kitten gone mad

Raminahobbin

So my bf got back to his house last night to find his housemate had taken in a little kitten, approx 3-4months old. He is going to be putting up notices in the area, to try find the owner, as it's quite a tame (well...) kitten so it must be someone's.

He played with the kitten for a couple of seconds, and it has unleashed all the predatory fury contained within the little black furball's body!!! My poor fella was persectued for the entire night by the little adorable demon (I recieved many a phonecall in the wee hours of the night from him hidden under his duvet with the cat pouncing on his head and hunting him). His arms are in ribbons! He stayed up late reading, and everytime he turned a page, or coughed, or did anything atall, the kitten would attack him, biting and scraping and pouncing!!

He tried leaving the kitten down in the kitchen to get a break from the little minx, but they have no suitable means of enlosing it, and it smashed and clattered it's way back into his bedroom. Where it took great joy in tormenting him and trying to get under the duvet to attack his offensive toes and eyebrows.

Me: laughing hysterically at every phonecall and picture.
Him: Not a very happy camper.

We're both more used to dogs, and a simple NO or tap on the nose will usually control a puppy! Both these things simply encouraged the bloodlust in the kitten.

How do you chastise and control a rough playing kitten?? The poor fella's at his wits end!!! :rolleyes: hahaha

MsFifers

Kittens are lunatics! The end.



Your bf & housemates just need to be firm (but gentle). The kitten sounds like it hasn't been well socialised so it'll need to learn not to use its claws. Ignoring the bad behaviour is the only way really - as soon as the kitten uses its claws on you, put it down on the floor and walk away. It'll soon learn that bad behaviour = being ignored.

That said - kittens are irrepresibly playful and will jump on anything that moves. Give it some toys, danglers etc that it is allowed to attack. Boxes and rolled up bits of paper will also keep it occupied and wear it out. Your bf needs to also learn how to play without winding it up - ie. don't tickle or use your hands to tease the kitty.

It'll eventually grow out of most of the craziness.

sex panther

Well done for taking in him or her in, id like to think someone would be nice enough to look after my guys if they went missing.

Not to sound too paranoid but my friend took a stray kitten but didnt think about the fleas the little thing had, she and her housemates was eaten alive by them, they spread so fast, they had to get the whole place fumigated, depending on how old the kitten is ye should get some flea stuff (u put on the back of the neck) i use advantage its good, just in case like.

breda206

I second what MsFifers said. A tennis ball, a bottle cap, anything he can chase around the room to tire him out will help. The kitten is missing his playmates and just wants to play awwww

morganafay

Yeah if you tap them on the nose it just makes them worse!

I had a really hyper kitten and if she was biting me I'd just put her down on the ground and ignore her or just walk away. It kinda worked . . . or if they're still hyper, then put them in a room on their own for a while.

Raminahobbin

Now you too can witness the demon kitten in all it's fury as it attacks my bf's arm!!!

I'll say it to him about the ignoring the kitten, thanks everyone!

Re: Fleas, yes, it's a concern, but if it does pop up he can just get a little squeezy thing. He knows to watch out for them anyway. And the kitten has sat on his face several times and there has been no residual itchyness so I think she's probably alright!!

Denerick

You do need to be careful, despite how amusing it is

Stray kittens are much more likely to be inbred and thus genetically stupider. We had a kitten like this and it used to literally scale the inside garage wall - he would climb up the vertical concrete blocks by hugging the door side of the wall while digging his claws into the concrete. He used to attack everything that moved. He just didn't have much sense. he died after about 2 weeks, I think from a furball.

A mad little fecker he was