Making peace with new kitty?

One of my new kittens (I've had him 1 week, he's 4 months old) has been very cuddly and friendly with me this week.

This morning he started attacking the button on my shirt. I know it wasn't malicious, but I felt I needed to teach him that it's not right to pounce on any part of me. I firmly removed him each time he tried it, but he got more and more insistent until he finally bit my hand and sunk his claws in a bit. It wasn't especially hard, but still I don't want him to lean that this is acceptable behavior.

For the rest of the day, he has been stand-offish -- walking away when I try to play with him, etc. I'm afraid he's starting to think of me as a predator or enemy. It's only been a day so I don't know if this will get worse, but I'd like to make peace rather than have an enemy in the house. Any advice?

chris.

Chris,

Please click here to read a thread about how to stop cat aggression. Pay special attention to the part about play aggression, because it sounds as if your little one became aggressive while "playing" with your button.

Make sure you give your little one lots of extra snuggles and head scratches and talk to him in a calm soft voice and he will be back to normal in no time!

Chris - you've got to let him come and make peace with you. And he will. He just needs to know you're the top cat, or else you're in deep doo-doo for the rest of his life.