Sometimes, you end up with a cat that is a bit too aggressive for its own good.
If you've felt the nipping of tiny teeth on your fingertips, you know that biting cats aren't fun to have.
Good thing is that it's an easy behavior to stop.
Kittens instinctively nip and bite each other as they grow up.
If you have a kitten and it's biting you, it's even easier to stop than in a fully grown cat.
As kittens, cats learn which behaviors are acceptable and which aren't by, simply, getting their fuzzy butts kicked by their litter mates.
If they bite one of their siblings too hard and end up getting bitten back, they learn, "Hey, maybe that wasn't such a good idea after all!" Stopping cats from biting you works the same way, except that you don't have to bite back or hit your cat.
Instead, just tell the cat a firm "NO!" any time it tries to bite you.
If the cat doesn't respond to that, clap your hands loudly while saying "no.
" It's important to be consistent and not confusing when trying to dissuade your cat from biting.
If it bites you, you can't simply say "no" and then go back to petting it.
If it bites you, say "no" (or clap your hands) and put the cat down to go do something else.
The cat will quickly learn that if it bites you, not only does it get startled, but it doesn't get pet any more.
This will stop biting dead in its tracks!