Hair chewing

shinedowngrl89 · Jul 23, 2012

I have a 13 week old kitten named Shinedown. And he loves to chew my hair. I wouldn't mind so much, but I'm worried it's bad for his health. I use hair bleach and dye on a regular basis. Should I find a way to stop this, or just leg him chew and lick "mommies" hair?

emilymaywilcha · Jul 24, 2012

As long as Shinedown is not biting your hair off your head and swallowing it, I don't see a problem, but you should check Shinedown's mouth regularly to make sure. It would be much easier to stop using bleach and dye than teach her to stop biting your hair IMO.

kittylover23 · Jul 26, 2012

I would find a way to stop the hair chewing! I don't see a reason to change what to do with your hair when you can simply train your kitty not to do this. The first thing I would try is simply distracting him with a toy or treat. If that doesn't work, tell him no and put him in another spot, and if he doesn't chew the hair give him a treat.

that's what I would do.

emilymaywilcha · Jul 26, 2012

kittylover23 said:
I would find a way to stop the hair chewing! I don't see a reason to change what to do with your hair when you can simply train your kitty not to do this. The first thing I would try is simply distracting him with a toy or treat. If that doesn't work, tell him no and put him in another spot, and if he doesn't chew the hair give him a treat. that's what I would do.

Bad idea. Giving a cat treats or a toy is rewarding her for chewing hair, not distraction. The only way to train a cat is do soething the cat hates like push her nose and say "no" or "stop" in a firm voice. Treats and toys are for teaching tricks like sit-up and roll over.

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