8 month old kitten biting…..

Hi Krista – you’ve already addressed two of my first thoughts, he’s neutered and you know not to use your hands as toys. Does he just bite out of the blue or does he bite during play or petting? If it’s the latter, it is his way of saying ‘enough’. At that point, you can go with a more gentle approach to play and/or petting. If it’s the former, just know that kittens in general have seemingly endless energy, and he will calm down in time. Also, neutering doesn’t change his temperament right away, it can take some time for his hormones to adjust. As a side note, I’m not a fan of the water bottle, as he may come to associate you with bad, as opposed to bad behavior. Speak to him in a calm, soft voice associated with gentle play, and hopefully the biting will ease up. Of course, until you get to that point, a firm ‘no!’ followed by gentle talk and behavior, is in order.
Good luck!

Joan has it covered on advice there 🙂 Water bottles are fine if your trying to move a stray or troublesome cat from your property if it’s upsetting your cans but I would never use it in training your own cat as Joan mentioned it only makes your cat associate you with the water and will probably have a negative effect on your relationship with him.. his aggression does sound like its play aggression some of the time (I’ve also had Main Coon Mixes and they can have busts of play energy most people around here call Zoomies 😆 ) But I think as Joan picked up on your mainly dealing with over stimulation aggression I’ve had to deal with this too.. a cat maybe rollin on his belly or even jump
in your lap and you think “oh he wants lots of cuddles now cause he came to me” but it doesn’t always work that way and as hard as it is sometimes you have to give one pet watch for the tail twitching aggressively and if you see that then stop .. also if your petting and he’s on your lap put him down if you see he’s about to or is in a “hyper” mood or walk away if he gets hyper . he will grow out of it and if neutered after the 6 month age gap it can take 2 months or more for the hormones to settle back down ..