Pet cats bite, and cats fight, scratch, and bite each other, which is a normal social behavior. However, if the interaction between cats and cat slaves is not handled well, they may cause each other to be injured. In particular, some cats have not been educated well since they were young, and they may not bite people lightly or seriously, which may cause biting accidents. So what is the correct way to pet a cat?

Why do cats bite?

1. Cat’s hunting ability

In order to follow the natural laws of survival, cats do not let themselves starve to death. Kittens will automatically train their hunting ability when they are about three weeks old, and they will play this biting action game with the mother cat or with their siblings. This kind of pounce-and-bite interaction will reach a peak when the cat is four or five months old. This is why cats are particularly active when they are 4-6 months old, parkouring back and forth day and night, and clinging to you to play. This is their instinct.

　2. Playful aggression

Cats are carnivores, but they are so cute that humans sometimes forget that they can also hunt. For example: tracking, chasing, ambush, jumping, slapping, scratching, fighting, biting, etc. are all their hunting actions. Anything that moves triggers a cat's hunting instinct. At this time, if the cat is teasing the cat with shaking hands, his hands will become the target of their hunting. If you often play with your cat with your hands, it will strengthen the cat's aggressive behavior when playing. So this is why it is said that cats’ bad habit of biting people was “taught” by shit scrapers.

3. The intensity or method of touching is wrong

You can’t touch a cat anytime and anywhere. You have to pay attention to the right time, place and people. For example, if you touch it while it is eating, licking its fur, or playing, you may be bitten or even scratched back. Of course, if your stroking method or intensity is a bit wrong, it will also tell you through actions: stay away from me.

What is the correct way to pet a cat? Cats usually like people to touch their face, head, surroundings and back. This is because the cat’s face and chin are the places where cat secretion glands are most concentrated, so they like it most when people touch them. Several parts. Don't make too much noise when petting your cat, and be gentle. And if you touch it too much, you will find that compared to touching the cat with the whole hand, the cat prefers to massage it with the fingertips.

​The cat is suffering from disease

If cats are suffering from injuries and pain (such as trauma, arthritis, tumors, etc.), ordinary playing or petting may make them feel uncomfortable. At this time, cats will also express their dissatisfaction by biting. For example, a cat that had good play habits before suddenly becomes irritable, starts biting after being touched recently, or has a loss of appetite., poor defecation and other abnormal physical reactions, please take him to the hospital for further examination in time.

If a large part of the reason why cats bite people is due to nature, then is it impossible to correct it? In fact, no, we can effectively prevent cats from biting people through acquired training, but the ones who need to be trained are the scavengers, not the cats. oh. How to train? Please pay attention to the following aspects:

How to get rid of the bad habit of biting?

1. Not responding to the cat’s bite

In fact, the IQ of a cat is equivalent to that of a human being of two or three years old. With such an IQ, it is possible to perform some simple correlations. How to correlate? To untie the bell, you must tie the bell. The decision lies with the owner. In layman's terms, associate the human body with other positive interactions such as touching and giving food, rather than with those they hunt. Make the things you don't want it to bite boring, and make the things it wants to bite more interesting, all at the same time.

How to do it? When the cat bites your body again, do not make any form of response. At this time, even hitting it is an interaction, and even your loud scolding may make it more excited. When a cat bites you, turn around and walk away immediately, making the cat think, "Huh? So this is my one-man show, so boring." When a cat has such negative thoughts, it will slowly reduce the frequency of biting you until it no longer has this behavior.

2. Use toys to divert attention

Since this hunting behavior is a cat’s natural instinct, it cannot be suppressed. Unilateral physical neglect and no response is not enough. You need to find a more suitable outlet for the cat’s hunting intention, such as toys. What kind of toy is most suitable? The most perfect toy is actually a long-rod cat-catching stick: it has a long range, a long range, and is easy to control.

There are also some toys that are free, such as rolling a ball of A4 paper into a ball, which is simple, fast, easy to use and low-cost. Even a cat can play with this ball for a long time. Toys and behaviors like this divert the cat’s attention away from your body and onto other objects.

3. Correct biting behavior promptly

If your cat already has the habit of biting, you must not touch the cat's body with your hands during the game. Otherwise, when it is very excited to play, it will turn around and start playing with your hands. It is very easy. All your efforts are in vain! Especially in the first two weeks of behavioral correction, do not touch its body with your hands to do any interactive behavior. After successfully interacting with the cat with toys, you can appropriately use some cat snacks as rewards.