My 5 month old kitten wont stop biting! HELP

Question

I have a male 5 month old kitten that we have had since he was 5 weeks. He is neutered and has his shots but his biting has gotten reallllyyy baddd.

I have tried everything! The water bottle helps but then he doesnt help I think he likes it, the ICK stuff for cats/dogs he licks it so I think he likes that to. I have said "NO", held him down, ignored him, put him in the bathroom....everything and he wont stop.

Sometimes its just a sudden attack out of no where, sometimes I will be petting him and then he goes into attack mode.

We give hime a lotttt of attention, when he sometimes isnt in the same room as us he will cry. And he has a lot of toys to play with.

Whats the problem??? Could it be his cat food? How can I make it so he will calm down more. Tonight when I was playing with him he was so aggressive that his ears went down and then he went crazy.

I love him dearly but I hate it when he bites because most the time it draws blood! PLEASE HELP!!

Answer 1

Young kittens between the ages of 3 weeks old and 8 months old will be teething off and on, and will have very strong needs to bite.  Just like baby children, kittens are born without teeth, start getting their first baby teeth at about 3-4 weeks old, then they will lose their baby teeth and have their adult teeth come in up until the age of about 8 months old.  So the trick here is not to keep them from biting; but rather, to provide them appropriate items to bite.  We use heavy-duty plastic drinking straws with our kittens, (being careful to cut off any bitten ends and discard the entire straw before it becomes dangerous, as with any toy), and train them from the start that toys and straws are purr-rectly fine to bite, but human body parts are off-limits!  If a kitten learns this from the start, there is hardly ever an inappropriate biting behavior as an adult.  Some cats start biting out of frustration after they have been de-clawed.  Some cats start biting out of misplaced aggression, which usually can be countered by providing the cat a feline playmate, and/or providing them more cat toys, cat furniture, and making their environment more stimulating for them.  Any time the kitten bites you make a loud “yowling” sound. If you’ve ever witnessed a cat get hurt, you will probably know what this sounds like. After you yowl, walk away and ignore the kitten. Never yell at or hit a cat. At all times, it is critical that you be thinking and acting on the firm belief that "toys and straws are for biting; human hands are for giving and receiving love.”

Answer 2

Often if you make a certain noise the kitten will understand that it is not play time anymore. "TSST" works best on my overly playful male kitty when he begins to bite too hard. That noise sounds kind of like a hiss to him, and if I do it loud enough he'll usually back off, sometimes he even runs away. It sounds like he is full of energy, a good way to get some of that energy out of them is a laser pointer...they go nuts over it and will run around until they can hardly catch their breath anymore. Mine always ends up on the floor panting like a dog for a few minutes, although he still looks around the room waiting for the dot to return! Realize that he is just playing with you, the attack mode would be understood between his litter mates but obviously not so much between human and cat. Good luck!

Answer 3

hiss at him. I do it to my two boys when they get too rough with me or start doing something they shouldn't.

Answer 4

Young kittens have lots of energy to burn and they love to practice their hunting skills.  They don't mean to harm us, they simply get carried away sometimes.  Don't mock fight with him or use your hands to play with him, otherwise you're teaching him that your flesh is fair game at any time.  Instead, use toys that dangle off the end of a wand stick.  He can be as rough as he likes with them, but your hands are out of his reach.  If he does attack you, tell him "no" in a firm voice or hiss at him. (Hissing reawakens memories of mother cat's discipline and is usually enough to make most cats back off.)  If he continues to bite, tell him "no" or hiss again, gently move him aside and walk away ignorning him completely.  This will teach him that rough behaviour won't be tolerated and that the fun stops if he doesn't calm down.  More importantly, when he is well behaved, reward him with food treats or lots of praise.  Cats are pretty smart and soon learn to adopt behaviours that benefit them in some way.

Some cats have a low tolerance of being petted and bite to let you know when they've had enough.  Usually they give out signals first, such as flattening their ears or flicking their tails, to warn you.  

This link has lots of information on the various types of aggressive behaviour and advice on how to treat it, which you may find helpful.

http://www.wizz-catz.co.uk/aggression.ht...

Your kitten is also at an age where he's teething.  Kittens often bite or chew more in an attempt to relieve the pain.  Something that you can do for him is to take a clean face cloth, knot it, dampen it and put it in the freezer to chill.  Biting on something cool will help sooth his sore gums.

Hope this helps.