Is the litter box too dirty? Is it a multi-cat household? Can the cat see other cats from a window? Can the cat have some type of urinary infection? Is this a new behaviour? You may well need the advice of your vet to help you answer your particular dilemma. No hitting please.
Also, if the cat does not come when called after 2 times, give the command a third time and do the same thing. I did not have to give a kitty timeout more than once for ANY infraction.
On the other hand, positive reinforcement works great! Carry a clicker and some treats in you pocket. When the cat does something you approve of like scratching its post , click and give a treat. Before you know it, the cat when start to put strings of behaviors together to communicate and get you to click and treat. I still say give them a smack. I have tried all these tricks and a smack on the behind seems to work like magic.
Hitting a cat or a dog is SO old school and destroys bonds and trust between you and your pet. Also they may instinctively try to bite you when you hit them. Good advice. I did give a light smack on my cat once or twice, but I think ill try these methods. Tried all of these with my kitten-soon to be full grown cat. Nothing has worked. She sees the squirt bottle as a challenge, like do something bad and see if you can get away quick enough not to get squirted. Or sleeps the whole time and wakes up and remembers nothing, runs out and does it again immediately.
She enjoys the load noises and makes them into new, and very annoying toys. Only tape she has reacted is after being hogtied to have her teeth cleaned. Even taken to gently smacking her on the rump to make her stop. She has toys, places to climb, scratching posts, beds to nap in, never had a cat this bad before.
I have a cat that gets aggressive when I come home after a long shift at work. I really need to find an effective way to get her to stop biting. This is a problem that requires a better back and forth than a blog posting can handle. I recommend that you post this on our forum.
Good luck. My cat scratched my foot and its bleeding like crazy! Im kind of mad at it but each of these seem to extreme for a one time infraction. I tried everything with my kitten.. Now all i do is raise my hand and she stops. She still comes to give me love and purrs and pads me.. My kitten soon to be a full grown cat is getting a little naughtier as she gets older, nothing too bad and sometimes she nips me and my wife but its not a full blown bite.
Its more a nip to let us know she is there or does not like something. All I can say is never hit a cat or treat it forcefully. It can be extremely detrimental for your relationship with the cat. She has got very playful before and bitten me in her play hunting game time for which I got rather angry and grabbed her by the scruff and said NO loudly at her.
I then put her in her carry bed for a while to let her cool down but I instantly regretted it. I need help, FAST! I adopted her and her sister together and had to have her sister put to sleep a little over a year ago.
I brought home two female spayed kittens, 4 months and 11 months, almost 2 weeks ago. At first the 18 year old would come out into the condo and just watch the kittens and hiss if they came too close. When I try to carry her back out to the main part of my condo, she flails all over and ends up back on the dresser.
Thanks to anyone with suggestions! In my experience what really works great to correct bad behavior are those electronic motion detectors that spray air. My cat is absolutly horrified of the darn things and as a consequence has completly stopped marking. Now on the subject of hitting a cat. I completly agree that hitting a cat to correct bad behavior is futile in most cases but there is one glaring exception.
This one time my lovely furball decided it would be fun to hunt my feet and scratch my ankles as I walked passed him. Understand he did not do this out of spite, I did not provoke him at all, this was just fun for him. Now some people would have had the poor guy declawed but I tell you a couple smacks across the head later and he was completly cured. This goes both ways by the way. If I for example do something he dislikes like grab his hind paws there is still a real possibility he can scratch me.
Doha Vikande Doha Vikande 9 1 1 gold badge 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. What was the cat doing so wrong that you felt you needed to hit it? Cats are known to have 'episodic memory' and are able to recall details of when and where. It is possible you have destroyed your relationship with your cat.
It may be possible to regain some trust, but I doubt he will ever look at you the same way again. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Thank you for asking for help. Give the cat many small feeds per day and find what it really enjoys. Something like sardines, so it associates a good thing with you.
You can start some kind of play. A toy on a string for it to chase. Be mindful to keep it on the floor, if you dangle it at this stage the cat may feel threatened. Talk in a kind tone to the cat at all times. Listen to how I talk to my horse. When the cat approaches you, pet it from an angle you do not hit it from. Last and not least. Investigate what is intolerant in you that causes you to snap and hit the cat.
Pets require an abundance of patience. They are vulnerable and dependent on us. Unwanted behaviour often construed as "bad" is always the owner's fault and often times a natural part of the animal's behaviour that requires acceptance on the part of the owner.
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Panting in cats is a sign of extreme stress. Do not approach him if he is panting. You can let him eat from your hand, provided you first point your finger to him. Blow on his face. Spray water on his face. Scare him for example with a vacuum cleaner Chase him again with a vacuum cleaner If he is one of the cats that is not afraid of the vacuum, you can use some other thing to cause unexpected sound to scare him.
Koca C. Koca 4, 8 8 silver badges 37 37 bronze badges. Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Version labels for answers. When the cat approaches you, acknowledge it in a calm and friendly manner. Modulate your voice to make it sound more caring. A little high-pitched voice should do the trick in this case. When the cat is ready for you to make amends, do these three things to make it happy again —.
If the cat is still not responding to your calls and behaves in an agitated manner around its owner, it does not mean that the cat is holding a grudge. It indicates that one is performing an act that is making the cat angry repeatedly. The cat was probably upset because of some harm in the past. But now it is a cycle of new anger. It is also possible that the cat is responding to a threatening object in the environment.
So, maintain a calm and playful surrounding in the following way —. If one is unable to reform the relationship with the chat, consider going to a behaviorist. If the cat suffers from chronic anxiety, a bit of expert advice should help in dealing with the problem. The cat should be happy and well-behaved after a few meetings, and it will move past the previous trauma.
Make a harmonious relationship with the cat. Provide a caring and understanding environment for the cat. One should remember that cats do not hold grudges. It wants to be a pet as much as one wants to reform the damaged relationship. A little care and attention should help it to get past the trauma. Rebuilding a relationship with an abused cat is tough, as they have lost the trust entirely.
One needs to be patient with it and give it as long as it needs. If one treats a cat well and follows a strict routine, it may surely forgive you.
But it will take a long time to regain trust. Being aggressive towards a cat should not be how one deals with a problem, and it never leads to something good. Therefore, refrain from hitting an animal if it misbehaves. Reconstructing the relationship is possible.
If one has harmed the cat by mistake or an off-incident, then follow the simple steps to remedy the situation. Cats are not known to hold grudges for two simple reasons. Holding resentment is a complex psychological process that cats are not capable of having. Their minds are not as developed as the humans, making them incapable of holding such thoughts.
The second factor is their inability to keep memories for a longer duration of time.
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