When my cat jumps up on the table is it ok to push him off? pls help and read the whole thing?

Question

telling him no doesnt work i dont want to "flick" his nose nor do i want to scare or spray him with water. will he ever learn or do i actually have to punish him. i just feel soo bad for my kitten if i do any of that. and when you do my bf spanked him not hard lastnight he ran into his box and cried he sat in there and meowed like whining i felt soo bad for him that we got into a fight over it. someone help me :(

Answer 1

Only gently tap your friend's nose as their noses are very sensitive and to flick/spank would be cruel .

Simply remove the cat with a strong "NO" which will be associated with acceptable behavior .

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Answer 2

yep,,, sweep him off

Answer 3

Just pick him up and put him on the floor......he will jump up again, so put him on the floor.....and he will do it again and again. But if you are patient and tell him NO then he will stop eventually! Our cat used to sit in the sink, it took a while but she learnt and now everytime you say NO she stops whatever naughty thing she is up to!

Good luck!

Answer 4

Never never hit a animal, pick him up and place him on the floor and say no.

Answer 5

every time he does it, just pick him up and put him on the floor. if he does it a lot, in a harsh voice say no and do the same thing. be patient and he will eventually learn to not do it anymore.

Answer 6

It is one of the ways that the cat will learn that you do not want him on the table. You can pick him up and place him on the floor too.

Answer 7

I wouldn't spank the kitten. When we have dinner on the table are cats are always round us, so we put them in the kitchen. Atleast then we can have our dinner in peace without the cats trying to grab things off our plate ( this happened once lol)

Answer 8

Why don't you want to scare or spray with water? Doesn't hurt them.. He has to learn..

What I do when they're on a table I yell really loud like "HEY!!" and this gets their attention and startles them.. Then I clap, one loud clap at a time.. keep shouting "HEy!!" If I have to.. They know it's wrong and they usually realize they're in trouble and I don't have to touch them. If they don't get down I give them a swat on the rump..  Not hard enough to "hurt" them, but firm enough to sting just a bit...Doesn't emotionally hurt them.. They've forgotten about it 30 seconds later...  

Water also works..

If you can just get it through your cats head that you dissapprove of him being on the table, then, like me, eventually the loud "Hey! Get down!" and claps will be enough to get him to jump off instantly...

Answer 9

when cats do something wrong and you yell or punish them, they don't know what they did. i think overtime if you use a little bit of a stern voice but not where they'll get scared, and you set him down lightly, i think your kitten will stop. hope it helped and hope it works

Answer 10

Say 'no' loudly and take him off. If he keeps doing it, gently push him and and say 'no' loudly

Answer 11

ummm..why would he spank a cat? uh, just take him off and say no.

Answer 12

its  fine he just is soo little he thinks sum1s hurting him but ur not i promise and about ur friend she did the right thing she just was teaching him to be more carful... so yea go ahead and disapline him a little i no u don't want to but it will never lean if u don't teach it now

Answer 13

I think you will just have to persevere - my kittens did the same thing but after repeatedly being told 'NO' (you have to say it firmly) and being lifted away they soon got the idea.  None of my cats jump onto the table any more, and I didn't have to do anything nasty to them.

Kittens need to learn where the boundaries of what is and isn't acceptable, just like any other baby.  The only way they can do this is to push the boundaries and see what they can get away with.  If you're firm enough, and they know that you're the boss, then they will learn eventually.  

Best of luck!