Our kitten is now 4 months old. I know pups & kittens bite & scratch but ours is getting worse. We also have a very soft very tolerant Labrador. Tonite the kitten sunk his teeth& claws into her she screamed out loud & ran to hide shaking & panting. It was really upsetting as shes been so gentle & kind to him. Now she wont come into the room if hes there. His parents were feral although we got him from a rescue centre.
This is like the last straw, we are all covered in bites & scratches too. When he bites or scrapes us we say firmly "no bite" but he just keeps coming back time and again. He doesnt seem to
have any cut off point.
People might think its funny that a big dog is so frightened of a tiny kitten, but what can we do? My OH said tonite maybe we should think of rehoming the kitten or sending him back to rescue. It took Chloe (dog) over an hour to stop shaking & panting. My OH says it was her home first & we must put her first & i know hes right but i do love little Tigger too, he does have some good
moments when he is sweet & kind, theyre just becomming less & less
Any advice very welcome
This is like the last straw, we are all covered in bites & scratches too. When he bites or scrapes us we say firmly "no bite" but he just keeps coming back time and again. He doesnt seem to
have any cut off point.
People might think its funny that a big dog is so frightened of a tiny kitten, but what can we do? My OH said tonite maybe we should think of rehoming the kitten or sending him back to rescue. It took Chloe (dog) over an hour to stop shaking & panting. My OH says it was her home first & we must put her first & i know hes right but i do love little Tigger too, he does have some good
moments when he is sweet & kind, theyre just becomming less & less
Any advice very welcome
If you can, go for a kitten that is a little older or even a young cat (the longer this other cat/kitten was with it's mother and litter mates the better). Do not get a younger smaller kitten as it sounds like your current kitten is pretty aggressive in his play. I would suggest another male kitten/cat since you'd more likely get matching rough play out of a couple of boys. Whoever you adopt from can help you pick out a good match.
