I got a 6 month old male kitten a little over a month ago and at first he was nice and sweet and cuddly but lately he's been having some aggression. I don't know if he's just being playful or what because I've never had a cat of my own, but he's been biting me and IT HURTS. I'll be petting him and he will grab my hand and literally gnaw on it, not just a cute little nip, but gnaw on it. Not breaking skin but his teeth are really sharp and it hurts. He does it with strength too, he really holds on tight with his paws. Also in bed he will be laying near my face all sweet then the next he tries to bite my face or he bites my hands. He goes from being really sweet to just BITING me HARD. Another thing he does is sometimes when I'm just walking in the room, he will literally launch at my leg and latch on like a tree trunk and just gnaw away at it until I kick him off. He's never hissed at me, so I like I said I'm not sure if this is aggression or playfulness.
Nothing I do to try to make him stop works. I have yelled OUCH, said a firm NO, tried scuffing (NOT LIFTING HIM), he doesn't care. Only thing that works is if I get up and walk away, but that doesn't seem like a solution because I don't want company to come over and have him launching at them or biting them and the only solution is telling my company to leave the room or push the cat off.
He isn't fixed yet but will be within the next 2 weeks. Also he recently lost a baby tooth but I don't know if that's why he's biting me now. I give him plenty of toys to chew on.
