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How to tame my kitty?

So we got a cat , she is wild , she gets into everything , she also likes to bite ( not hard , kinda like she wants to play , but we want her to stop biting ) and I have like 14 scratches from her , how can we control her ? Thank you !

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Answer #1

Don’t wrestle with her…for one thing. Is she wild, as in a feral kitten? Or wild as in “playfully wild” as kittens can be?

I wonder how many people with kittens got thru kittenhood without any scratches? Her little claws will make scratches on human skin, partly because she’s unable to retract them yet.

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Answer #2

get a little spray bottle and fill it with water and when she bites spray her in the face and she will eventually stop because cats dont like water.

Answer #3

Reward good behavior with a cheerio or something your cat likes and ignore the bad. You can use a sound every time you reward your cat for a good behavior. That way, he or she will respond to that sound and you can get him/her to stop doing something you don’t want by that sound.

Answer #4

How old is she?

Don’t play rough with her, because then you’ll be rewarding the behavior you’re trying to get rid of. Encourage her cuddling and quiet noncontact play. You can also clip her toenails so they aren’t as long and sharp. Keep in mind that a kitten is not coordinated enough to control her claws, especially when she’s excited and playing.

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