Hey there, Roberta and Hazel! She looks so cute! Is Hazel biting hard or just playing rough? My year-old kittens play rough all the time. That is just normal. The older boys don't do that too much anymore. All my kitties really like going after toes when they are moving under a sheet or blanket. Do they every outgrow that for entertainment? Your picture looks too cute. Does Hazel play the piano, too?
When our cats are playing too rough and begin biting or ripping with the hind claws, my wife will make the hissing sound of a momma cat and that stops the hurtful actions immediately. It seems to work on other bad behaviors as well.
Hello Roberta, Your cat look sweet and a bit like my Apollo and Andromeda. On the hand/feet nipping, if she was taken very young from her mom she may not have learned what is acceptable in play. Just sternly tell her "NO" when she does it and pull your hand away or put her on the floor and stop playing or paying attention to her till she calms down.
What cat does not like rug scratching? It is like a huge scratch pad to them. ha ha. Do you own a good scratching post for her? If not get one. Take her to it and run her paws down it. Tell her how good she is if she uses it and try spraying it with catnip spray to attract her. That is a good start. :)
Excellent comments by all! Mine gives love bites, if I fight the instinct to pull away, he just "rests" his teeth on my skin. No pressure or gnawing.
Scratching... redirect to other targets. Bits of carpet samples, carpeted cat furniture (can be pricey but cheaper than the living room rug) even those rope wrapped posts, though I think those are aimed more at buyers than cats since I've never met a cat who used a rope scratch target... also, try a cardboard target... about the size of a shoe box lid, with many many rows of corrugated cardboard stood on end to make enticing rough scratch surface... a little catnip on any target may help once in a rare while, to attract attention to the target... on the corrugated cardboard target, I affixed the one I bought to the middle of a carpet scrap, about 18" bigger on each side than the target, st the target would not get kicked around when being scratched on, allowing a more satisfactory s crating experience ( LOL!)
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