Anyone know how to get a kitten to stop play biting?? Thanks.

[UCLA Dem]

[Beaverhausen]

1. Make sure it has toys to play with

When it bites your hand just take your hand away and say "NO"
then give it a toy to play with instead. Don't let anyone who plays with the kitty to allow it to bite them.

It takes a while but they do learn to stop doing it eventually. Most cats are pretty smart.

Any pics? we love kitties here!!!

[Lorien]

2. Say "no', then get up and walk away from it the moment

it bites too hard. The kitten should get the message pretty quickly. Another thing that really works is to get a second kitten: they'll teach each other boundaries. (Besides, too are much more fun than one)!

[bvar22]

3. Duct Tape !!!

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Post 1 and 2 covered it.
Maybe teething?

[superconnected]

4. I have the same problem

with me it's my bare toes. They weasle under my covers and all three kittens converge on my toes at once. They're harsh.

I kick them out of my room every morning but they just do it again the next day.

what a way to wake up, like I'm cat food or smth.

[serryjw]

5. You're not going to like it.........

But bite him back! Einstein used to bite my toes when I was asleep and I finally got tired of it. I bit him back over 16 years ago and he go the message and never did it again.

[demnan]

6. Actually, that's not a bad idea

I always used to bite my kittens back when they bit me. Not hard of course, but immediately - It shocked them and they managed to develop a better temperment.

[serryjw]

8. It worked for Einstein

n/t

[sleepyhead]

7. Water pistol.

Just enough to get the message across. Try if possible not to let the kitten see it in your hand - it should seem to come from nowhere. It won't hurt the kitten and hopefully will startle it enough to convince it to go play elsewhere.

Getting a companion will help too - that behavior needs to be redirected.

(Do as I say and not as I do - my 10-year-old cat Wilbur still gives love bites and I can't make him stop!)

[radfringe]

9. 2 solutions

when our cats were kittens and got a bit rough with the biting - we would hold the back of their heads and keep our hand in their mouths until it was uncomfortable for the kitten (did the same with puppies)

they quickly learn that hands in the mouths is not "fun"

the second solution is not very practical - but it's worked on a couple of cats I had years ago -- when they got a bit "rough" I would put a bit of vick's vapo-rub on my hands, offer my hand to them again for "playing", one sniff or attempt to bite usually sent them scurrying and they would be very cautious the next time they tried it