Cat Help!!

[Railgun88]

Ok just five minutes ago my sister and I got into a fight because she was yelling at my cat. The thing is that my cat is still only a kitten and I tell her that my kitten just has alot of energy and wants to play. She tries to discipline my cat and I tell her to stop because she has tried for the past 7 and a half months to get her to stop and she has yet to.

So my question basically is: Is it the cats behavior, or is it because it is still a kitten?

 

[eggy32]

What did the cat do?

 

[child of lileth]

You didn't really say anything specific about what the cat is doing.

Anyway, I'd say maybe it's because it's a kitten. One of mine was really wild until she got older and calmed down a few years later. Also, getting it fixed will make it settle down a ton.

 

[similar.squirrel]

Seven months still counts as being a kitten?
Tell your sister you can't discipline cats. And that the creature wanting to play is a good thing.

 

[Railgun88]

Her cat, nothing. My cat will just walk up and try to start playing with hers, or will jump at it, but her cat has never been surprised because her cat always sees mine.

 

[Railgun88]

Yes but the kitten is just playful and needs a way to burn energy.

 

[Rarhnor]

We've been (trying) to discipline our cat, but cats are stubborn and hardheaded. Tell her to give up.

 

[Counter_Southpaw]

I wish my cat still did that.

Seriously, enjoy it while you can. Soon that cat will be one of the biggest dicks in your household.

 

[Meggiepants]

Her cat, nothing. My cat will just walk up and try to start playing with hers, or will jump at it, but her cat has never been surprised because her cat always sees mine.

She yells at it because it plays with her cat? Really?

I think she can let the cats settle their differences. If the older cat doesn't want to be played with, it will let the younger cat know. There is no need for human intervention on this one, unless one cat is seriously harming the other.

 

[Shapsters]

Her cat, nothing. My cat will just walk up and try to start playing with hers, or will jump at it, but her cat has never been surprised because her cat always sees mine.

Yours is trying to play with the other kitten and your sister is yelling at it? Cats and dogs always play with each other at young ages, its so they can learn how to hunt, lions and wolves do it too.

To be honest, punishing cats is useless anyways. They aren't dogs, cats usually do what they want and you cant train them to behave.

EDIT- Also, if the other cat is an adult, and it doesn't want to play, it will probably use its paw or teeth to tell the kitten it doesn't want to play, it has plenty of weaponry to tell the kitten to fuck off if he doesn't want to play.

 

[xmbts]

That sounds like normal cat stuff to me. Also it's borderline impossible to train cats they tend to just do what they want and avoid people who try to discipline them.

 

[ShadowKatt]

Her cat, nothing. My cat will just walk up and try to start playing with hers, or will jump at it, but her cat has never been surprised because her cat always sees mine.

That's how cats play.

Cats are predators, so a lot of their playing emulates the behaviors they need to survive. Cats enjoy pouncing, wrestling, and mock-fighting, all learnings they need to track, fight, and kill their food when they grow up. And it's bred into them, so regardless of their enviroment, it's a cat being a cat. No amount of discipline is going to stop it, and it doesn't need to be stopped. If the other cat has had enough, a simple swipe will end it on their terms.

We have four cats in our household, one that's several years one, one thata close to a year and a couple of kittens. Every cat that comes in gets knocked down into their place, and once they do, they all like to run as one big, furry pack. When they get playful they tear from one end of the house to the other and leap and tackle each other in midair. it's how cats play.

Edit: Way ninja'ed. Like five times.

 

[Chardan]

I treated my cat like a dog for its first year, Not walking it, but fussing with it and playing catch and chase with toys and stuff like that. Now its about a year and half and is pretty much the most perfect cat we've ever had. Cool, calm and collected......and with a huge pair of balls.

 

[Gavmando]

Yeah. That's what cats do. I have two of them and they play like that all the time. If your sister still wants to whinge, take her to the vet and have the vet explain it to her.

And your cat wont start acting "normal" till it's about two years old, possibly three. It's basically their teenage years. Expect them to be retarded till then.

 

[BonsaiK]

Kittens like to play. My advice is that if kittens want to play but you don't have the energy or you don't like them jumping all over you, get another kitten. Then they'll play with each other and they'll be less demanding on the humans in the family.

EDIT: okay you have several already. Okay, then, she's just wrong.

 

[Railgun88]

Kittens like to play. My advice is that if kittens want to play but you don't have the energy or you don't like them jumping all over you, get another kitten. Then they'll play with each other and they'll be less demanding on the humans in the family.

EDIT: okay you have several already. Okay, then, she's just wrong.

Actually I told her we should get one other kitten or find Bailey, my cat, a playmate.