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My kitten sees my hands as prey
My 4 month kitten often seems to fixate on my hands as prey. She
follows my hands wherever they go. Sometimes she will take a run at them and pull up at the last minute, or just go to give them a light tap with her paw. But the last little bit she's been starting to take to them as chewing toys at times too. I've seen her do it gently a few times, which I don't mind so much, but sometimes it gets pretty aggressive. She has plenty of other chewing toys and stuff, and she uses them a lot - she loves to chew. It seems to make her happy when I let her chew on my hand, like it's a bonding experience or even a trust gaining experience (?), but I don't really like it when it gets aggressive. I also don't really like it when I am sleeping and she decides to give my thumb a chomp, thereby waking me up. Can anyone offer advice about how to deal with this? Ideally, I'd like to avoid chewing altogether. I don't mind licking, but chewing is a bit annoying. Thanks, Steve |
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wrote in message oups.com... My 4 month kitten often seems to fixate on my hands as prey. She follows my hands wherever they go. Sometimes she will take a run at them and pull up at the last minute, or just go to give them a light tap with her paw. But the last little bit she's been starting to take to them as chewing toys at times too. I've seen her do it gently a few times, which I don't mind so much, but sometimes it gets pretty aggressive. She has plenty of other chewing toys and stuff, and she uses them a lot - she loves to chew. It seems to make her happy when I let her chew on my hand, like it's a bonding experience or even a trust gaining experience (?), but I don't really like it when it gets aggressive. I also don't really like it when I am sleeping and she decides to give my thumb a chomp, thereby waking me up. Can anyone offer advice about how to deal with this? Ideally, I'd like to avoid chewing altogether. I don't mind licking, but chewing is a bit annoying. Thanks, Steve Put some bitter apple spray on your hands at night. When you are awake, always, IMMEDIATELY, get a different wand type toy to play with when she begins this. If she does bite you Say OOOW!!! Very loud and redirect her attanetion elsewhere. She'll learn. |
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wrote in message
oups.com... My 4 month kitten often seems to fixate on my hands as prey. She follows my hands wherever they go. Sometimes she will take a run at them and pull up at the last minute, or just go to give them a light tap with her paw. But the last little bit she's been starting to take to them as chewing toys at times too. I've seen her do it gently a few times, which I don't mind so much, but sometimes it gets pretty aggressive. She has plenty of other chewing toys and stuff, and she uses them a lot - she loves to chew. It seems to make her happy when I let her chew on my hand, like it's a bonding experience or even a trust gaining experience (?), but I don't really like it when it gets aggressive. I also don't really like it when I am sleeping and she decides to give my thumb a chomp, thereby waking me up. Can anyone offer advice about how to deal with this? Ideally, I'd like to avoid chewing altogether. I don't mind licking, but chewing is a bit annoying. Thanks, Steve ***Hi Steve, Do Not let her "chew", bite, or nip at your hands or feet. Always, when she does this or attempts to do so, say to her loudly, "No!", then immediately move your hand(s) away. Let her know this behaviour is totally not* acceptable with you and that you won't put up with it. She will learn with time, believe me, just don't act* like it's okay, or she simply won't know any better, or behave any better. Good luck! ML |
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On 18 May 2005 07:32:29 -0700, wrote:
My 4 month kitten often seems to fixate on my hands as prey. She follows my hands wherever they go. Sometimes she will take a run at them and pull up at the last minute, or just go to give them a light tap with her paw. But the last little bit she's been starting to take to them as chewing toys at times too. I've seen her do it gently a few times, which I don't mind so much, but sometimes it gets pretty aggressive. She has plenty of other chewing toys and stuff, and she uses them a lot - she loves to chew. It seems to make her happy when I let her chew on my hand, like it's a bonding experience or even a trust gaining experience (?), but I don't really like it when it gets aggressive. I also don't really like it when I am sleeping and she decides to give my thumb a chomp, thereby waking me up. Can anyone offer advice about how to deal with this? Ideally, I'd like to avoid chewing altogether. I don't mind licking, but chewing is a bit annoying. Thanks, Steve I can't stop my kitten from biting my toe. Why should you have it easy? http://www.catster.com/pet_page.php?j=t&i=140147 |
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On Wed 18 May 2005 10:32:29a, wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav
roups.com): My 4 month kitten often seems to fixate on my hands as prey. She follows my hands wherever they go. Sometimes she will take a run at them and pull up at the last minute, or just go to give them a light tap with her paw. But the last little bit she's been starting to take to them as chewing toys at times too. I've seen her do it gently a few times, which I don't mind so much, but sometimes it gets pretty aggressive. She has plenty of other chewing toys and stuff, and she uses them a lot - she loves to chew. It seems to make her happy when I let her chew on my hand, like it's a bonding experience or even a trust gaining experience (?), but I don't really like it when it gets aggressive. Sounds like she's teething. I also don't really like it when I am sleeping and she decides to give my thumb a chomp, thereby waking me up. One of my lil 8 mo old kittens does that to my feet when I sleep! Ouch! Can anyone offer advice about how to deal with this? Ideally, I'd like to avoid chewing altogether. I don't mind licking, but chewing is a bit annoying. Not sure how to stop it if you're sleeping, unless you close him out. I can't do that with mine, but that's just me. When you're playing with him, just keep pulling your hand away and say very loudly NO! and don't keep playing with her with your hands. Use toys only. Once the habit starts as lil kittens, it's hard to break later. Any pics of her? -- Cheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields |
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Cheryl wrote: One of my lil 8 mo old kittens does that to my feet when I sleep! Poor kitty (you are risking giving the kitten lock-jaw or triganosis)maybe you should put socks on your big feet, or stop wearing combat boots altogether |
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On Wed 18 May 2005 07:59:39p, bigbadbarry wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav roups.com): Cheryl wrote: One of my lil 8 mo old kittens does that to my feet when I sleep! Poor kitty (you are risking giving the kitten lock-jaw or triganosis)maybe you should put socks on your big feet, or stop wearing combat boots altogether Can we save ourselves a little time here with a simple question? Are you going to start humping all of my posts? I'll give you some info about my posting schedule so that you don't start thinking that "you won" or some other childish thing when you don't get a reply in 5 minutes: I don't usually post every day. Sometimes I do during the week; weekends are usually mine and NO computer unless I'm bored. Sometimes I just read and don't feel like posting. Lurk mode. Try it some time. I don't post during the day. I'm at work and very busy. Sometimes I'll just ignore you. This is very very important, so please remember this one. I absolutely will not reply to you if you hump one of my posts in a sad or serious thread that takes the attention away from the OP. That's just rude. I go to bed early on weeknights because I get up very early in the morning. If you hump one of my posts at say 10pm EDT, you might not get a reply for almost 24 hours. Can you handle that? Lastly, if your post-humping continues at the current caliber, you'll probably end up in my PLONK FILE (LOL!) because you're just not worth the time. But, if you end up there, you'll have a second chance to win my affections after 100 days, because that's when you'd expire. -- Cheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields |
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Cheryl wrote: A big long love letter "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields Humping? no more or less than you've been humping mine. uh huh killfile me?....killfile ME??? "Hang me just as high as you please, but for the Lord's sake, don't fling me in that briar patch." |
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