My new cat (six weeks) is still biting me. I know she wants to play badly because she bites & bunny kicks anything she can. She appears to have no limits to play time. Their are nice toys all around but she prefers the fishing pole type. Also she is getting sick of the fishing pole toys. She likes Da Bird the best & things she can kick & bite. I think I have been doing the right things: if she bites me while I am lying down I push her to the floor. I try to have a larger toy handy to give her instead. If nothing works I put her in a room for a time out. Lately she has been spending a lot of time in that room. One night I played with her for an hour, 30 min, then fed her. After eating she was right back at the door to the toy closet. I think she is at least a year old. Anything else I can do? I am try to convince her that mom is not a toy!
She is also frantic to eat. I feed her a 5.5 oz of Instinct divided into 3 meals with water & then give her an oz or so right after night play. That last oz causes her to gain weight. She eats cheerios & the leftover almond milk left in my bowl if I don't put it in the dishwasher. She took a wrapper from a muffin from the garbage & was eating the crumbs. She got an empty pudding container & was licking this as well. She is up on the counters looking for any spill to lick. The slow down bowl did not work. She consumed every thing in record time. I asked about this on the nutrition forum & have tried many of their suggestions but none have worked so far. She has been wormed & her fecal showed nothing. The vet said she is too young to have any diseases but I think I am going to have blood test anyway & maybe another worming. Does this seem like a normal chow hound to you guys? She seems really hungry to me .
Sorry about all my posts & repeat posts lately. I have a lot of book learning about cats, but this is only my second one. The first one kept his weight down himself & always had food available. He never was interested in people food; not even tuna. After going outside with me he was never interested in fake prey. He also slept a lot more than she does but was 5 when I go him.
She is also frantic to eat. I feed her a 5.5 oz of Instinct divided into 3 meals with water & then give her an oz or so right after night play. That last oz causes her to gain weight. She eats cheerios & the leftover almond milk left in my bowl if I don't put it in the dishwasher. She took a wrapper from a muffin from the garbage & was eating the crumbs. She got an empty pudding container & was licking this as well. She is up on the counters looking for any spill to lick. The slow down bowl did not work. She consumed every thing in record time. I asked about this on the nutrition forum & have tried many of their suggestions but none have worked so far. She has been wormed & her fecal showed nothing. The vet said she is too young to have any diseases but I think I am going to have blood test anyway & maybe another worming. Does this seem like a normal chow hound to you guys? She seems really hungry to me .
Sorry about all my posts & repeat posts lately. I have a lot of book learning about cats, but this is only my second one. The first one kept his weight down himself & always had food available. He never was interested in people food; not even tuna. After going outside with me he was never interested in fake prey. He also slept a lot more than she does but was 5 when I go him.