I would recommend not using your hand to play with the kitten. This can reinforce behavior (it's ok to bite fingers) and this will be a problem when they get older and are capable of doing real damage. Try using a feather wand or any of those cat toys that have a string on a stick design. This will still allow you to play interactively with the kitty and the cat will focus on the toy as "prey" and not your hand. A win-win situation for the both of you!

Let me know if you have any questions and I will be happy to help.

More info:

http://www.perfectpaws.com/cat_training_and_cat_behavior.html
http://www.squidoo.com/cat-bites

>> ^messenger:

Question for experienced cat owners:
I love playing like this with kittens, especially encouraging them to bite me because I like how it tickles, and I find it cute how ineffectual it is. I've also heard that doing that trains cats to bite people whenever they play, a habit which they retain into adulthood and become those annoying cats that bite your guests. Is that really true, or is it just in the personality of the cat whether they'll bite as an adult?
Thanks!

>> ^messenger:

Question for experienced cat owners:
I love playing like this with kittens, especially encouraging them to bite me because I like how it tickles, and I find it cute how ineffectual it is. I've also heard that doing that trains cats to bite people whenever they play, a habit which they retain into adulthood and become those annoying cats that bite your guests. Is that really true, or is it just in the personality of the cat whether they'll bite as an adult?
Thanks!


I don't think it has anything to do with it. I have two twin cats, and both are total opposites. One seems to know that claws and teeth hurt, so when I play with her she keeps the claws tucked and doesn't bite hard if it's just my hand. If I dangle a string or some paper in front of her though, she'll shred the crap out of it. The other isn't into playing. If I dangle toys in front of her, she doesn't give a crap, but if I leave a toy mouse on the floor and leave the room, she'll go at it. If I come back in the room and she sees me, she stops playing and acts like nothing was going on.

They both like to sit in my lap. The one that seems to know claws hurt doesn't use her claws when she makes biscuits on my leg, but the other one really digs in and I have to put something on my lap.

>> ^messenger:

Question for experienced cat owners:
I love playing like this with kittens, especially encouraging them to bite me because I like how it tickles, and I find it cute how ineffectual it is. I've also heard that doing that trains cats to bite people whenever they play, a habit which they retain into adulthood and become those annoying cats that bite your guests. Is that really true, or is it just in the personality of the cat whether they'll bite as an adult?
Thanks!


Cat that doesn't bite isn't a cat, as long as it does it play in mind.

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>> ^renatojj:

Seems to me she's just showing off her pussy.


No. She never moved her left arm.

>> ^entr0py:

How can you tell that that's a Scottish fold?


Yea, I know. She never moves her left arm.

How can you tell that that's a Scottish fold?

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>> ^luxury_pie:

All glory to hypno-cat.


All glory to hypno-cat

Many thanks for the double qualityz!!

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All glory to hypno-cat.

is this one of those scottish folds again

Scottish Fold Cat: "My father was so beautiful, he could barely breathe!"

>> ^KnivesOut:

The Scottish Fold is the cutest of all cat species. Discuss.

It's not cuteness that counts, it's how they taste. Discuss.

>> ^KnivesOut:

The Scottish Fold is the cutest of all cat species. Discuss.


They're not the ugliest, but it's not for lack of trying.

I much prefer cats that could survive in the wild rather than these cats who can't even survive in an apartment without a routine sinus drain.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

>> ^KnivesOut:
The Scottish Fold is the cutest of all cat species. Discuss.

Nay, I like a cat with a face.


>> ^rottenseed:

I love the Scottish Fold kitties but sometimes their faces are a bit flat for my taste...this is one of those times.


These.

I love the Scottish Fold kitties but sometimes their faces are a bit flat for my taste...this is one of those times.