Laura and the Brat Pack (none of whom besides Chaucer likes their tummies
played with either.)
Lisa Pierce wrote:
> Thanks for the advice (sorry it is belated). What do you say to people who
> want to play with their tummies? I have tried to tell people politely but
> they still do it. Maybe I am not firm enough. My vet even did it. I was
> so shocked. The only way I have been able to stop it is by punishing
> Sunday and I feel bad for that but I can't punish the people and sometimes
> they won't stop. help.
> Lisa (Sunday)
>
> http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~ldpierce/index.html
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CatWoman [SMTP:diana@wetware.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 12:19 PM
> To: felvtalk@MailingList.net
> Subject: RE: biting cat
>
> }She is under a year so there may be hope. I was able to try the hand in
> }the mouth this morning..the first two times she still wanted to play. The
> }third time she went away. She doesn't bite in anger or anything, but I
> }still want her to know that it's not acceptable. Thanks
>
> Sounds good - I think it will probably work!
>
> I know it did on the two feral babies - when I
> picked them up to bring them home, one of them
> bit me at the time (which left me spending the
> ride home wondering what story I'd tell when my
> thumb swelled up! Fortunately, it didn't!)
>
> They did try to bite me at first in play - but
> this technique has stopped them, and I can pet,
> or even jiggle their tummies when they are laying
> out flat on their backs without them trying to
> bite me. If the other brother, or one of hte
> other cats comes over, however, they are fair
> game (I try to prevent ambushes, but don't stop
> wrestling matches until they sound like they are
> getting to be too real. This is true for *all*
> the cats - from the babies to the seniors!).
>
> Teo will nip at me to wake me up - usually in
> the summer - he will paw away the covers and then
> bite at whatever exposed anatomy he finds. Yipe!
> Since I'm asleep when he does this - I haven't
> been able to stop it other than by closing him
> in another room at night. When I'm awake, he
> doesn't bite unless he's upset.
>
> Loki tends to reach out and bite at me whenever
> I'm going by - or if I'm not getting food fast
> enough.
>
> Both were cats I got at about 1-1/2 - 2 years of
> age.
>
> I don't play with their tummies the way I do the
> babies because of this. Also - I would never let
> anyone else play with any of my cats' tummies -
> strangers may well be considered fair game...
>
> Diana