I have a very old cat. When i play with him he does bite as strongly as yours. I don't give a shit about him biting me, i know he's playing.

Even my dog once bit me a bit too hard when i was playing with him. Did i return him? No. Cause i love him.

You can't return a cat just because it bit you hard.

He's been doing that shit for months.

He's a fucking year and a half now, and I expect him to be mature. But he keeps doing the same shit: Biting. Sometimes he's a very lovable creature but sometimes I just wanna fucking punch a colt because of him.

Don't say I'm qqing because I won't have a creature roaming around my house damaging my fucking hand.

> Damaging.

You speak as if he cut your hand open and put knifes-on-fire in it.

It's a darn bite, nothing more. Cats bite. It may be because you touched him in a area that he doesn't like (My cat bites if i poke his stomach.), played with him too rough, or simply gets over-excited while playing. I had helluva bites from my cat when he was young. Including scratches that went from my shoulder to my wrist. He's old and in his last years and i still have him.

I pet him on his back and on his head, is that bad? He keeps following me and I have to be on my guard because if I'm not then he comes and bites me in my fucking foot. I have to walk backwards then I have to close the door on him.

SFK363 wrote:I pet him on his back and on his head, is that bad? He keeps following me and I have to be on my guard because if I'm not then he comes and bites me in my fucking foot. I have to walk backwards then I have to close the door on him.

That is why I have a something to block my pet with, to keep him from getting in my room, messing with my stuff, and from me.

Anyways, those are little cuts anyways. I feel down stairs with a tiny bruise on my left elbow and a scrap of considerable size on my right, guess what, I still use the stairs.(albeit, with more caution, but still I use them)

Just sayin...

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Those bites don't even look bad. Just bop him when he does it so he learns.

I used to love my cat but then I took an arrow to knee, but in all seriousness in the next full moon you will turn into a werecat so be careful.

Cats don't really bite the hands that feed, but they do bite when playing rough. If this keeps happening and it's something you don't like, then make a stand. If you let the cat think that they are king, they will fill that role. It's in their nature to take every liberty offered to them until they run into whatever barriers you impose on them. They learn about what they can and cannot do by testing your limits. You can't condition a cat to behave in the same way you would a dog, but you can teach them the house rules by enforcing said limits.

Cats understand the value of food and shelter, and once they've calmed their weird cat-nerves, will recess to a "comfy kitten" behaviour. Take note that wild cats only "meow" to their mothers while they're nursing to allow the mother cat to keep track of where her kittens are. If your domesticated cat "meows" at you, it means that they have accepted you as a parent-figure and want you to known where they are for the sake of their survival. It means that they expect that they can come to you to satisfy their needs.

All this said, animals tend not to hold grudges the same way people do, and cats have particularly short attentions spans. If you take more than 5 seconds to punish your cat for some infraction, chances are they'll already have forgotten what they did, never mind what they did wrong. For this reason, it's particularly healthy to develop a habit of "freaking out" whenever your cat causes damage or does something undesired, that way you can deliver the lesson while it's fresh. Remember: cats respond very well to cat-like behaviour.

How you can effectively scold your cat:

I tend to pick my cat up and throw them across the room. Not like a baseball, but more like a hot potato (and so they land on their feet). I aim for a good six feet of height off the ground at the apex of the toss, so that the cat ends up dealing with a jump that they wouldn't normally take without a lot time to prepare for. Cats are pretty nimble and so it's not anything they can't handle, but it definitely takes them out of their comfort zone. Another way to punish your cat is to run at them quickly until they start to turn away from you. All cats have strong survival instincts and are self-absorbed by nature. They are very territorial and always maintain a facade of bravery which they use as a shield to repel potential predators (and other invading cats). The goal is: if you can cause your cat to flinch, you've won. Cats don't try to save face when beaten, rather they surrender immediately and accept you as the boss. It is the way of the cat.

If you can think to do it in time, hissing with the back of your throat can also show your cat that you are pissed off at them, but I urge you to use this sparingly. Hissing at your cat is akin to screaming in someone's face, and is the worst thing that one cat can do to another without actually trying to gut one another. It is a grating sound that they are hard coded to respond to (and the reason why you'd be hard-pressed to find a cat that can tolerate the blood-curdling scream of a vacuum cleaner). I tend to do this only when the cat is really being a real brat, as it can stay fresh in their mind for quite some time. Doing this can stop unwanted behaviour, but should be used carefully so you don't teach a cat to avoid showing affection altogether.

Source: Got a loving cat with a big personality. Has a love of ending furries. (forumers have been warned)

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