CAT ATTACKS KID!

Suddenly, without warning, Beth exclaimed (02-Oct-05 2:47 PM):
"Joe Canuck" wrote in message
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Beth wrote:


All aggression is fear. All fear is caused by mishandling.

I know you're a troll...but that's just not true. My cat pounces at me
sometimes but she's playing. I let her do it when she was little and let
her bite on my hands because it didn't hurt and I didn't think much of it
when she just laid on my lap and nibbled my fingers. Now, she thinks she
can do it all the time.

...and that is because you allowed the habit to form when your cat was a
kitten. The message was: This behavior is okay.

This is exactly why she thinks this behavior is okay now. You will have a
very difficult time changing this.


It's not fear or aggression. She thinks she's playing with me. She has
never done it to anyone else. She just thinks that's how she and I play.

Oh I know that's why she thinks it's ok. She was my first pet and I thought
it was just cute when she was a kitten My reflexes have gotten better
and she rarely gets skin anymore. When she tries to bite at my arms I move
them and tell her no very loudly. She usually stops trying to bite then.
Now she usually just jumps up at me when she's excited and taps me with her
paws. She doesn't do the biting thing as often. She used to break skin,
but she hasn't done that in months. She's only about 1 1/2 yrs old.



I'm not quite sure what went on in my cat's furry little mind, but she
some how sorted out that while biting was not on, licking was OK. So
for quite a while, when she'd go to bite me - quick head movement and
all that - she'd end up licking me furiously instead. It was very cute!

jmc