Articles for tag: Cat Bites, Cat Ownership

Karla News

How to Deal with a Biting Cat

When you adopt a cat from an animal shelter, shelter staff will warn you if the cat has a tendency to bite. Many people get scared away, especially those who are new to cat ownership and those who have kids. However, biters are not necessarily nasty monsters you can’t tame. In most cases, biting can ...

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Teach Your Kitten Not to Bite or Scratch

Most people recognize the importance of training when they bring home a new puppy, but few give the same consideration to a kitten. Somewhere along the way, cats managed to start the rumor that they are untrainable, so we would leave them alone. Yet I challenge you to watch a lion tamer at work for ...

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Aggressive Cat Behavior – What Every Cat Owner Should Know

Cats are lovable creatures and people really love their pet cats. It really distresses them when their loving and content cat suddenly turns aggressive and seems to turn against them for no reason at all. Actually aggressiveness is a part of a cat’s natural behavior. Cats can sometimes cause injury when they turn aggressive especially ...

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Bitten by a Stray Cat? What to Do to Prevent Infection

I know it’s not okay to pet stray cats– it’s common sense that strays tend to be aggressive and are more likely to carry disease. Nevertheless, this bleeding-heart, crazy cat lady couldn’t resist the urge to pet the tortoiseshell who seemed sweet and harmless. As soon as my hand touched the cat’s haunches, she lashed ...

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Interpreting Your Cat’s Behavior

Cats are sometimes very hard to understand. Your cat may love being petted one second and then bite you for doing it the next, he/she may suddenly stop using the litter box, attack you or your children for no apparent reason, act scared around you, lick you or knead in your hair…they just do some ...

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The Effects of Cat Bites on Humans

When you have pet cats, you love them as part of the family. Part of your love and care involves playing with your cat, which may include play biting. You also may experience a bite or two when giving your cat certain care that he may not especially care for, like grooming or bathing. You ...

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What Causes a Cat’s Bad Behavior: Hissing, Scratching, Biting

Cats like human have their own personality and some are laid back and reserved while some are hyper off the wall playful, some are sporadic, and others are in between, no matter the differing personality one thing can be said about them all, they all have the tendency to hiss, bite, scratch etc. leaving most ...