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CAT ATTACKS KID!
Suddenly, without warning, Beth exclaimed (02-Oct-05 2:47 PM):
"Joe Canuck" wrote in message ... 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 |
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"jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, Beth exclaimed (02-Oct-05 2:47 PM): "Joe Canuck" wrote in message ... 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 Awe, that is cute! Mine sometimes licks me after trying to bite me. I think it's her way of saying that she's sorry for trying to take my arm off |
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jmc wrote in
: Suddenly, without warning, Beth exclaimed (02-Oct-05 2:47 PM): "Joe Canuck" wrote in message ... 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 I have a cat that loves to bite, kick scratch, and lick. Her name's Fireball of course. She's the only cat I know that needs to be annoyed periodically for her own happiness. She also will exaggerate any accident to get sympathy. My other cat, an enormously strong 15 pound lean male that, while terrified of everything, will sometimes scratch me accidently with his extra toes. He doesn't want me to stop petting so soon. During a severe allergy induced seizure he bit me full on the arm a fewimes in quick succession. The scar if barely noticeable, and he had unusually large fang sized canines. That is the only time a cat has ever done more than create a minor itch. I just don't see how an animal can injure something 10 to 20 times its size. |
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CAT ATTACKS KID!
"D." wrote in news:G%iJf.12833
: You simply may not scar easily. Hodge has bitten me hard several times; I don't scar very easily, but I do have many scars. I have a sizeable one on my thigh where he bit off a chunk of flesh and which became mildly infected and took longer to heal. When I first got him and he would attack and not let go, it was scary because they are surprisingly strong (animals have much more efficient muscles than humans) and tenacious, and a few times I lost some blood (not like being bitten in "quick succession" -- a furious cat bites and hangs on, and is smart enough to go for vulnerable spots). I don't have any systemic diseases, so I healed pretty quickly -- quickly not being as quickly as other wounds, because they are bites. I wouldn't be dismissive, not having had some experience. It's late so I'm probably writing things in a more impulsive manner than I intend. Yeah, on second thought, I do have rather thick skin and am rather robust in lean mass. (I also have a bit of mass on top of that.) But believe me when Cerberus seized, his teeth were not holding back at all. Humans are animals, so trying to create a qualitative difference where there is none is more anthropomorphism than I would expect on a pet loving newsgroup. Evolution adapted felines to ambush hunting. Their bodies specialize in fast twitch muscle fibers and high burst strength but low endurance. This makes them look stronger overall than they really are. Pound for pound muscles are pretty much the same across the board in animals. Due to bone and muscle attachment points humans give up a lot of brute force but gain precision movement with the same muscle mass. |
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CAT ATTACKS KID!
"D." wrote in message
so I healed pretty quickly -- quickly not being as quickly as other wounds, because they are bites. I wouldn't be dismissive, not having had some experience. My Deetoo at 11 months old doesn't scratch or bite much any more. When she first started it, I'd wrestle her back grabbing her stomach and tapping her nose with a finger. It got to the point where she'd go full force and I'd have to pull my hand away, but I'd keep up the wrestling and now she knows that if she wrestles, she's going to get more in return, so it doesn't happen much anymore. The only time she bites now is when she's licking my hand and sometimes it turns into a playful bite witch doesn't hurt at all except when she gets one of my finger in her rear teeth. That I'm now careful to avoid, but the rest is just playful fun. |
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CAT ATTACKS KID!
Patrick I. McCurry wrote: It's late so I'm probably writing things in a more impulsive manner than I intend. Yeah, on second thought, I do have rather thick skin and am rather robust in lean mass. (I also have a bit of mass on top of that.) But believe me when Cerberus seized, his teeth were not holding back at all. Contractions while seizuring (the proper word is seizuring - not seizing) are completely different that a full-blown purposeful bite. A cat that wanted to bite you *would* break the skin. Why did you reply to a post that was over 4 months old, anyway? Just curious. -L. |
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"-L." wrote in
oups.com: Patrick I. McCurry wrote: It's late so I'm probably writing things in a more impulsive manner than I intend. Yeah, on second thought, I do have rather thick skin and am rather robust in lean mass. (I also have a bit of mass on top of that.) But believe me when Cerberus seized, his teeth were not holding back at all. Contractions while seizuring (the proper word is seizuring - not seizing) are completely different that a full-blown purposeful bite. A cat that wanted to bite you *would* break the skin. Why did you reply to a post that was over 4 months old, anyway? Just curious. -L. I only recently activated my server, and this is the first time that I've seen this newsgroup. I'm still practicing this whole posting thing. I, intellectually, know that it's siezuring, but I just hate how that sounds. Believe me when Cerberus chomped, there was no bite strength held in reserve. It broke the skin and bled, but just left the barest hint of a scar. I didn't mean for it to sound like I'm belittling those attacked by housecats gone batsh*t crazy. I know that it came out that way. |
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