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Toxic relationship (europe.pub)
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[–] 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This stopped real quick with my cat. Anytime he would try to bite me, I would just shove my finger down his throat. Don't worry it didn't hurt him but it did trigger his gag reflex lol now at most he will lightly bite if he doesn't like something. He doesn't use his claws on me as well.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    You don't have to gag them. Just press your finger sideways into their back teeth so they can't close the bite. They'll immediately try and push out your finger with their tongue. It stops being a game for them real quick.

    But this is also a last resort. They're are better techniques as discussed in other comments. The earlier the intervention the easier they learn.

    In my area it's become lore that cats only biting becuase they didn't grow up with other kittens to give them social feedback for bites. The the point where the shelters will insist kittens be adopted in pairs.

    It seems like an insanely lazy approach to me. Like getting two dogs so they'll play without other and leave you alone.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    Interesting. These were older adopted cats; okay well my sister left them with me when she had kids. It was a fun transition for them. The one that took me as his master or whatever; hissed at me the first day so I raised my arms up and hissed right back at him. That was then end of that and he follows me around like a dog. It's always funny when he comes to comfort me when I get pissed off in a comp game.

    I think I only had to do the gag thing like three times, he's a fast learner.

    The pairs thing is actually important in my opinion, they like to play with each other once in a while or run around like idiots crashing into stuff (tile floors). My mum also tells me how he loses his shit when I go to work. I went overseas for a few weeks and when I got back he wouldn't leave my side for at least a week and I mean following me everywhere. I love cats, had em all my life.

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