My kitten is extremely ill-tempered

Post by **Foo** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:39 pm

its an even worse thing to do to your kids

Post by **4days** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:28 pm

that thing about shoving your finger down the cats throat if they bite your finger, and the one about spraying them with water - those have sorted out my gf's kitten (which is mine unless it's just sitting there being cute, then it's magically hers again).

used to be a vicious little bastard, but it's chilled out a lot now. still fights with all it's toys and any animal that wanders into the garden, but otherwise it's cool. most important thing is consistency, you have to react in the same way EVERY time the cat does something wrong.

Post by **SmokeyTreats** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:29 pm

Letting a declawed cat out into the alley is like sending a gang member off to a knife fight with just boxing gloves.

Post by **4days** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:33 pm

SmokeyTreats wrote:Letting a declawed cat out into the alley is like sending a gang member off to a knife fight with just boxing gloves.

http://www.totallycats.co.uk/declaw.htm

had to look it up, that really is quite fucking barbaric. why even own a cat? why not just buy a stuffed one or sew a cat pelt to your favourite cushion?

Post by **K-mart Shopper** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:18 pm

Thanks for the all the responses guys, I might go ahead and try that vinegar trick... then again I hate the stench of vinegar as well, it might keep me away from her more often :icon26:

I've tried finger in the mouth trick until she's absolutely sick of biting, but 5 minutes later back to biting.

I wouldn't normally get a cat declawed but when a cat just leaps at you for no reason during "play-time," giving you multiple scratches everyday, it's just ridiculous not to have it declawed.

... I just pet her and she attacked my hand

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:21 pm

My cat does that. It's not aggression it's playing.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:26 pm

we got the best cat in the world...good with kids, well behaved and doesn't even use a litter box...he doesn't even shit in the yard...he goes to the next door neighbors for that...and thats what they get for building a house next to us...

Post by **K-mart Shopper** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:28 pm

Just a quick observation.. it's impossible to touch her without her doing that, EXCEPT if she's asleep. While in bed at night, if we move too much, she'll attack us.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:29 pm

we have had cats like that...i would just get rid of the bitch...seriously...

Post by **Foo** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:29 pm

Mr.Magnetichead wrote:My cat does that. It's not aggression it's playing.

Yeah the cat views it as playing.

The point is you have to either endure getting bitten constantly, or teach the cat that it's not an acceptable form of play.

Just like bringing mice to the door. If it happens once every year or something then alright... it's a present for the family, give the cat some praise dont shout at it.

If it's a really regular habitual thing tho, encouraging it is gonna result in a whole lot of cleaning of blood and guts.

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:34 pm

K-mart Shopper wrote:Just a quick observation.. it's impossible to touch her without her doing that, EXCEPT if she's asleep. While in bed at night, if we move too much, she'll attack us.

Does it depend on where you touch her? One of my cats does it because she doesnt like her belly getting touched.

All cats chase you when you move in bed. They dont understand that the object under your blanket is you, they think it's something to hunt and attack.

If you do it over and over again every night she will eventually realise its not something thats worth hunting.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:35 pm

nope...some cats r just like that all the time...

Post by **K-mart Shopper** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:42 pm

I've dealt with a few kittens in the past and I know when a kitten is simply playing.

We don't have to play with her.. she'll attack us randomly, be it biting us in the leg or leaping at our legs attacking us when we walk around.

I can't stress enough how its not simply play - think of it as the worst cat you could ever own. We've wanted to get rid of her on many occasions but we're hoping theres some way to break her of all her bad habits.

It's best described as a very violent temper, and I'm not sure if those can be fixed :icon30: [/u]

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:44 pm

sorry man...u can't change cats like that...nix it...usually though, bad tempered cats kittens r well behaved for some reason...

Post by **horton** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:17 pm

scourge34 wrote:
I cant spell u wrote:
scourge34 wrote:Our male cat is basically the same. Just had him fixed yesterday. Already much calmer.
How mean.

"Yes, my cat loves to play but it pisses me off. Time to get it fixed, he hehehehehe..."
That's not the only reason. His playing and biting doesn't bother me. This neighborhood has enough strays. No need to have mine adding to the population. Not that he'll get outside, but just in case. He's also been declawed and vaccinated.

you had your cat declawed? what a fucking cunt.
if you dont want a pet that scratches shit, dont get a cat.

Post by **diego** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:22 pm

if you dont want a cock as big as mine, dont call me daily.

Post by **ScooterG** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:42 pm

I bought two lovely little girl kitties a few months ago - 4 yr old sisters - and one would bite every time we had luvins - but ONLY when we were loving. I asked the vet about it and she said it's called "Status Related Aggression" and it's because the cat wants to control the interaction. She said another sign is when a cat is CONSTANTLY in your way (it wants you to have to move around it, thus controlling the interaction).

Does this sound like your cat or is it just fucking w/ you constantly?

Post by **feedback** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:44 pm

Cats are the perfect pet for people who can't handle relationships.

Post by **ScooterG** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:49 pm

People who don't like cats usually don't like women either.

Post by **feedback** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:56 pm

I don't think that's true, it may be just you.

Post by **ScooterG** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:22 pm

Not too sure - I'd never bother finding out if a non-cat lover liked me or not!

(But I read about a study that made a correlation between men who don't like cats also being likely to not like women....)

Post by **Foo** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:31 pm

was it basically 'if you hate cats ur a fag'

Post by **ScooterG** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:33 pm

No, it was actually about how much they respected women: Men who didn't like cats were also likely to hold women in very low esteem.

Post by **Foo** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:35 pm

but would they be wrong?