Biting cat

Keep a spray bottle or water pistol near by, and very time the cat does this, squirt him with water.

my 6 year old cat is also a biter! he bites me on my feet, arms, shoulders but most of all on my ankles. he does this when i am walking and wants me to give him attention. this happens a lot when he is hungry or wants me to help him go outside. i find it hard to stop him because the biting happens real fast but one way is by saying NO in a firm voice. another trick is to rub his fur or carry him. he gets distracted and forgets to bite. but i do find his biting habit a bit endearing at times though :)

First question is "Is he neutered"? Sometimes cats get very aggressive if they are still fully functional. Next, you might want to use something foul tasting on your fingers so that when he takes them in his mouth he won't want to do it anytime again soon. Wintergreen might be good. It is recommended for use when you are trying to deter a cat from going places you don't want him to go. It doesn't sound like it's love bites, where they use their fangs and bite lightly on your hand or fingers then rub their heads against the area they nipped. Do you wrestle with him? Sometimes this is also a signal that they want to play...or that you annoyed him and he wants to fight it out with you. Squirting him with a spray bottle is fine, except that you will have the left over water to clean up, and it doesn't always work. Then there is the fact that if the cat is sitting in your lap, you're also squirting yourself. You might try a loud noise (Like pennies in a soda can) and a firm "NO" when he does it. I have had my Maine Koon cat bite me, but that usually in his language is that he wants to wrestle and work off excess energy. You could try playing with him (not wrestling as this will increase the biting) and see if that will ease the situation.

It sounds like he is teething! This can go on until they are about 4!! lol. Did you think of that? lol. Other than keeping your fingers well away, there isn't anything you can do to stop this behaviour.

i have a cat who always want to nip me when he is hungry. I always tell him "no bite." He seems to be doing it less now. I dont always have a squirt bottle handy when he does this. He is a really sweet cat, and I know he means no harm but it does hurt alittle bit.

I have 3 cats. The mama and i kept 2 of her kittens. They are almost 1 yr now. Bubba and Sissy like to nip too. I heard when they do that they are putting their sent on you. They have sent glands on the roof of their mouth. Sissy will also lick you. But you have to watchout for that nip. She really likes to nip my toes. Bubba is a nipper too. But the Mama Miss Kitty can be visious. She intents to sink her fangs into and take a piece of your flesh. i read in a book that i you stick your finger in their mouth and gagg, they will stop. I have found this not to be true. I wish i knew the answer to this myself.

Ouch... are they love nibbles or is he doing it aggressively? Have you tried the spay bottle routine? Or a can of rocks or marble? We trained our dog with a can of marbles... We would take an empty soda can and put a few marbles in it, then when she was acting bad either shake it or toss it in her direction. It scared the crap out of her. She still to this day hates any soda cans.. All I have to do is pick one up and get her attention.. LMAO

Hello ElicBxn, I remember my parents cat, she is like that and my dad made her stop the habit when dad started to bring stick and scare her, but not to hurt her of course, just every time she bites, then after those training, she was able to behave and every time she will see the stick, she will close her mouth. But, I know dad was able to hit her mouth several times but not too hard, just to correct her!

Hi Hon I think I would do something to startle him every time he does this I think he will bget the idea shortly. xoxoxoxoxoxox

AHHH, that explains a lot! In the wild, if you watch the Animal Planet, the cats will bite hard when they want to play; especially when they are happy and feeling good. What I would do is have a small stuffed toy available to substitute for your hand when he is about to bite. Hopefully you will have some warning before he gets to the point of sinking his teeth into you. I have done it with other male cats that I have had, and pretty soon they stop chewing on me and take out their feeling of happiness and desire to play out on the stuffed toy. If he likes cat nip, I would rub some on the toy so that he is more attracted to it than you! I grow catnip for the four fiends that I own. They won't touch the dry nip, but love the fresh leaves and stems. (They get a better high too! LOL) Cat nip is soooo easy to grow in a pot and it repropigates it self so that you don't have to keep buying the seed or plants each year. It is also very safe for them to eat too, and provides the grass that they don't get in the wild. Since you don't know his total background, you don't know what he was allowed to do. But hopefully using a stuffed toy will curb the desire...I get my toys for my dogs and cats at the thrift shop for a dollar or less. (Not only does it help the budget but it also helps the causes the thrift shops are working towards.) I have had my best friends dog for the past 3 weeks, the dog is well known for being a cat hater...in the space of a week and a half I have gotten the dog to the point of not chasing the cats. In two weeks the cats can go up to the dog and rub under her chin. Now, at three weeks the cats will lay beside the dog without fear! It just goes to show that if you set your mind to having your furry friends fit into your life, they will. I just wish I could be there to help out with BooBoo I am sure he is a wonderful cat and he just kind of needs redirection in his life. (by the way, it was the name of my BF's horse...the horse passed away two years ago and he was heart broken...my BF's nick name is Boo Bear! Kind of interesting-at least to me!)

hmm this is a pretty bad habit. it doesn't help that he is a BIG cat. my local longhair boy has this nasty habit too. he'll start by licking you and purring. without warning he just nip at us. he also has this habit of chewing on toes covered by blanket. i will issue a stern 'warning' by raising my voice and saying NO! it's importantly that you lower your pitch of voice. if he continue to do it, use your finger and flick his head between the eyes. not too hard but enough pressure to cause discomfort. he will learn to associate the unpleasant feeling with his biting. hope it helps.

It doesn't sound to me as if he's biting maliciously? Is he cross when he does it, or is it his way of interacting with you? My two cats both attack me with their claws and teeth from time to time, in the same way as they attack each other. They don't stick their claws or teeth into me hard, although I guess it would be a bit of a shock if you weren't expecting it. I know it's their way of playing though, as they never do it to my toddler. I expect they know I'd skin them if they did it to him! I'm sorry, I've no idea how to stop your cat biting you though other than just showing your displeasure at the time in whatever way you normally do.

umm.. how bout not leaving yer finger in his mouth to give him time enough to work it back to his molars where you know hes gonna bite you?

I had a rescue cat that had a habir of biting, one minuite he was fine nect he would bit for no reason, we were told to put him off the chair and ignore him, not to even look at him. You say he rolls your finger to the back of his mouth, have you checked his teeth? he may have a bad tooth and it makes him chew

My old cat, Biscuit, used to bite my fingers when he wanted my attention all the time. I found the best way to stop him was to remove him and say *no* in a firm voice. He soon got the message that biting was unacceptable and understood that *no* meant stop it

Yikes! That sounds really painful. I've never heard of any animal doing this type of biting before now. Unless I've already been there/done that, I can't help with advice. Sorry Elic. Will read others responses in hopes of learning what to do if I ever encounter a cat that does this.

I think one way to correct this habit is to tap him on the nose and say "at! at!" in a firm way not in a mean way but firm so he'd understand that it's a no no or it's a habit that's not to be tolerated by you or anybody else. Maybe if you gave him a toy to chew on and pet him so he'd get the understanding that he's to chew on the toy and not you. Worth a try anyway. Another idea I just thought of is to put something such as pepper or something that isn't hurtful to cats but they don't like the taste of might do the trick too. Good luck!

Don't "tap" him on the nose. Don't use pepper. When he bites, say no in a sharp loud voice and remove him. Pick him up and put him somewhere -- down if he's on your lap or a few feet away if he is somewhere else. After a while, this technique will probably work. You have to be consistent. Giving him something else to bite on is a good idea. Our Peaches snaps when she doesn't want to be petted. So we don't bother her too much.

I definitely use the "NO" in an assertive deep voice, but another thing that I do if/when the cat already has your finger in his mouth, is to gag him. I know this sounds kinda mean (not really any more mean than 'flicking' really) but whenever he does get your finger in his mouth, just stick it way back there til he's making a gagging sound, he'll try to spit your finger out. Then every time he goes to do that again, gag him again, and he'll get the idea that "gee, maybe I better not do this." It takes a few times, but it's worked every time I've had to train a cat not to bite.

HI friend, I have a cat who bites me everyday and i like when i feel that smooth pain just enjoy playing with you sweetttttttttttttttt cat and dont worry about biting