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Kitten attacking/biting hands/arms - help!!
All - We have a new kitten (almost 3 mos now) who is really, by almost all measures, a great kitten and addition to our family. She learned to use the litter box in a day, just wants to be in the room where people are (purrs as soon as we walk in from school/work that day), plays well with her toys on her own, or when we're playing with her (sometimes even fetches!)...
But she definitely doesn't know that attacking/biting hands/arms is NOT okay. We've never 'rough-housed' with her using our hands, and we never hit her as a form of punishment so we aren't sure where she learned to attack them. We've tried everything we know to try: shouting NO!, squirt bottle when she does it, getting her off and stopping play immediately and ignoring her for a while. When she is tired of playing and visibly getting sleepy she's wonderful and wants to cuddle and be rubbed and pet and loved, but while she is in her playful mood she's a little devil who will bite hands/arms/any other body part, do spider-man leaps onto shirts or pants, etc. Please help! How can we teach her that biting hands/arms/humans is NEVER ok, regardless of her playful kitten mood at the time? We realize she is still very young, but need to nip this in the bud early - i love Poca (kitten) but will not tolerate her biting my 9 and 11 year old daughters very much longer. All feedback is appreciated, and thank you! |
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