Hi, I’m a newcomer to TDK! A week ago I ended up taking in an abandoned 3 week old kitten (Gemma) after waiting for Mama Cat to show up and, when that didn’t happen, taking steps to see if Mama lived as a pet around the neighborhood (she did not). Now Gemma is 4 weeks old and doing well (thanks to a lot of others’ answered questions on this forum, I might add). However there is one issue I haven’t found an answer to quite yet.
Gemma is a pretty active kitten and loves playing with things that wiggle back and forth, specifically fingers and toes. Her bites and scratches don’t hurt as much as they would if she were older/bigger, but they can be a bit painful and worrisome for future playing when she IS older and bigger. I’ve been trying to use toys in our play rather than my hands but she still prefers to go after my fingers, toes, and knees.
Is her behaviour just harmless kitten playing that she needs (being abandoned and having no other cats to play with) or is this something I need to address now? And if something should be done about it, what are some tricks I can use to do so?