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Hello!
I have a neutered male cat that is turning 9 months soon. He is well behaved and socialised and has never hissed, growled, scratched or bit me out of anger/fear. As a young kitten he would often bite my toes to get my attention or because he was playing but it was never a hard bite and more of an assertive nibble. But now I fear that i never truly trained that behaviour away...
Now, at almost 9 months old, he can completely randomly and unmotivated start a biting fit. Never enough to draw blood or even leave a mark, but hard enough to hurt.
Sometimes, if i’m laying down, he can jump up and stradle my leg while he bites it. He doesn’t just go for the feet anymore but bites anywhere. And when he starts he doesn’t stop, even if i audibly show him that it hurts and gently (but assertive) push him away. The only way i can stop it is to shut him out of the room for a few minutes.
I do play with him and he has a lot of toys. Then again I admit that I probably could play with him more...
Also I don’t know if it matters but for context, he is my only cat.
Does anyone know why he is biting me? Is it because of boredom? Is he trying to be dominant? I want to train this away but it’s hard when i don’t even know why he is biting me.
Help!
/Annie
I have a neutered male cat that is turning 9 months soon. He is well behaved and socialised and has never hissed, growled, scratched or bit me out of anger/fear. As a young kitten he would often bite my toes to get my attention or because he was playing but it was never a hard bite and more of an assertive nibble. But now I fear that i never truly trained that behaviour away...
Now, at almost 9 months old, he can completely randomly and unmotivated start a biting fit. Never enough to draw blood or even leave a mark, but hard enough to hurt.
Sometimes, if i’m laying down, he can jump up and stradle my leg while he bites it. He doesn’t just go for the feet anymore but bites anywhere. And when he starts he doesn’t stop, even if i audibly show him that it hurts and gently (but assertive) push him away. The only way i can stop it is to shut him out of the room for a few minutes.
I do play with him and he has a lot of toys. Then again I admit that I probably could play with him more...
Also I don’t know if it matters but for context, he is my only cat.
Does anyone know why he is biting me? Is it because of boredom? Is he trying to be dominant? I want to train this away but it’s hard when i don’t even know why he is biting me.
Help!
/Annie