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If you buy a new born kitten then can you train it not to be aggressive?
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I have a cat atm and she's lovely but when I move out of my parents house which Im hoping to once im 18 then Im thinking of getting a kitten, as the cat I have right now is staying put.
I had a vicious cat before this one though and Im thinking you CAN train kittens from a young age not to be aggressive much easier than an adult cat? Is this true?
I had a vicious cat before this one though and Im thinking you CAN train kittens from a young age not to be aggressive much easier than an adult cat? Is this true?
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Of course it's true, i have never had a vicious cat, i think maybe it depends on the cats general temperament, but the 2 cats i have that i brought up from being kittens don't have a vicious bone in their bodies. I didn't particularly train them as such, they've just grown up to be very playful cuddly cats.
Just a word of advice, when you leave your parents house, think long & hard about getting a kitten, they will be with you possibly for the next 20 years! And they can be expensive!
Not meaning to put you off, but i think some people get cats and don't realise how long they will be with them for & the expense they can be.
Also most rental properties don't let you have pets - that's another thing to consider.
I have to reiterate they are expensive though, on top of food, you have flea treatments, vets bills it all adds up.
I want to add that my parents have a cat that was hand-reared from 4 weeks old and was looked after by a dog because her mother sadly got run over(the dog took it upon itself to look after the kittens), she is lovely doesn't meow much when she does it's quite a surprise. Another one of theirs was also hand-reared as he was dumped at the RSPCA and he is like a living teddy bear so soft and cuddly. But it is how they are looked after and cared for that makes them nice cats.
Even the most placid of cats will display some form of aggression so unless you plan to keep them indoors and never play with them etc then there will be some level of aggression.
I totaly agree . I have a multicat house hold. I also am trying too trap feral cats in my area to neuter/trap/release back in the area. These cats can not be tamed at all.
You can not guarentte what a cat will be like when they are older. A placid cat now might not be placid later on and a aggresive cat might not be agressive it might go tame.
They are expensive especialy with vet, food, neutering, chipping regular worming and fleaing and insurance and if you go away you will either have too put in a catterey or get a pet sitter. If you dont get insurance it can run expensive as well
Could we have trained that out of them ? No I don't think so as it would have made them less than cats I think. If you want a none aggressive animal perhaps a cat is not the one for you.
When we got Big H he was about 4 years old, a rescue cat. Luckily he was trained to use his litter box/scratching post so the furniture was safe,but until he trusted me, you went to pick him up the wrong way and he'd bite or scratch you. I think once the kitten learns to trust you and knows you're not going to hurt it, it shouldn't scratch you.
Don't pi55 of your cat and he / she will not scratch you.
The only time Amber scratches us is if we corner her or of the OH teases her....
Haha, I don't think so, that s**t won't wash with me lol
yes by giving it a lot of attention, by playing, grooming and handling him/her. try not t wake him from naps though because like puppies kittens also need their rest and down time.
When you have him then dote on him...don't antagonise him or tease him. My daughter's cat was a very timid creature when we brought him and his sister home from the rescue centre. But she kept him with her constantly and doted on him. He's now the biggest bundle of daftness you could imagine. We call him Big Mo or Doofus. I'd post faster but he's trying to sleep on the keyboard.
I love that about kittens. It's 100mph or dead stop. I've had them just drop in the middle of the floor and start snoring.
Then you don't really understand the main difference in the nature of cats and dogs. (OPs reply to cats have staff, dogs have owners)
Dont use your hands to play with them, use a toy instead. If they're used to curling onto your hands and biting and scratching or trying to catch your fingers etc in play as a kitten then they'll carry on doing it full grown and think that hands are on the agenda.
My Dad used to do this with his massive asbestos hands hardened from years of outdoor work and us kids were left with plenty of scars as our moggy thought she could do the same with us.
I never played with any of my cats using my hands and none of them bite or scratch (unless we're giving them medication
Betty was 4 months and had been mistreated when she came to us and used to bite and scratch unpredictably when stroked but has calmed down to a gentle squeeze with her jaws when she's had enough now, although if you dont stop then she will attack.
Holding them against their will for a cuddle tends to make them scratchy too.