ok so my cat is about 3 months old and hes a boy. He keeps attacking me and my family whenever we walk by he attacks our feet we try to teach him that its wrong but he doesnt care! we found him in the street when he was about 5 weeks old! my mom has vases and decoration all over our house and he ruins them all! he bites like a tiger and acts like a monkey! he breaks everything and he licks water from the toilet! hes the most craziest cat in the world! his teeth are like vampires and my whole familys arms are covered with scratches from him! we lock him in the bathroom but he still doesnt listen! he eats so much! he stands in front of the fridge meowing so we can give him human food! and even though we feed him human food he still eats his food so thats double the food! and if we dont open the fridge for him and give him what he wants he attacks and we dont know what to do!? any ideas on how to make him act like a cat not a monkey!?
Oh my gosh!? my cat is sooo annoying!!??
He's still a kitten. He'll probably mellow out as he gets older. But if you don't want to be giving him human food, don't give in to him. If you start doing something like that he'll always expect it. Just don't give in and he'll learn. Maybe it would help if you got another kitten for him to play with. But then you might just have double the trouble. :)
Reply:A good way to help this, you can't stop it, is to tire him out. Get him some toys and play with him. Pay him lots of attention and get him tired.
Reply:Perhaps now's the time to restring your tennis racket, if you know what I mean.....
Reply:Now is the time to start correcting him with a water bottle or a bottle with rocks or coins in it to startle him out of his behavior. Are you planning on having him neutered? That will also help the behavior. Human food is also not good for him, some of it is toxic for cats. He is still very much a kitten and will grow out of some of this.
Reply:Your 3 month old boy needs some training. First I would "cat" proof the house. Then I would use either a rolled up newspaper or a spray bottle full of water. When he "attacks" smack him lightly with the paper and tell him no! Or spray him with water and do the same. As far as his human food goes, he really should not have it and his regular food. Stick with his kitty food and when he begs by the fridge, spray him.
You have to get some control now while he's still young, or he'll never stop. He does'nt know any better yet.
Reply:He will grow out of this stage and settle down to CAT life, which is usually as a furry couch potato.
Male cats are often the coziest and most affectionate cats with humans in the long run.
Be patient with him----he was separated from his Mother too soon to learn a lot of "cuddling" skills.
Try to enjoy this "cute" phase, keep rubbing alcohol around to put on your scratches, and when he gets "hyper", calm him down with a brushing session, which is what his Mother would have done, as she licks his fur with her currycomb tongue.
Keep the toilet seat down in a house with cats, anyway.
If he's hyper about food, it's a good idea to have dry cat kibble out in a dish (with his water dish) in the kitchen all the time. When he gets the "munchies", he'll know to go to his dish first.
Do not spray him with water---cats are very proud, and cannot stand this kind of insult.
Good luck, and be patient.
Reply:well getting rid of him would be stupid! Well carry around a water bottle (spray) and when he does something wrong spray him and say NO! and well if that dont work lock him in a small cage. And about the food, dont give it to him! just so NO and spray him. it may be mean but he needs to know who is boss! just be very stricked and mean to him and he will back off
Reply:Wow, that's a big one. But normally the big one are the easiest one to solve because the cause is so obvious. Unfortunetly, in order to be able to help you I would have to go through a lot of question about how things work in your house and how you are reacting to your kitty.
Right away from your word I believe that kitty is having what he wants, when he wants it because you are afraid of his attack. Now a cat at 3 months old is mostly playing but since you found him at 5 weeks old, he was probably not teach the good social manners by his mother so he don't understand being tempered and he don't understand the limits of his claw and bitting.
Like I said, it is very very difficult to respond to this question without further understanding your way of living and actually giving you general tips might not work for you but here's some quick fix that might help.
1) Everytime he bites or uses his claws, say "NO" with a very low tone voice and raising your hand over his head...NO HITTING NO EVEN ONCE. doing so will trigger another series of behavioral problems much more important than the ones you have there. If he does not respond to "NO" very well, find something he does like. Water spray, the noise of an aluminium plate being hit...anything and use it after the "NO". DO NOT RUN AFTER HIM...that's probably what he wants. If he knows that by running in your legs and scratching you, he gets chased around the house well...that's playing for him. Just say NO and that's it. Resume your activites. He wants attention when he does that so don't give it to him.
2) Do not play with your finger or any of your body part or clothes attached to you. Find him a good game (a string or a stick with foil at the end) and take a lot of time to play with him. Small sessions of 10 minutes of play every hour or so is fine and make him understand that this is playing time and that running and biting you is not.
3) No human food whatsoever. If he moew or attack to get what he wants DO NOT GIVE IT TO HIM IN ANY CIRCOMSTANCES. Giving him what he wants when he attack only strenghten his believe that gets what he wants when he attacks
There are several other options at your disposal but since I don't have all the fact it's difficult. But since your kitty is very young, you will see that he will comes around soon. Just be patient. Hyperactive cats make very good cats later one.
Having him fixed should also calm him down if it's not done already
Reply:Enjoy him, laugh at him and before you know it, he will grow up and a lot of these things will disappear--and you will miss them!
Reply:i had a kitten once called Candy..he was black, tiny and WILD so Wild...he attacked and was just very very naughty and mischevious...at the time i was young and didnt realise i had to train him ect...anyway one night when i lived with my grandma,,,,,our telephone rang which was on a ledge at the bottom of the stairs Candy was hiding in the shadows, he saw my grandma go to answer the phone and pounced on her back, she was old and it nearly killed her !.....Candy never changed and when he was one he used to scratch the hell out of my feet and my friends ect....maybe a little bit of feral in there. you must try to train him, it can be done....
Reply:What a personality. Don't let him bite. Clap your hands loudly when he starts his attack to divert his attention and to let him know that this is not acceptable. He is full of spit and vinegar right now so he will run all over the house and possibly break things while playing. Pick the stuff up until he outgrows all of this kitten energy. Give him only his cat food, making sure that you are feeding him enough daily and of course water available at all times.He may need more individual attention, so pick him up frequently scratch his head, give him hugs and let him sit on your lap. He will fall asleep and feel comforted. If he is not neutered, do so, this will calm him down somewhat.
Reply:He'll outgrow it. Keep the toilet seat down. Don't give him human food. He's probably still getting used to being a house cat. At five weeks he might not have been totally weened from his mother. Has he been to the vet? A little catnip might slow him down as well.
Reply:Believe it or not, it sounds like you have got a very intelligent cat with the capacity to connect with his human family much more than your average cat. You know how some dog breeds (Border Collies, for example) need lots of mind stimulation as well as physical exercise to be healthy and happy, and if they don't get it can have lots of behavior problems? Well, that's sounds like about what your cat needs.
I have a neutered male Ocicat who was very similar, especially when he was younger. He would run back and forth through the house, leaping over furnature, knocking stuff off as he went, he would also drink from the toilet, attack our toes and legs if we walked by, beg for food at all hours, and chew up everything in the house with an elastic texture! We started working with him, and he has become a wonderful cat, in fact, Ocicats are my favorite cat breed. I love some of his little quirks--he still toe-bites and chews up elastic (we have to keep it out of our house, he got sick once from eating rubber bands). We call him a cat in a dog's body. He knows how to come, fetch, speak, shake, sit, and jump over a stick on command. We are currently working on lie down. He also loves to go on car rides, walks on a harness, and is highly in tune with his family--human and cat.
Part of what your cat is doing is just normal kitten behavior. With time, a lot of his behavior will correct itself. He should start calming down by the time he is 18 months or so. You should also get him neutered, not so much because it will change his energy levels or behavior (it shouldn't) but to prevent more cats from being born.
However, I would look into training him--letting him use that active mind. Training a cat is very similar to training a dog, and contrary to popular belief, any cat can be taught to do something. Some cats have a natural ability to learn, and displaying a lot of the behaviors you've mentioned are often signs of a cat who can learn to do a lot. You start by getting small treats he loves more than anything else. Little bits of lean meat often work well for this, as it has to be something tasty, but that doesn't take too long to eat. Also, keep training sessions short. Start out with only a few minutes, then work up to a maximum of 15 minutes. If your cat starts to lose interest, then just call it off until later.
The first step is teaching name-association. If he already responds really well to his name (looks at you when you say it) then you can skip over this. Say the cat's name, and give him a treat. Keep repeating this until he begins to realize that hearing this word--his name--means something good might happen. He should start to look expectantly at you when you say it. If not, you can say his name and make a cicking sound, to attract his attention to your face, then give the treat. This teaches him to look at you and pay attention.
After that, I find that come or sit are fairly easy to teach. I'm not going to go into detail here, because I don't want to make this an outlandishly long answer. You can find instructions for training animals by looking it up online.
As for attacking the feet/arms/whatever, do your best to ignore it. Don't say anything, don't move. Just act like nothing is happeneing. You cat is most likely doing this to get attention, so the best way to stop it is to not give your cat the attention he seeks. After a while, this will die down. It is one behavior that could go away on it's own, at least somewhat, with age anyway.
As for the toilet-drinking, that's pretty normal too-in fact, two of my cats are guilty. Cats are attracted to fresh, flowing water. It comes from a leftover instinct that tells them flowing water = safe to drink. The best way to stop this is simply to keep the lid closed (don't want them getting chemicals, etc) and to invest in a cat fountain that provides constantly flowing water. You may also try adding ice cubes to his water dish, as cats are also attracted to cold water.
Don't give in to his begging for human food. I would reccommend "tricking" him. Keep a can of some soft cat food in the fridge. When he begs, give him a small bite or two of that. Soft food isn't high in carbs (in fact, it provides water and protein) so as long as you don't give him too much throughout the day, it won't make him put on weight or anything, like eating human food in addition to his normal cat food could.
With a cat like this, I would say you guys should start grooming practices while he is still young. Make sure you brush him each day, and trim his claws when needed. Now is also the time to introduce any other things you'd like him to get used to--tooth brushing, bathing, whatever. You want to start young with cats like this, as sometimes they can be royal pains to groom when older.
Lastly, I would reccommend a lot of solid play time with him. You need to wear him out! Invest in lots of cat toys--the staples every cat should have are: a scratching post, toy mice, at least one interactive toy, and several toys the cat can use on it's own (those weighted cat toys, the ones you hang over doors, etc). You need to spend at least an hour (can be broken up into 20 minute sessions) each day with one-on-one play time with the cat. Especially at night, when you want him to go to sleep and not stay up getting into trouble.
If you have the desire and ability to put in lots of time with this cat, he could turn out to be a very wonderful, rewarding companion. Best wishes and hang in there!
Reply:Sounds like a typical kitten to me. Keep in mind it's a kitten not a aldult so it has the mind of a child. The kitten will get over this stage when he grows up.
Reply:Woof..
You have to let him get older, he is acting like a kitten, this is what they do.
Should of gotten a dog..
Woof..
Reply:donate him to a local chinese restaurant
Reply:Have it put down, we are allowed to do that with animals.
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