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why does she bite me!
she bites because she's playing, and hasn't learned that you don't like it.
you have taught her that it is ok and fun to be bitten. Next time she bites you. stop all movement till she lets go, then put her on the floor and ignore her. Eventually she'll learn that you don't like it. If you do like it, but she's biting too hard, just stop all movement till she lets go, then start up again. "MadHatter" wrote in message ... Shaina clearly loves me. she follows me around everywhere. if i go to my room from my bf's room where we usually sleep, she follows me and lies down on the bed, or just tries to play. she "grooms" me. mostly my hands, but sometimes she grooms my face. she sleeps next to me in the morning and when she wakes up she pets my face and "hugs" my arms. then later on, she gets totally nuts running around and trying to destroy things in the house and that includes my hands. she pounces on my hands and while gently hugging them, bites A LOT! she tires to bite legs, but i guess it's not that fun for her. when she plays, she'll pounce on anything, including hands. she might by accident jump on my face, but she just "steps" on it with her paws. her paws pose now danger whatsoever. she never extends her claws during play, unless she is falling and she tries to catch onto something. she miscalculates her jumps, sometimes. i play-hunt with her, but when i am otherwise occupied and she wants to play, she starts biting. she does bite my boyfriend occasionally, but not as hard as she bites me. i dont' understand why she bites me harder than she bites him. he can carry her around for about 5 min on his arm (his arms are bigger than mine, obviously) and she'll just sit there. with me, she wiggles out, but i guess it's just uncomfortable for her to sit that way. i do spend more time with her. does she "think" i am a cat? if i had fur, her bites wouldn't hurt so much. i just don't understand this. -L |
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In message Nomen Nescio
] wrote: If you do like it, but she's biting too hard, just stop all movement till she lets go, then start up again. Won't work with my cat. After I stop all movement, he thinks he's just made a successful kill and then tries to eat me. Seriously. He'll start biting REAL hard and pull on the skin on the back of my hand and then give my arm a few good kicks to help tear off a chunk. If I continue to stay still, he keeps working at it until I stop him. Then it's probably time for a timeout. -- HAM AND EGGS: A day's work for a chicken; A lifetime commitment for a pig |
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In message Nomen Nescio
] wrote: If you do like it, but she's biting too hard, just stop all movement till she lets go, then start up again. Won't work with my cat. After I stop all movement, he thinks he's just made a successful kill and then tries to eat me. Seriously. He'll start biting REAL hard and pull on the skin on the back of my hand and then give my arm a few good kicks to help tear off a chunk. If I continue to stay still, he keeps working at it until I stop him. Then it's probably time for a timeout. -- HAM AND EGGS: A day's work for a chicken; A lifetime commitment for a pig |
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In article ,
enlightened us with... does she "think" i am a cat? if i had fur, her bites wouldn't hurt so much. i just don't understand this. Cats bite when they play. You haven't taught her that it's not okay to bite people. Bites that don't hurt other cats can leave us bloody, and cat bites get infected very easily. My Mom play hunts with her cat, then wonders why he bites. It started off innocent, much like you and your cat, but as he got older, those bites got pretty rough. I warned her not to play with her hands with him and let him "stalk" her, but did she listen? No. *g* So now she has to be careful not to get him really excited, because he bites HARD. He hasn't drawn blood yet, but he leaves a good mark. I do not play hunt with my cats. Ever. They chase fuzzy toys, balls on strings, streamer toys, and each other. But never me. My flesh is not a toy. They do not bite me, even in play. With Isis's "love bites" being an exception - she will give tiny nibbles (almost like kisses, where she just shoves her mostly closed mouth against my skin and rubs hard) when she gets really excited when I'm petting her (sometimes she drools *LOL*). I say "Ow!" in a hurt tone and she stops immediately. These nibbles started out pretty rough, but I never let her think it was an okay thing to do and she got a lot more gentle pretty quick when she realized biting made me leave. She's the only cat I've ever had that has done this, so it makes me wonder if it's because she was a feral kitten. Either that or she's just odd. *grin* -- -- ~kaeli~ I love God. It's His fanclub that I can't stand. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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When I first got my cat, she would bite me now and then , she didn't
bite to be mean , it was just a habit. I watched a "mama" cat, and I saw what mama did when the kittens did that. She got her paw and hit them on the nose! I tried that with my cat (not to hurt her, just a playful tap on the nose), and now every time she tries to bite I just lift my hand, she closes her eyes like she expects to get tapped, but I don't even have to do that anymore! |
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When I first got my cat, she would bite me now and then , she didn't
bite to be mean , it was just a habit. I watched a "mama" cat, and I saw what mama did when the kittens did that. She got her paw and hit them on the nose! I tried that with my cat (not to hurt her, just a playful tap on the nose), and now every time she tries to bite I just lift my hand, she closes her eyes like she expects to get tapped, but I don't even have to do that anymore! |
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