottamoxie]

I torture my cat by picking her up, cuddling, and kissing her face. Fortunately she's gotten used to that since I've been doing it the entire year I've had her. She doesn't bite when I do that but after about 20 seconds she meows, "PUT ME DOWN!"