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Cat Help...
Our female cat, Kinsi, is having some behavior issues. Gianna loves her to death, but Kinsi doesn't really return the love. I try to keep G away from her, but you can image how well that goes.
Kinsi used to just play bite...she'd snap at her (or anyone new) but she'd never bite down. Now Kinsi will actually bite Gianna. No blood or anything, but she leaves indents in her skin and G cries, of course. I'm worried if this continues she'll bite the other kids too. Any ideas on how to stop the behavior? And no, I'm not going to get rid of her. She's my first baby and very sweet when she's not a grumpy gus.
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Re: Cat Help...
One of our kitties is like this - worries me when kids are in the picture. But, I would never get rid of her, so we've talked about it before.
What about using something that will scare her when she bites Gianna? Spray bottle to squirt her, pop can with coins in it, etc?
My older cat is definitely like this--used to be so sweet and now she's a temperamental diva. She'll go from lovey to biting in a snap of fingers. I've read so many books on cat behavior and websites to see about fixing the problem. I think there's not much changing my girl since she's Siamese and they come with an attitude problem most of the time!
Most of the books say that they bite when they are put in a stressful situation so G's age/way she plays with Kinsi may be stressing her out and she lashes out by biting. This sounds weird but I might try having G bribe Kinsi with some treats so she associates G with something happy and that she's getting rewarded. Cats are such strange characters so who knows if that will work.
Thanks ladies!
Tonight G gave the cats treats. We'll do that weekly to see if that helps. Kinsi does have a place to go that g can't bug her. G mostly leaves her alone but it seems like once a day g needs to give her a hug, pet her, etc.
I think her biting could be a protective thing too. I don't give kinsi as many cuddles as I used too and the last 2 incidents have been when kinsi is getting pet or held by me and g pets her. I think kinsi may be saying 'back off lady! It's my turn for attention'
I'm going to try to give kinsi some extra love to see if that helps too. She did go from getting a ton attention to getting none right when G was born.