We've gotten ourselves entangled with an Advanced Cat, and I don't have the prerequisites. I've had basic cat, and Caring for Elderly Cats, but not Advanced Kittens Who Bite.
I've had several. Sometimes what has worked has been looking really shocked, meeping piteously like a kitten in distress, and refusing to play and wearing a bewildered look until the kitten gets concerned and starts trying other things. A really heartrending meep is necessary sometimes, though. And you gotta let the kitten come to you, afterwards, because extending a hand is just asking for more of the same play.
Pretty soon my bite-y kitten figured out that I was a substandard-skin-thickness kitten and only good for gentle play.
On the other hand, the late lamented Barnabas cat never did get over his compulsion to bite, but with the name, I can hardly blame him, and besides, his angst over the whole thing was bizarrely endearing. (Ask me to do an impression of that someday. I can't describe it, but I can do it.) He did tone it down a bit if I meeped piteously, though.
Yup. What Elise posted has worked for me as well. I once had a very aggressive cat. I found that the best response for her in such a situation was to just put her alone in the bathroom for a few minutes. She would come out very meek. She hated to be isolated from me.
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Pretty soon my bite-y kitten figured out that I was a substandard-skin-thickness kitten and only good for gentle play.
On the other hand, the late lamented Barnabas cat never did get over his compulsion to bite, but with the name, I can hardly blame him, and besides, his angst over the whole thing was bizarrely endearing. (Ask me to do an impression of that someday. I can't describe it, but I can do it.) He did tone it down a bit if I meeped piteously, though.
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