Kitten training. How can I get my kitten to stop clawing me?
***HDK*** asked:
She doesn’t do it on purpose. In fact, if I am on the floor specifically playing with her she never claws me. It’s when she’s playing with stuff on the floor that she does it. She’ll be playing with things then forget and attack my foot or she’ll attack some crevice in my recliner and get me by accident (that hurts the worst!) She likes to stick her paws in little spaces and claw viciously! Earlier today she was running around and jumping on things and she landed on my lap with all her claws out, ouch! My boyfriend says to use a spray bottle but I don’t know if that’s right.
K, cupcake, I don’t know if some people think de-clawing is okay, but it isn’t. I pretty much ruics a cat’s life. They literally chop the tips of their fingers off. (your probably kidding, but I thought I should mention it)
Just thought I should mention, she isn’t clawing the way cat’s claw a scratching post. She’s very well behaved at sticking to her clawing chair (I happened to have an old chair, okay). It’s just when she gets hyper she attacks things with her claws.
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She doesn’t do it on purpose. In fact, if I am on the floor specifically playing with her she never claws me. It’s when she’s playing with stuff on the floor that she does it. She’ll be playing with things then forget and attack my foot or she’ll attack some crevice in my recliner and get me by accident (that hurts the worst!) She likes to stick her paws in little spaces and claw viciously! Earlier today she was running around and jumping on things and she landed on my lap with all her claws out, ouch! My boyfriend says to use a spray bottle but I don’t know if that’s right.
K, cupcake, I don’t know if some people think de-clawing is okay, but it isn’t. I pretty much ruics a cat’s life. They literally chop the tips of their fingers off. (your probably kidding, but I thought I should mention it)
Just thought I should mention, she isn’t clawing the way cat’s claw a scratching post. She’s very well behaved at sticking to her clawing chair (I happened to have an old chair, okay). It’s just when she gets hyper she attacks things with her claws.
January 28th, 2009 at 1:04 am
easy, get it declawed
January 30th, 2009 at 2:50 am
one thing to do is when she has her claws out, you gently squeeze her paw so that her claws retract. just keep doing this and she should learn.
February 1st, 2009 at 3:31 am
i’m not a kitten expert, but I think this is normal kitten behavior. Just keep it occupied with lots of toys to play with .
February 1st, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Get a scrathcing post and whenever they scratch someone or something, grab their paws (gently of course) and rub them against the scratching post, then they will learn to scratch the scratching post, not the items they are forbidden to scratch. Dont use a spray bottle. GOOD LUCK!!!
February 3rd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Take you kitten to the vet and have it de-clawed
February 6th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Declawing removes part of a cat’s foot. They never really get over it and some live with constant pain. Please don’t consider this an option. We trained our cats using our “serious” voices and the word “NO!” Every time we’d play with the cats and get hurt, we’d say NO! and stop playing. After awhile our cats would freeze if they heard us say no in this tone of voice. In the meantime, use claw clippers to prevent any accidents. They don’t like it at first, but it really does work. Eventually they get used to it and some even look forward to it. My cats purr.
February 9th, 2009 at 10:23 am
try a cat tree or scratching pole to encourage her to claw on cat friendly objects.
at a young age kittens lack the ability to retract their claws. but by allowing her to claw and giving her the resources to do so may aid in her development of such ability.
as she gets older if she has been trained not to claw things that aren’t hers to do so you win. for now just be patient she just wants your attention and love. remember part of loving is positive reinforcement.
February 9th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Dont have her de-clawed!!! That would be like chopping off a childs fingertips to stop them biting their nails!! How cruel!
With my kitten I had the same problem. In certain instances you must treat the kitten/cat like you would a child. If she claws you, even by accident, you need to put her on the floor or away from you and abruptly walk away. She wont like this and will soon realise that she hurt you.
Remember, cats dont see us as humans, they see us as fellow cats. They can read our emotions. This works, trust me.
February 10th, 2009 at 6:40 am
theres a card board scratching pad u can buy that u put catnip in they love it.
February 13th, 2009 at 1:14 am
Someone suggested to me to clip my cats nails everytime he claws. However, I use SoftClaws which are plastic tips that you can get in clear at Petsmart. You can also get colors on there webpage. People comment on how silly he must feel be male with purple toenails.