I am still completely against using physical violence on cats no matter how "mild" the human thinks it is. Cats usually don't accept being hit as a part of living with someone and will eventually stop making the effort to be friends with their humans and the trust of a cat, once lost, can be very hard to regain.
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I know this will not work for most people or most cats but it does work for us. I had a bit of a problem with her gunning for my hands when she was younger but that's all over now.
In her case the biting was 100% excess energy and an urge to play. Playing with her for atleast an hour or two every single day with no excuses using high energy toys like da bird is what pretty much solved it, in addition to around every other week or so getting out the glove when that's needed.
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For some cats playing rough with a glove can help. I do this with Nikita. She's an incredibly active cat and very occasionally she just needs to go to town, kicking and biting at something that's moving. She's an only cat so she has no buddies to wrestle with other than me. I have a glove I put on and she knows the difference between hand with glove and hand without glove and has completely stopped trying to bite my bare hands since we got our routine set up.Originally Posted by Yosemite
As Rosiemac pointed out, one of the reasons the cat is probably biting is that he is using his hands to play with the cat (gloves or no gloves) and that is a huge no-no right there. That encourages them to chase your hands and bite and scratch those hands.
I know this will not work for most people or most cats but it does work for us. I had a bit of a problem with her gunning for my hands when she was younger but that's all over now.
In her case the biting was 100% excess energy and an urge to play. Playing with her for atleast an hour or two every single day with no excuses using high energy toys like da bird is what pretty much solved it, in addition to around every other week or so getting out the glove when that's needed.