Oh, so Feliway CAN have negative effects? OK, I stand corrected.I figured out why Tiger has been so scared and stand offish this past week. Someone suggested I use a Feliway electrict defuser to help in socializing him so I sent for one. His wierd behavior started after I put it in his room. So I took it out of his room a couple of days ago and his behavior is back to normal!!. So...I don't think it works well with all cats. He's playing again and letting me pet him again. The only problem I'm having is last night I slept in his room again and he demanded attention. He wanted to be petted. But he gets so ruff!! He'll grab my hand with claws out to hold it where he wants it and it really hurts!! You should see my hands! Is there a way of teaching a cat not to use his claws like that? I certainly don't want to do the wrong thing and make him afraid of my hands. Could use some advice on this one!!!. I'm also thinking it's time to put up some sort of see through door on his room so he can see and smell whats going on outside his room. What do you think? I'm either going to make one or try to jerry-rig a childs gate sideways to cover the whole door. Any good suggestions?
But dont throw out this diffuser. It can come handy for Baby Girl. Or some other cat. If it doesnt work for her either, we know it was some fault in this batch.
Btw, BG is in a crate. OK - this method works too if you know how to work it. Are they in the same room or two different rooms?
This with grabbing with claws out. My younger resident does so to me too, claws and teeths. But HE is very gentle.. So it was never a real problem for me. Try with when he does it gentle, praise him. When it hurts - do mark it does hurts now, some appropriate hurting sounds. Even relatively strong.
Their siblings do so, so why not you?
The standard advice is not to play with hands with them, not kittens and not adults, but my personal experience is, if the cat is friendly, he learns to be gentle and very careful with this playful biting and clawing.
Yes, if you can rig up child gateways so they cover the whole door - do it, its a good idea and works fine for many. Half door as in standard childs gate MAY be enough, but there is of course big risk he will jump over. As it is nothing much for any healthy cat.
A net door is another advice.
About Baby Girl I return later, I hope others will fill in too.
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