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"Leonessa" wrote in message
om... This morning, my cat decided it would be fun to attack my arm. I was bleeding profusely all morning, and by the time the bleeding had almost stopped, he did it again. I know he's playing...he's just a very, playful wild cat. But this kind of playing is not acceptable. And I've tried everything to calm him down...I've done so much reading online and in books about how to stop cats from behaving like this. I had a bitey foster not so long ago, and used two methods to teach him not to bite. I tried the 'push' method, which basically means when he's gnawing on my knuckles, I stiffen my finger and push it back into his mouth. It's an uncomfortable sensation, and had much success with a coworker's foster, but not so much with mine, and it seems to me that such a thing could make a cat wary of fingers, and particularly difficult with medicating, if the need ever arises. Still, it's a possibility. The second method was the 'puff' method, since I'm obviously nearby whenever he would gnaw on me. This being an attention-mongering cat, it was easy to positively reinforce. If he bit, I would puff in his face. The sort of hard, brief puff of air that accompanies a forceful 'p' sound. It startles every time, and as soon as he would stop, he'd get "goooood boooooy" and lots of gentle scratches. |
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"Leonessa" wrote in message
om... This morning, my cat decided it would be fun to attack my arm. I was bleeding profusely all morning, and by the time the bleeding had almost stopped, he did it again. I know he's playing...he's just a very, playful wild cat. But this kind of playing is not acceptable. And I've tried everything to calm him down...I've done so much reading online and in books about how to stop cats from behaving like this. I had a bitey foster not so long ago, and used two methods to teach him not to bite. I tried the 'push' method, which basically means when he's gnawing on my knuckles, I stiffen my finger and push it back into his mouth. It's an uncomfortable sensation, and had much success with a coworker's foster, but not so much with mine, and it seems to me that such a thing could make a cat wary of fingers, and particularly difficult with medicating, if the need ever arises. Still, it's a possibility. The second method was the 'puff' method, since I'm obviously nearby whenever he would gnaw on me. This being an attention-mongering cat, it was easy to positively reinforce. If he bit, I would puff in his face. The sort of hard, brief puff of air that accompanies a forceful 'p' sound. It startles every time, and as soon as he would stop, he'd get "goooood boooooy" and lots of gentle scratches. |
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"Luvskats00" a écrit dans le message de news: ... (-L.) writes ...Your cat may be becoming overstimulated...If he scratches and/or bites, yell "OUCH!", IMMEDIATELY separate him from yourself (scruff himif you have to)...... I wouldn't scruff a cat while he/she's agitated..very bad move! So what do you do when he's got his teeth sunk deep into your hand and won't let go? Talk him gently out of it? |
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