http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: Biting and Scratching.. en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:01:54 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/19731#post-427551 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:15:37 +0000 MadcatwomanintheUK 427551@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Woo hoo, good boy Finnegan! :o) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/19731#post-427549 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:12:31 +0000 Finnegan 427549@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>That link above is me. Listen to everyone's advice and do your best not to send mixed signals. I find myself slipping and letting him play fight my hands, even though it hurts, just because it makes me laugh to watch him. The more consistent I've been about walking out of the room, the better he's been. Also, I got him a stuffed animal that is roughly his weight and size, which he wrestles with for at least an hour a day. </p> <p>It's interesting to watch him internalize the lesson, he'll pounce on and wrap around my wrist like he always has but recently he's paused and stopped himself before he bites me. He gets this really confused look, and before he can change his mind I give him the stuffed animal, and he digs in. He still grabs my ankles or wakes me up by biting my wrist from time to time, but the progress is immense. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/19731#post-426266 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:18:03 +0000 MadcatwomanintheUK 426266@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Hi Lucky, welcome to TDK!</p> <p>We just recently had another new TDKer with an identical problem - here's a link to that thread, which contains some advice and ideas you may find helpful :</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/19429" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/19429</a></p> <p>Looking forward to following Luck's progress - he sounds cute! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/19731#post-426249 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:39:26 +0000 Catfancier 426249@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Lol. Thats a kitten for you. Try using a stuffed animal to play with him so in the future he wont be biting and scratching limbs. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/19731#post-426245 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:33:50 +0000 Lucky2468 426245@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>So since I picked up this kitten last week(btw we named him luck..haha)he's been pretty attached to me because of course i saved him. I was the one that bottle fed him and I think he thinks i'm his mother, because he only sleeps on me. We took him to the vet the day after we found him, and the vet said he was probably 4 weeks, now probably 5. We got him weaned on we kitten chow, but the main thin that bothers me is he likes to play alot(which i don't mind, i know he will) but he continues to bite and scrach my hand up contstantly..obviously he's trying to just play but of course it hurts, especially with BABY teeth. So my question is, how do i discipline him,say loudly ouch which he normally responds to but not always. I know its normally for them to do this but obviously there's a limit. So what should i do? </p>