My 10 week old kitten bites and hates any kind of affection. How do i get her to stop biting and harassing us?
I got my kitten Mocha from my friend down the street. This was her cats second litter (all girls). My kitty was the prettiest of them all, along with the most playful and the one who sleeps the most. Her mother was a calico and her father was a yellow striped tabby cat. Ive had her since she was a bout six and a half weeks old. Since then I’ve noticed she has a strange obsession with feet, toes, and fingers. (oh and flip flops?!? lol) We’ve provided her with over the desired or needed amount of toys. My father even made her a home made scratching post!! It has little toys hanging off of it! She has a store bought scratching post, kitty cubicle, and plenty of mice toys and jingle balls. We’ve been trying the whole squirt her with water method to keep her from attacking us or from getting into things she shouldn’t, but this method doesn’t seem to work. Ive tried pressing her tongue down when she bites me and water. No matter how many times this poor cat gets soaked to the bone, she continues to do it anyways. Right now my arms, hands, feet, and legs look like road maps for the back woods part of Georgia… I don’t know what else to do. I distract her, i spray her, I’ve done everything I know how but she just doesn’t catch the idea to stop. She absolutely hates being petted. If you even act like you’re going to pet her she bites and claws you to no end. I would just like for her to stop biting because my mother is diabetic and cant have any kind of wounds/sores on her feet. Is there anything else i can do to teach mocha to stop her less than perfect behavior? AHAHAHA as I was typing this my little 500 lb lion tried to beat up our old dog :] (she’s 2.9 lbs and poundpuppy is 52 O_O ) ahaha
heres a link to my photobucket for a few pics of mocha :]
http://photobucket.com/mochamuncher
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How long was Mocha with her litter? Kittens should stay with their litter until 10 weeks to learn behavior problems, taking them away early leads to issues like this. Is there a chance of adopting another of her litter mates? Kittens learn this type of stuff SO well from each other!! If not, then what you need to do is become the litter mate!! When she goes to bite you, yelp/hiss like a kitten would, it will tell her in her own language that this type of play is not acceptable. Don’t give up tho, she is still SO young and playful, this is very normal for a kitten.
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your cat harasses you
She may be playing pay attention to her body language, are her ears back, is her tail flicking ect…
If it is agressive use some of the feral cat tips.
your photobucket is private
You probably don’t want to hear this but, I think its normal, my family just got a kitten a couple months ago for the first time (were not experts ok) and our kitten when it was younger it stalk anything that moved, if you give it too much attention it might become a little hostile like that.
She is just teething right now.. She’ll stop on her own. That is usually what kittens do. She’s playing with you, not attacking. And she doesn’t understand that you are the mom now since she’s been separated from her parents.
uummm… she’s a freakin kitten. she will most likely be that way until she gets older. trust me im an expert w/ cats i looove them to DEATH! ive had like millions as i was growing up and ive had one that acts just the way mocha does but she died a few months ago. =’(
Um, HELLO shes a kitten!!!! Shes going to be like that for the next 6 months or even longer. Do your research before getting an animal.
Do you play with her every day? Give her a moving target on the floor and stimulation, instead of just expecting her to play with all the toys you bought her. When she gets older she won’t play much so take advantage of it while you can!
BUT, Make sure when you play with her you aren’t using your hands as toys. Keep the toys away from your hands (long strings, etc). When she nips at you, make a yelping noise like she hurt you.
Often kittens aren’t socialized before they leave their mom so you have to show her what the limit is. If the yelping doesn’t help, when she bites do what her mama would do: hiss, then walk away. You kinda have to show her who’s boss, and don’t be afraid to. But think on her level. She may think it’s a game. You have to show her it isn’t.
Get rid of any aggressive play (putting her on her back, rough petting, etc. ) this just adds to the problem.
Also, what we did with ours, when she was acting up real bad, we just put her in a seperate room for like 20 minutes then let her out. She’ll get the idea that when she is acting bad, you will take her away from the fun. She’ll quickly learn to behave a bit better.
And if none of this helps, she really just may need a friend. Look at getting her a playmate. Hope all this helps.
I agree with the person above me. it might be a behavioral problem if she was separated too early. It is also part of being a kitten. My bro has a female kitten that does the same…its a female diva thing. My dads cat did it as well and he eventually grew out of the biting phase. Its how kittens play and they dont understand that people play differently.
I can relate. I look like I’ve been attacked by toy soldiers with bayonets. My terrorist needs lots and lots of play attention. He gets easily bored if playing by himself. Get one of those fishing pole toys and play with Mocha for at least thirty minutes. She will stop and flop for a nap and you can get a break. Last resort, put her in a room by herself with food, water and litter box for a couple of peaceful hours. For your mom, she could wear sock slippers to protect her feet and lower legs.
Mocha is energetic and needs lots of play. She will come around for affection when she stops playing so much and gets a little more mature.
Sounds like she needs someone her size and age to play with. Generally adopting kittens in pairs is a good idea for exactly this reason – they can take out their aggression and energy on each other, as well as learn which behaviors are appropriate and which are inappropriate. Humans aren’t very well-equipped to teach cats things like "that’s not okay" or "that hurts" because we’re speaking a different language. I know it sounds crazy to get another kitten, but it might actually make everything much easier.
This is a good one I found regarding extreme cat/kitten aggression. It is more than I can paraphrase, so check it out here:
http://www.perfectpaws.com/agg.html
hope this helps.
about a year ago I got a kitten and he acted JUST LIKE THAT! and then I got another kitten about 4-5 months after that and she was completely different. They are like babies they all act different and different personalities but once you get them fixed most of the time they completely change. Usually always in a good way and they become more affectionate and calm down a lot but also they are playing when they are biting you and stuff so just play with them!
Hope I helped!
I agree with heather, that’s the best way to handle behavior issues, a yelp, snapping fingers or a high pitched ‘oowww’ usually works. We tried the ‘grounding’ method for when our cat would run out the front door. After about three groundings, she stopped attempting to escape.
I have had a crazy psycho cat for two years (she’s now almost three) she was fine for a year, then went crazy. We tried everything, and recently she got worse, so I did major research and those methods worked for me.
We also got a playmate for her, and she is now loving it….some cats need to be social with other cats…..think about that too.
Good Luck!
My cat was the same when he was a kitten I tried to ignore his behaviour and he soon got out of it, just something you have to deal with not much you can do.
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I think it is normal for kittens. They mellow out as they get older.
agree with the person above me. it might be a behavioral problem if she was separated too early. It is also part of being a kitten. It has little toys hanging off of it.
I agree with the person above me. it might be a behavioral problem if she was separated too early. It is also part of being a kitten. We’ve been trying the whole squirt her with water method to keep her from attacking us or from getting into things she shouldn’t. Thank you for your article.
Mocha will stop on her own – no doubt. We had the same problem with our kid but after a while it’s gonna fade into normal again.
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Chris
I have always heard that you can take kittens from thier mother at six weeks old. So I do not think it is a seperation issue. I think you should try one of two things. Either find anothe little kitty. So that way Mocha will have something else to attack and play with or try her as an outdoor kitty. And just let her in at night. It seems like i have had a cat my whole life and to be honest with you I have never even heard of someone having these kind of problems. Good luck with your little tiger. LOL!!!!
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I think its normal, my family just got a kitten a couple months ago for the first time were not experts OK and our kitten when it was younger it stalk anything that moved. It is also part of being a kitten. It has little toys hanging off of it.
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