My new kitten love playing an fighiting and i want to stop them

katherin

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Hey buddies,

I have brought new kitten two weeks ago. After bringing home, he was sick and he was very clam and now he is fine but problem is i can't adore my kitten even i can't touch him. When i have tried him to touch him, he wanted to bite me. And he loves playing all the time even he can't sit calmly. So how can i stop biting and playing? And how he can listen my talk and how he can understand what is his name? I just called him tom and he can't understand that. 

Any input is most welcome.

Thanks in advance.
 

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Well, you really can't stop a kitten from playing. Playing is what kittens do. To stop him from biting you, keep a toy next to you, and when he tries to bite you,  get him to bite the toy instead. Kittens have a lot of energy, and need to burn it off by playing a lot. You could try getting interactive toys, like the ones where a toy is tied to a pole so you can move it and play with him without risk of getting bitten. 
 

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Yeah, interactive toys are a must. With kittens you want their focus to be on toys at least two feet away from your hands, so they don't mistake your hands for toys. One thing that worked for me when I was taming a litter of kittens was to use the toy to draw them out, tire them out and then to get them to climb up onto my knee (wear jeans!). I would keep their focus on the toy, but use my other hand to stroke them and rub behind their ears. The first couple times might freak them out a little, but then they usually have lightbulb moment and discover being petted isn't a form of torture.

Keep talking to Tom, and he will learn his name and what you're saying. Also, when he does get too rough with you or bites you: make a big over dramatized production of how much he's hurting you: "Oww, owie, ow, OOOWWW!" in the WHINIEST voice you can muster. This will teach him empathy, so as you build a good relationship with him, he'll love you and won't want to hurt you.

Keep in mind that each cat/kitten has their own personality: they have different levels of intelligence and energy, and even the amount of social interaction they require can vary from cat to cat. But you are in a great position to influence the type of cat Tom grows into by how you interact and build your relationship with him. Over the course of the next year and a half he will mellow out.
 

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Just keep talking to Tom. He will get to know your voice and tone. My girl, Boogie Bear, also liked to play rough as a kitten. She loved sneak attacks on my ankles and calves too. I found teaser toys were good to play with her. I let her play with mice and plush toys on her own. She would bite my hand or scratch my arms if I tried to play with her with those toys. I bought a simple, inexpensive cat tower that had 3 small platforms and attached to the ceiling at the top. I tied jingle ball toys up and down the post with fishing line. That gave her something to climb and bat at. She stopped sneak attacking me when I got another kitten a year later. (Not saying a 2nd kitten is your solution.) But she was technically an adult cat by then so a lot of her kitten energy had passed. Tom will likely calm down in about a year to 2 years. 
 
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