kitten becoming aggressive

From: "icarus"

My female cat
hits my male cat with her claws in to indicate displeasure so why shouldn't
you ?

Um, let's see, maybe because a human weighs about 15 times more than the cat???
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From: "icarus"

My female cat
hits my male cat with her claws in to indicate displeasure so why shouldn't
you ?

Um, let's see, maybe because a human weighs about 15 times more than the cat???
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http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

From: "icarus"

My female cat
hits my male cat with her claws in to indicate displeasure so why shouldn't
you ?

Um, let's see, maybe because a human weighs about 15 times more than the cat???
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

From: "icarus"

"MadHatter" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:07:59 +0100, "icarus" wrote:

For goodness sake, ... hit her. not hard but enough so she knows its
wrong.
cats are amoral, avaricious and aggessive. you have to train them.
gently,
firmly but don't hurt them tho.

they aint toys, they are animals. so dont hurt them but they shouldn't
hurt
you either.


hit a 2 month old kitten? are you crazy? i shove her away with my
hand occasionally, but i'm certainly not hitting a kitten, or a cat
for that matter. that's how they play, except theya re used to things
that have fur. try explaining to a kitten that we don't have fur.

-L

You say '' try explaining to a kitten that we don't have fur." but how do
you do that verbally ?

I'm not talking about hurting the kitten, simply a clear indication of
displeasure. Have you watched a mother cat with her young ? or any adult cat
with an adolescent cat that's misbehaving ? They will hit the young-un with
claws in to indicate displeasure so why shouldn't you ?

Because the poster is not a cat, pure and simple. Humans should never strike a
cat. It's just wrong!
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From: "icarus"

"MadHatter" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:07:59 +0100, "icarus" wrote:

For goodness sake, ... hit her. not hard but enough so she knows its
wrong.
cats are amoral, avaricious and aggessive. you have to train them.
gently,
firmly but don't hurt them tho.

they aint toys, they are animals. so dont hurt them but they shouldn't
hurt
you either.


hit a 2 month old kitten? are you crazy? i shove her away with my
hand occasionally, but i'm certainly not hitting a kitten, or a cat
for that matter. that's how they play, except theya re used to things
that have fur. try explaining to a kitten that we don't have fur.

-L

You say '' try explaining to a kitten that we don't have fur." but how do
you do that verbally ?

I'm not talking about hurting the kitten, simply a clear indication of
displeasure. Have you watched a mother cat with her young ? or any adult cat
with an adolescent cat that's misbehaving ? They will hit the young-un with
claws in to indicate displeasure so why shouldn't you ?

Because the poster is not a cat, pure and simple. Humans should never strike a
cat. It's just wrong!
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

From: "icarus"

"MadHatter" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:07:59 +0100, "icarus" wrote:

For goodness sake, ... hit her. not hard but enough so she knows its
wrong.
cats are amoral, avaricious and aggessive. you have to train them.
gently,
firmly but don't hurt them tho.

they aint toys, they are animals. so dont hurt them but they shouldn't
hurt
you either.


hit a 2 month old kitten? are you crazy? i shove her away with my
hand occasionally, but i'm certainly not hitting a kitten, or a cat
for that matter. that's how they play, except theya re used to things
that have fur. try explaining to a kitten that we don't have fur.

-L

You say '' try explaining to a kitten that we don't have fur." but how do
you do that verbally ?

I'm not talking about hurting the kitten, simply a clear indication of
displeasure. Have you watched a mother cat with her young ? or any adult cat
with an adolescent cat that's misbehaving ? They will hit the young-un with
claws in to indicate displeasure so why shouldn't you ?

Because the poster is not a cat, pure and simple. Humans should never strike a
cat. It's just wrong!
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

"icarus" wrote in message
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"Laura R." wrote in message
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circa Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:44:24 +0100, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
icarus ) said,

hit a 2 month old kitten? are you crazy? i shove her away with my
hand occasionally, but i'm certainly not hitting a kitten, or a cat
for that matter. that's how they play, except theya re used to
things
that have fur. try explaining to a kitten that we don't have fur.

-L

I didn't notice your original posting mentioning the cats age either



Perhaps because she has been posting about this kitten for weeks and
figured that human beings are capable of using long-term memory and
remembering that.


funny thing, I don't read every posting. I have noticed one thing tho and
that's how sanctimonious and patronising you are, I think I'll give your
postings a miss, thanks.

Heh. I was just thinking the same about you, Icky.

"icarus" wrote in message
...

"Laura R." wrote in message
.. .
circa Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:44:24 +0100, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
icarus ) said,

hit a 2 month old kitten? are you crazy? i shove her away with my
hand occasionally, but i'm certainly not hitting a kitten, or a cat
for that matter. that's how they play, except theya re used to
things
that have fur. try explaining to a kitten that we don't have fur.

-L

I didn't notice your original posting mentioning the cats age either



Perhaps because she has been posting about this kitten for weeks and
figured that human beings are capable of using long-term memory and
remembering that.


funny thing, I don't read every posting. I have noticed one thing tho and
that's how sanctimonious and patronising you are, I think I'll give your
postings a miss, thanks.

Heh. I was just thinking the same about you, Icky.

"icarus" wrote in message
...

"Laura R." wrote in message
.. .
circa Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:44:24 +0100, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
icarus ) said,

hit a 2 month old kitten? are you crazy? i shove her away with my
hand occasionally, but i'm certainly not hitting a kitten, or a cat
for that matter. that's how they play, except theya re used to
things
that have fur. try explaining to a kitten that we don't have fur.

-L

I didn't notice your original posting mentioning the cats age either



Perhaps because she has been posting about this kitten for weeks and
figured that human beings are capable of using long-term memory and
remembering that.


funny thing, I don't read every posting. I have noticed one thing tho and
that's how sanctimonious and patronising you are, I think I'll give your
postings a miss, thanks.

Heh. I was just thinking the same about you, Icky.

"PawsForThought" wrote in message
...
From: "icarus"

My female cat
hits my male cat with her claws in to indicate displeasure so why
shouldn't
you ?

Um, let's see, maybe because a human weighs about 15 times more than the
cat???


stupid argument as (if you read what I was saying) I am not advocating
hurting the cat. If I hit an animal as hard as I could it would be dead and
I am not suggesting it should be hurt at all. No doubt this will be taken
out of context to suggest that I want to kill animals.