Hello,
Well, when my male cat was around 6 months old, he got into the habbit of attacking EVERYONES hands, left or right, and most people fight back or push him away, including myself. But now I have realized that pushing him away is the wrong thing to do, yelling and tapping him on the nose or the bum (like around the top behind his hips) isn't working either. I'm starting to think that a spray bottle and when he doesn't bite and comes to lie beside me and is careful and gentle with people, I'll give him treats. Does this sound like the right thing to do? And if not, what should I do and how should I handle it? What the main problem is, is that he jumps out of no where and attacking yours hand by wrapping his front paws (which are declawed) and kicking with his backpaws and biting roughly. Its become a real problem. And I really need to know the proper and safest and most gentle way to take care of this problem. So i really need a solution and fast. He is 9 months old. Oh! And we do take care of him, I feed him in the morning with clean water, his favourite food, and then at night I clean out his cat box and then go to his dishes and put new food and water in them. So we don't abuse or not looking after him, so I really don't understand why he is like this. I'd really appreciate some help and fast!: D
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I'll just bet you've been "playing" with this guy with your bare hands since you got him as a young kitten. What you've taught him is that it's fine to attack you. When you play with your kitten you're teaching him how to react to prey. So if you use your bare hands for playing, you teach him it's a good thing to scratch and bite your hands, the prey.
What you should start immediately is using a toy to play with him. Doesn't have to be anything fancy ... a string, piece of yarn, stuffed toy mouse ... just so it's not YOU. The only thing he should be associating with YOU is affection. It may take some squirting to get him used to the fact, but hopefully with lots of patience and the correct playing methods he'll turn out to be a really nice cat.
cat's aren't that obedent ........ i've * always * heard water spray-bottles do the trick (whether to keep them from scratching up couch, or jumping on counter)
if you spray when he bites, he'll eventually quit - have to keep doing it (and as immediately as possible following the biting)
9 months still isn't all that old and Siamese are usually worse about the biting than most other types of cats. He will grow out of it after a while. Right now he's still young.
the only real thing u can do is become imune to pain like i did. I had a kitten from his birth. sooo i preaty much had to get used to it
well there is a lot of ways to prevent this, you can do the water bottle method and it will work, you can also try and put some hot sauce or hand sanitizer on your hands so when he tries to bite he gets a bad taste and he will associate the bad taste with biting. also, im not sure how it will work for cats but it works for other animals, if they attempt to bit you, turn away and fold your arms and ignore the cat because they will associate being ignored to biting and it will help the cat get out of this behavior, remember it is about the right time if not a little late to be doing animal training so your cat could pick up on this right away or he/she might not pick up on this for a couple of months but stick to it and keep on it. tell your friends and anybody who is at your house so its consistent.
About 30% of cats who are declawed develop a behavioral problem - congratulations! You are one of that 30%. Biting - sometimes hard! - is one of those common side effects. You did it when you removed his first line of defense - it leaves many cats feeling insecure, and they become biters. There really is nothing you're going to do to change that, you can't put his claws back on. There is no solution, really, other than NEVER again declawing a cat. Other side effects of declawing include refusal to use the litter box (their mutilated paws are forever too painful to dig in the litter, so they go on the furniture and carpets instead), aggression (sound familiar?), depression, lethargy, and hiding. The side effects of declawing are very real - as you now see.
He is just a very playful kitten and may continue this for another year or so. Is he neutered. This may cool his jets some and stop him from spraying which he will probably start doing if not neutered. Don't make any fast hand movements. If he grabs your hand, don't move it. It is just a toy to him and he is ready to play. Kittens are just hyper, fast and will grab onto anything. Mine is over a year old and full of mischief.
