That's the kitty getting overwhelmed. Move your arm out the way for a bit to let him calm down.
This doesn't work if your cat is just feeling playful or energetic.
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Lol mine does it if I keep perfectly still, so any overwhelming going on is purely of her own making. Luckily she's tiny and her claws don't really penetrate. And god, those sorry licks inbetween...
I just go along with it. I strangely do not mind having my hand and forearm shredded.
Yep, my male cat is a bit special, and he gets over stimulated very easily, and he only does this when he is.
My cat is always playful and energetic lol but he's a wild one at 1 1/2. Got a 2nd one and she's helping calm him down thankfully, she's just also the sweetest damn thing, purrs at the drop of a hat
The back of the upper segment of my left middle finger and the knuckle directly above it are excruciatingly itchy at this moment bc this comic played out five minutes ago.
Now she's looking at me angrily, flipping the tail. Sorry you got reprimanded and I stopped petting you bc you keep trying to tear my fucking arm apart like a violent otter.
But look at that belly.. better get another pet in
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So just lick your cat back and assert dominance. Got it.
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"Hands aren't toys" is my rule of thumb for cats and mouthy dogs, but dang is it tempting
Ha ha. No toy thumb rule.
I have a teddy bear that's my kitten's size for when she starts trying to wrestle with my hand. I'm ised to small dogs who love to play hand monster, but it's very different with cats. So when ahe tries to fight my hand i grab the teddy bear and use that to wrestle with her
Have you taught the kitten to not use its claws when the hand monster is out?
I'm all ears if you have a way to do that
For my cats, when they were kittens, I would just do what another older cat would do if they got too rough. I would hiss at them and then get up and walk away and ignore them, or I would give them a little pinch followed by a hiss and ignoring them for a bit. After doing that, every time they got too rough for almost a week, they stopped using claws. I've got 3 adult cats I used this with and a stray kitten I'm fostering, and it's worked on all of them.
Kittens need someone to let them know when they get out of line and older adult cats do that very well and if you don't have an older cat to show them then you need to or they will never learn.