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  • 28 May, 2014 at 5:13 pm #809316
    Melissa
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    Hey so I was wondering how you teach your kittens that biting my hands and feet is not acceptable? I do the firm no and try to ignore Alice when she bites me so that she doesn’t think that it’s an acceptable game. If I’m playing with her I have a stuffed animal that I use between my hand and her mouth and we use a pole toy too. I don’t want to use a spray bottle bc I haven’t read about a lot of success with it. I’ve read some of the biting threads on here and other websites. I know that when it comes to kids it takes consistent patience which I assume is the same with kittens but how long will it take her to not bite me all the time. Please let me know what else I can do

    28 May, 2014 at 7:35 pm #809322
    JerseyJoan
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    Hi Melissa! Yep, patience, patience and more patience! You seem to be doing all the right things to keep Alice from seeing your hands as toys. I always keep a toy to stick between my cats teeth and my hands.

    28 May, 2014 at 8:04 pm #809325
    katzenjammer
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    What Joan advises. If I see Dorry getting overly frisky, ie ready to pounce on me, I throw his birdy toy so it hits ceiling, distracts him and when it lands on floor he goes after it, instead of going after me.

    28 May, 2014 at 9:23 pm #809329
    Jeankit
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    Welcome to TDK. Great advice from Joan = Patience.
    Here is a link with helpful info for you too:
    http://cats.about.com/cs/behavioralissues/a/bite_scrat.htm
    You can Hiss at kitten and/taken form article:
    •”Scruff Him”
    This is one of the most effective forms of discipline of cats. It mimics the punishment given a kitten by his mother when he became unruly. Grasp him by the scruff of the neck and firmly push him groundward, while saying “No!” in a firm tone of voice. Hold him in this position for only three or four seconds and release. Chances are, he’ll slink away, thoroughly chastened, to bathe and recover his dignity. But he’ll remember this lesson for a long time.
    If kit is teething you can get some chew toys for furry purry too:
    http://pets.thenest.com/tips-teething-kittens-9018.html
    Good luck/it is a growth stage too!

    29 May, 2014 at 3:25 am #809354
    katzenjammer
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    So true re stage JK. Harder for me to notice being with him all the time, but someone noted that my Dorry has definitely calmed down from when he was a kit. But Melissa, patience is key, I tend to forget but there was definitely a learning curve – for both of us. Vet tech also recommended scruff technique if needed. Wonder if kits have equivalent of “terrible twos” like kids, an area where I have no experience whatsoever. LOL.

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