The reasons why cats like to bite people’s hands and feet

1. Innate hunting habits.

First of all, cats like to bite your feet, mainly because they regard you as a prey. After all, cats are born with the habit of hunting. Therefore, when raising them at home, if they cannot find prey, they will naturally treat you as prey and hunt them. But after encountering it, the pet owner must stop it in time. Although it will not actually bite you, sometimes it will make a mistake and it will be in trouble if it is bitten.

2. Tease you to play with it.

Sometimes, when a cat is bored at home, he will choose to run to your feet and bite your feet. In fact, this time is to remind you that you can take some time to play with it, so that you can relieve your loneliness in this area. Because you spend your time watching TV and playing on your mobile phone, it is boring. There is no other way but to tease you in this way, hoping you can play with it for a while.

3. Take the opportunity to retaliate against you.

Of course, if you are not good to your cat, or sometimes you do not forgive your cat after it makes a mistake, you may even punish it by hitting it or using other methods. In fact, cats hold grudges. Even though you are its owner, it will not influence it to retaliate against you. At this time, biting your foot is just to take the opportunity to retaliate against you. If you don't get out of the way in time, you may even bite and bleed.

4. Not familiar with it yet, showing signs of attack.

If the cat has just entered a new home, its inner sense of security is still insufficient at this time, and of course it will attack in self-protection. Because it has not regarded you as its real owner, it will choose to bite your feet. Therefore, in this process, we still need to spend more time together as soon as possible in order to avoid this kind of behavior.

Solutions for cats that like to bite people’s hands and feet

1. When the cat is still young, you should prevent the kitten from habitually biting people. Do not use your hands to play with cats. You can use toys instead of hands when playing with cats. Use toys to play with the cat to divert its attention and let the cat know that toys are its prey, not human hands and feet. This can not only meet the cat's needs for exercise and play, reduce the chance of biting, but also establish a good relationship between people and cats.

2. The water gun is also a tool that can teach kittens. When a cat bites its hands and feet, you can shoot it from behind with a water gun. When the cat is frightened, it will stop biting. After a few times, you will associate biting your hands and feet with the bad impression of being sprayed with a water gun, and you won't do this again.

3. Never punish the cat corporally. When the cat bites your hands and feet, if you yell loudly or have an excessive physical reaction, it will only make the cat mistakenly think that you want to play with it; it is recommended not to If there is too much noise, a warning should be issuedMake the cat open its mouth and let go. Never physically punish a cat. This will not only destroy the trusting relationship between the cat and the cat, but may even make some cats more prone to aggressive behavior.