LadyZephyr
Lairian
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- Jul 1, 2010
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Hiya peeps! Erm I have a bit of a problem at the minute, Bluebelle seems to have settled in brilliantly which I'm very pleased about but her behaviour is getting somewhat out of control I think.
I know Kittens do have a tendency to bite/scratch/playfight which we have been discouraging in the normal way (saying No and ignoring, timeouts, blowing in her face and various other things minus water spraying which I dont want to do) but as she is approaching 5.5 months oldish it seems to be getting worse and it's not that we encourage it either, she ALWAYS gets disciplined when she starts biting and scratching but it doesnt seem to deter her at all and we have NEVER roughoused with her since we got her, but I know that the Breeder does it a lot to the baby kittens cos I've witnessed her do it to our new arrival due in a couple of weeks which didn't please me.
Anyway, the most disturbing thing shes started doing is attacking us. She will stare us in the eyes, lay her ears flat, and launch at our faces and bite/scratch us. She hasn't damaged me at all as my reflexes are quite quick and I catch her but she took a chunk out of my partners face the other night. What are we doing wrong? And is her behaviour something to worry about?. Normal methods of deterring her aren't working do you guys have any ideas?. I'm hoping she will chill out on the attacking front once we get her buddy home but is it just cos she's bored/lonely during the day while we are at work so at night she goes mental? The funny thing is, she will even attack our face when we arent even looking at her or focusing on her, we could be watching TV and she will launch at us.
I know Kittens do have a tendency to bite/scratch/playfight which we have been discouraging in the normal way (saying No and ignoring, timeouts, blowing in her face and various other things minus water spraying which I dont want to do) but as she is approaching 5.5 months oldish it seems to be getting worse and it's not that we encourage it either, she ALWAYS gets disciplined when she starts biting and scratching but it doesnt seem to deter her at all and we have NEVER roughoused with her since we got her, but I know that the Breeder does it a lot to the baby kittens cos I've witnessed her do it to our new arrival due in a couple of weeks which didn't please me.
Anyway, the most disturbing thing shes started doing is attacking us. She will stare us in the eyes, lay her ears flat, and launch at our faces and bite/scratch us. She hasn't damaged me at all as my reflexes are quite quick and I catch her but she took a chunk out of my partners face the other night. What are we doing wrong? And is her behaviour something to worry about?. Normal methods of deterring her aren't working do you guys have any ideas?. I'm hoping she will chill out on the attacking front once we get her buddy home but is it just cos she's bored/lonely during the day while we are at work so at night she goes mental? The funny thing is, she will even attack our face when we arent even looking at her or focusing on her, we could be watching TV and she will launch at us.