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What to do with this naughty kitten2007-11-25 12:28:56

I have two cats that have never been interested in people food. I have had the one since it was born and the other I got when she was tiny.

I think people make the mistake of giving them "treats" and then wonder why they won't stay out of the food!

The only thing that will attract my cat's is tuna fish, but even still, they never try to get into our food.

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I'm not sure if this will help, but your kitten is still young enough it might work. When my cat was young I would have him on my lap while I ate. The whole time I would let him get close enough to smell the food but I would hold him back so that he couldn't eat it. (keep in mind cats are harder to train than dogs, so you'll have to do this quit a few times) By the time he was 1yr I could leave a pizza in the box on the floor and he would smell it but then just walk away. I hope this helps.

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Ha! Ha! Ha! My 14 week old kitten is going throught the same faze. It's king of like teens going through growth spurts.they can't get enough food! Your kitten is about to go through a growth spurt. I always know when my foster kittens are going to be going through this because I have to double the amount of food I give them!

All you can really do is keep all food that the kitten shouldn't eat in cupboards and make sure it's eating it's kitten food. Oh, and get ready for it to grow a bit bigger!

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That's a hard one. My cat was also doing that. Unfortunately, it took a while to remedy and we had to take a newspaper and smack him just a little. (Not enough to hurt it just enough to get its attention). However, we could only do it while he was in the act. If he got down there was no point because he didn't understand. At the same time we would yell no. Eventually he began to associate the no with it, and we no longer had to use the newspaper. I know that that is a little drastic and some people may not like that idea.

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You might try to trick it into stopping; Intentionally leave something extremely bitter or unpleasant out on a dish or bowl (Though certainly nothing that would harm him) and see how he reacts. If he has a particular liking for bread, you might putting some vinegar or lemon juice on a few bits of bread and leaving that out. Hopefully, he'll learn a lesson that not everything on the counters is worth getting into.