02 Jun 16 09:11, you wrote to Ian McLaughlin:

 >>> What can I do to stop a cat from coming up to me and if I ignore her
 >>> she bites me?  The cat thinks she is a "human" baby.  I bottle fed her
 >>> from a kitten and she wants to be constantly held.

 >>> If I ignore her she bites... Getting old... I don't want to swat at
 >>> her or ruin our trust.

 >> Bite her back?  :)

 JK> Hmm... I've heard that doesn't work with kids, not sure why it might
 JK> work with cats hahaha

because biting is one of the ways that they communucate... the same with
swatting at them... mine out here will swat at each other when they look at
each other sideways or when they are playing tag and chase in the yard... it
is kinda like my dogs... when we go out to the shop, they will come up and
take our hand in their mouth to go with us to the shop door... some people
think they are trying to bite them until we explain that a dog's mouth is like
our hand... they just want to hold your hand... back to the cats, some biting
is easy and gentle... some is nipping while other is holding on and biting
hard... it is just they way they are trying to communicate... once you figure
out what they want when they do that, everything will be fine... but if it is
hard biting, it wil take time for them to understand that it is too hard for
the human and that's where swats come in... not a hard swat but just something
on their nose or side to say "don't do that"...

 JK> I bet my land-shark kitty would just plan her attacks on my feet
 JK> better Lol

i've got several here that bit when they want attention or are feeling good...
two of them lick me all the time when they are happy... another one will swat,
hiss and attack if you do something to her that she doesn't like...

)\/(ark

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... A good fright is better remembered than good advice.
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