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my cat and my nose
my 10-week old cat Jacob likes to play in my lap. He attacks my hand and
playfully bites my hand without breaking the skin. Sometimes after this, he was facing me as I sat in the recliner and ne attacked my face, swatting at my eyes playfully, I told him no. Moments later he attacked my nose and bit rather hard. How do I train him not to bite me in the nose nor swat at my eyes. I love looking into my cat's eyes but unfotunately I may not to face my cat. Is there a good way to keep a 10-week old kitten fromm doing the above? I don't wnt to use my hand to punish my cat because I have heard that to use your hand on your cat will cause thr cat to fear the hand. Help will be appreciated, David Lee |
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"David Mooney" wrote in message . .. my 10-week old cat Jacob likes to play in my lap. He attacks my hand and playfully bites my hand without breaking the skin. Sometimes after this, he was facing me as I sat in the recliner and ne attacked my face, swatting at my eyes playfully, I told him no. Moments later he attacked my nose and bit rather hard. How do I train him not to bite me in the nose nor swat at my eyes. I love looking into my cat's eyes but unfotunately I may not to face my cat. Is there a good way to keep a 10-week old kitten fromm doing the above? I don't wnt to use my hand to punish my cat because I have heard that to use your hand on your cat will cause thr cat to fear the hand. Help will be appreciated, David Lee David, Use toys like feathers on a wand when you play with your cat. Never use your hand that way. Use your hand to pet, soothe, and groom him. He is young enough to shape now, at 10 weeks. When he goes for your hand, say "OW!" loudly and stop playing. Same thing with your face. He needs to learn that you are a lowly human, not protected as other cats are, by fur and lightning reflexes. As for punishing your cat--just stop playing, maybe give him a time out in a room alone with his box and food and water. Never hit him. Loud noises like clapping or "NO!" are enough to deter him. Good luck. |
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my cat and my nose
"cybercat" wrote in message ... "David Mooney" wrote in message . .. my 10-week old cat Jacob likes to play in my lap. He attacks my hand and playfully bites my hand without breaking the skin. Sometimes after this, he was facing me as I sat in the recliner and ne attacked my face, swatting at my eyes playfully, I told him no. Moments later he attacked my nose and bit rather hard. How do I train him not to bite me in the nose nor swat at my eyes. I love looking into my cat's eyes but unfotunately I may not to face my cat. Is there a good way to keep a 10-week old kitten fromm doing the above? I don't wnt to use my hand to punish my cat because I have heard that to use your hand on your cat will cause thr cat to fear the hand. Help will be appreciated, David Lee David, Use toys like feathers on a wand when you play with your cat. Never use your hand that way. Use your hand to pet, soothe, and groom him. He is young enough to shape now, at 10 weeks. When he goes for your hand, say "OW!" loudly and stop playing. Same thing with your face. He needs to learn that you are a lowly human, not protected as other cats are, by fur and lightning reflexes. As for punishing your cat--just stop playing, maybe give him a time out in a room alone with his box and food and water. Never hit him. Loud noises like clapping or "NO!" are enough to deter him. Good luck. DAVID LEE Thanks cybercat for the ibfo. I will have to retrain the cat because I have let him bite my hand for 2 weeks when I was training him how to play and to learn to defend himself. I would place my hand on the knee and walk like a spider across the knees. He would attack it and he knew it was play because he did not break the skin. It was only when he started for my face that I began to worry, but your advice has been noted and I will follow your suggestions, Thabks, David Mooney |
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"David Mooney" wrote Thanks cybercat for the ibfo. I will have to retrain the cat because I have let him bite my hand for 2 weeks when I was training him how to play and to learn to defend himself. I would place my hand on the knee and walk like a spider across the knees. He would attack it and he knew it was play because he did not break the skin. I see how you were thinking. You can retrain him. I am sure kittens learn from their mom's that there are things they can do when they are little that are not okay when they're big. I hope you don't let him out unsupervised. If you don't, he doesn't have anything to defend himself against, right? And why should he have to? He deserves to be safe. |
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my cat and my nose
"cybercat" wrote in message ... "David Mooney" wrote Thanks cybercat for the ibfo. I will have to retrain the cat because I have let him bite my hand for 2 weeks when I was training him how to play and to learn to defend himself. I would place my hand on the knee and walk like a spider across the knees. He would attack it and he knew it was play because he did not break the skin. I see how you were thinking. You can retrain him. I am sure kittens learn from their mom's that there are things they can do when they are little that are not okay when they're big. I hope you don't let him out unsupervised. If you don't, he doesn't have anything to defend himself against, right? And why should he have to? He deserves to be safe. David Mooney Hi cybercat. Jacob is not unsupervised when I bring him outside. I sit in the lawn chair and either listen to music or read, but I keep an eye on Jacob. At first he never parted far from me. Now his borders are expanding and he is willing to run out of my line of sight at times. I usually get up and carry him back into the shaded area of the tree. Sometimes he tries to climb the tree. He really enjoys his time outside. I bring him inside when I am ready to go in. Luckily I live on a farm with many acres and I can take my cat and make sure he never goes beyond certain limits. The fields are not part of his territory and only the area with green grass is his. Thanks, David M |
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my cat and my nose
On Jun 15, 3:20 am, "David Mooney" wrote:
my 10-week old cat Jacob likes to play in my lap. He attacks my hand and playfully bites my hand without breaking the skin. Sometimes after this, he was facing me as I sat in the recliner and ne attacked my face, swatting at my eyes playfully, I told him no. Moments later he attacked my nose and bit rather hard. How do I train him not to bite me in the nose nor swat at my eyes. I love looking into my cat's eyes but unfotunately I may not to face my cat. Is there a good way to keep a 10-week old kitten fromm doing the above? I don't wnt to use my hand to punish my cat because I have heard that to use your hand on your cat will cause thr cat to fear the hand. Help will be appreciated, David Lee Try kicking him in the nuts. He'll never do it again. |
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my cat and my nose
On 15 Jun, 19:58, "David Mooney" wrote:
"cybercat" wrote in message ... "David Mooney" wrote Thanks cybercat for the ibfo. I will have to retrain the cat because I have let him bite my hand for 2 weeks when I was training him how to play and to learn to defend himself. I would place my hand on the knee and walk like a spider across the knees. He would attack it and he knew it was play because he did not break the skin. I see how you were thinking. You can retrain him. I am sure kittens learn from their mom's that there are things they can do when they are little that are not okay when they're big. I hope you don't let him out unsupervised. If you don't, he doesn't have anything to defend himself against, right? And why should he have to? He deserves to be safe. David Mooney Hi cybercat. Jacob is not unsupervised when I bring him outside. I sit in the lawn chair and either listen to music or read, but I keep an eye on Jacob. At first he never parted far from me. Now his borders are expanding and he is willing to run out of my line of sight at times. I usually get up and carry him back into the shaded area of the tree. Sometimes he tries to climb the tree. He really enjoys his time outside. I bring him inside when I am ready to go in. Luckily I live on a farm with many acres and I can take my cat and make sure he never goes beyond certain limits. The fields are not part of his territory and only the area with green grass is his. Thanks, David M one thing to think about; cats find being stared at straight into their eyes quite an aggressive and antagonistic thing and it tends to irritate them, as though you are 'staring them down' and trying to impose yourself on them in an unfriendly way. if you do stare at them best to perhaps close your eyes and slowly blink a few times to show you do not have any aggressive intentions, also look away from them sometimes too. just a thought if you want your little chap to trust you and not be scared of you. if you want him to not bite you them when he does this just pick him up off your chest or lap and put him onthe floor and ignore him. He will soon learn that if he wants to be near you and enjoy snuggling up he has to behave or he will have that simple pleasure taken away, no need to use any force or anything nasty like that, that will just make him nervous around you and unhappy and you do nto want that do you? bookie |
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