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ow does one deal with a kitten that continually bites its owner2007-11-25 12:25:00

So I held her down for a few minutes and let her spaz. Nothing mean, just contained her and kept petting her. This skinny spaz turned out to be fat and lazy. I blame myself. She stopped biting me though and turned it into purring.

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This isn't aggression - the kitten is trying to get the owner to play! If the owner would like the kitten to stop, usually a loud exclamation will stop the kitten cold. Between two kittens, they will play-fight to learn self-defense; they will tussle until one "squawks!" Give kitten a loud squawk, and I think you'll see a quick end to the "conflict."

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Spray it with water as the other answerer stated. Also, never play with it using your hands if you do they think of your hands as toys and will continue to bite at them, only use toys for play. This will allow them to associate the toys with play and your hands with being caressed or held.

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A lot of kittens are like that because someone has played aggressively with them,such as rubbing their tummies really hard so the kitty bites and 'guts' the person's hand.They got used to it and don't realize that they aren't going to be played with like that a lot.

Make sure nobody is playing rough with it first of all.

If kitty bites or claws when you pick it up, just put it down and don't pick it up again. If it jumps on you, put it down again.

Be sure it has lots of toys to play with or take out aggression on.scratching posts, balls, feathers, stuffies etc.