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Posted by Charlotte Hippen on July 12, 2007, 9:40 am
Hopefully Cheryl, Tia Mary or some of you other 'cat' ladies(or gents) could
help me with our new kitten. When 'disciplining Darius for things that were
not acceptable (counters, kitchen table, plants, etc) we were told to squirt
a water bottle at him or use rubberbands shot at his butt. I don't know if
that is proper kitty training but we did it a combination of both and it
worked. With this new little one I want to know what the 'proper' way to
'discipline' her would be and perhaps even how a mother cat would do it.
The problem we are having right now is her 'pouncing' our faces. She can be
very affectionate. She will climb up our chest and 'rub' our checks and
neck with her head or her body, but when she is rambunctious she will pounce
you instead. She lunges at our face mouth open and puts her paws (and
claws) on each side of your chin. At less than a pound she doesn't 'do any
damage' but this is not something we want her to continue to do. What
would be the best way to get her to stop pouncing us?? What tips/hints etc.
do you have for 'disciplining' her with other things that are unacceptable??
Thanks so much for any help you are able to give!
--
Charlotte
http://community.webshots.com/user/charh108
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Posted by Jessamy on July 12, 2007, 10:37 am
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> Hopefully Cheryl, Tia Mary or some of you other 'cat' ladies(or gents) could
> help me with our new kitten. When 'disciplining Darius for things that were
> not acceptable (counters, kitchen table, plants, etc) we were told to squirt
> a water bottle at him or use rubberbands shot at his butt. I don't know if
> that is proper kitty training but we did it a combination of both and it
> worked. With this new little one I want to know what the 'proper' way to
> 'discipline' her would be and perhaps even how a mother cat would do it.
> The problem we are having right now is her 'pouncing' our faces. She can be
> very affectionate. She will climb up our chest and 'rub' our checks and
> neck with her head or her body, but when she is rambunctious she will pounce
> you instead. She lunges at our face mouth open and puts her paws (and
> claws) on each side of your chin. At less than a pound she doesn't 'do any
> damage' but this is not something we want her to continue to do. What
> would be the best way to get her to stop pouncing us?? What tips/hints etc.
> do you have for 'disciplining' her with other things that are unacceptable??
> Thanks so much for any help you are able to give!
> --
> Charlottehttp://community.webshots.com/user/charh108
the water squirter is the correct way for long distance control
(rubber bands can hit rather hard for a small kitty) and for closer
range stuff you can grab them by the scruff of the neck and remove -
mother would just swap with a paw while the kitties are small and
later with claws too. this is, of course, rather hard to do without
claws and a human can swat a *lot* harder than a cat so i would advise
*against* that.
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<note i do NOT suggest you try this at home!> I had a semi feral cat
to "house train" she thought that me getting into bed and going to the
toilet were prime times to attack my ankles with 4 paws of claws and
teeth - getting into bed became a leap from the threshold onto the bed
and going to the toilet was painful. at first i used the plant spray
and trie dto keep it next to the WC where i could reach it - this
wroked fine till one day the bottle was AWOL. in sheer desperation (as
the cat was doing the butt wriggle before attack) i grabbed what ever
was behind me and sprayed... it turned out to be hairspray - not good
for kitty lungs and a bad taste to boot - i let her wash the goo off
herself (a bath was with this cat out of the question) and from that
day forwards if I reached behind me she was off..
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Posted by Carole-Retired and Loving It on July 12, 2007, 12:18 pm
I have a friend who's had very good results with keeping a can of
pennies nearby and shaking it close to the cat while saying no, and
removing the cat physically. The cats hate to hear those pennies! Now
they can just start to pick up the can and the cat stops whatever the
behavior is before they have to shake the can!
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:40:00 -0500, "Charlotte Hippen"
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>would be the best way to get her to stop pouncing us?? What tips/hints etc.
>do you have for 'disciplining' her with other things that are unacceptable??
>Thanks so much for any help you are able to give!
Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia
My quilts, crafts, QIs, and more - http://home.windstream.net/caroledoyle
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Posted by harrythehair on July 12, 2007, 12:26 pm
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> Hopefully Cheryl, Tia Mary or some of you other 'cat' ladies(or gents) could
> help me with our new kitten. When 'disciplining Darius for things that were
> not acceptable (counters, kitchen table, plants, etc) we were told to squirt
> a water bottle at him or use rubberbands shot at his butt. I don't know if
> that is proper kitty training but we did it a combination of both and it
> worked. With this new little one I want to know what the 'proper' way to
> 'discipline' her would be and perhaps even how a mother cat would do it.
> The problem we are having right now is her 'pouncing' our faces. She can be
> very affectionate. She will climb up our chest and 'rub' our checks and
> neck with her head or her body, but when she is rambunctious she will pounce
> you instead. She lunges at our face mouth open and puts her paws (and
> claws) on each side of your chin. At less than a pound she doesn't 'do any
> damage' but this is not something we want her to continue to do. What
> would be the best way to get her to stop pouncing us?? What tips/hints etc.
> do you have for 'disciplining' her with other things that are unacceptable??
> Thanks so much for any help you are able to give!
> --
> Charlottehttp://community.webshots.com/user/charh108
Hi Charlotte...
I've been a foster parent for kittens for a few years for our local
Humane Society. If you only have one kitten, it would really help if
you got another the same age and size. They will entertain you and
each other for hours.
The behavior of putting the paws on your face could be that she's a
little hungry and she's trying to get your attention for some other
reason. If see nips you with the little teeth, that's another side of
hunger. The advice about picking them up by the scruff of the neck is
good advice to keep her off of "no no" places. Never giving the
kitten table food also is a deterent to the counters. Also I've found
that cats are not that different from dogs, in that they need to keep
busy. They need a lot of toys and they all love the sticks with the
fuzzy things on the end. (forgot what they're called). Kittens are
either stop or go. Not much in between. They need a lot of activity
to keep them from being bored. Cuddle her a lot too, whether she
likes it or not.
The water squirter is ok, but some kittens think you're playing, some
will get a little hostile and in the long run, it doesn't work too
well.
One of the foods that kittens seem to love is the Royal Canin for Baby
Cats. I also feed them Friskies Mariners' Choice, but just a
little.
Every foster kitten and cat I've had have totally different
personalityies and quirks.
I didn't mean this to be so long, but if I can help in any way, let me
know.
Barb from S. FL
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Posted by Pami on July 12, 2007, 3:09 pm
water gun and a firm "No"
Pami
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> help me with our new kitten. When 'disciplining Darius for things that were
> not acceptable (counters, kitchen table, plants, etc) we were told to squirt
> a water bottle at him or use rubberbands shot at his butt. I don't know if
> that is proper kitty training but we did it a combination of both and it
> worked. With this new little one I want to know what the 'proper' way to
> 'discipline' her would be and perhaps even how a mother cat would do it.
> The problem we are having right now is her 'pouncing' our faces. She can be
> very affectionate. She will climb up our chest and 'rub' our checks and
> neck with her head or her body, but when she is rambunctious she will pounce
> you instead. She lunges at our face mouth open and puts her paws (and
> claws) on each side of your chin. At less than a pound she doesn't 'do any
> damage' but this is not something we want her to continue to do. What
> would be the best way to get her to stop pouncing us?? What tips/hints etc.
> do you have for 'disciplining' her with other things that are unacceptable??
> Thanks so much for any help you are able to give!
> --
> Charlottehttp://community.webshots.com/user/charh108