Monday, May 24, 2010

how long will it take for my cat to calm down?

my b/f and i got a cat a few months ago and sometimes he plays too rough and other times he thinks he can climb the walls. some people told me getting him neutered would calm him down but it hasn't. he is 4 months old and bites really hard. we tried spraying him with a spray bottle but he only stops for a little while. what can i do and how long will it take?
Answers:
We have a very party-hardy kitty - he's just 12 mos. old and loves to play too! Tons of toys are the answer - try looking up Drs. Smith %26 Foster for a catalog online. Toys %26 time will reduce that behavior quite a bit, be patient and spend time playing. Our cats fav toys are:
DaBird
Cardboard boxes with ping pong balls
Throw a ping pong ball in the shower or empty tub
Nylon kitty cubes/tunnels - try WalMart for Sport Pet brand
Cat condo/tree to climb and jump on

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Get him a playmate! 2 cats honestly aren't that hard to take care of. Trust me.. it'll save your house and your skin.
getting him under control will take as long as it takes you to go to the store, buy a huge box of tuna flavoured melt in your mouth cat treats, and load it filled with useless junk food. that'll slow him down.
use a little bit of bitter apple from petsmart and when you are playing with him and he bites to hard spray a little in his mouth and tell him no or gentel.
He's still a baby and rough play is part %26 parcel of it. He will start to calm down in a few more months.
Hopefully your cat won't calm down for another three or four months. Even then, expect him to want to play a lot. Cats, like people, need exercise to tone their muscles and grow properly, to say nothing of avoiding obesity. Kittens, like kids, need to play and an inactive kitten is probably sick.

He should be neutered, but that won't make him grow up. In the meantime, try to use toys for him to get rid of some energy. A trip to the pet store can be a real revelation. Balls with bells and noisy stuff inside will keep a kitten amused for a long time. They also have long plastic sticks with various attachments at the end of a string that you can wave to give you cat the chance to chase and capture. This is natural behavior and your cat is behaving naturally.

If he grabs onto your hand too hard, stop playing immediately and acted shocked. Even ask, "Now why would you do that?" End the playtime for the moment and repeat the action every time it happens again. It does work. In the meantime, you should be very happy that you have a healthy, normal kitten and that he is developing just the way he should. You might ask the vet to show you how to trim his claws. It is easy to do, but requires great care to avoid injuring your cat. Not a thing that is easily described in words. You need to have someone show you the correct procedure.

Oh, three or four years from now, you will miss that playful kitten. Trust me, it's true.
Get him neutered. unless you want unwanted kitties. (Or put the burden on others). They do calm down. Try lavendar therapy. they do respond to the soothing scent. After a divorce and moves (my cats hate traveling), they did calm down when the scent was present.
I have four cats and they love playing together, it might be a good idea to get another cat[ of course my kitties have known each other their whole lives their siblings] But if he has someone to play with he may calm down, also get him some cat toys with cat nip, my cats love it! The bitting should stop soon, hes still just a kitten and he might be teething. By the time he's a full grown cat it should stop.

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