如何讓貓咪不再咬人

August 17, 2016 • yunus

如何讓貓咪不再咬人
儘管這可能會讓你感到不安，但所有貓咪咬人都有原因。無論是對疼痛的反應，還是單純地表示「別煩我」，你的貓咪正透過咬人的行為試圖與你溝通；找出根本原因，是解決貓咪咬人難題的關鍵。
 
幼貓會在激烈玩耍時咬人，這能教導牠們長大後如何獵食與保護自己。不過，鼓勵成貓繼續這類玩耍方式，對你可沒有好處。貓咪—尤其是感到孤單或缺乏刺激的室內貓—可能會透過打鬧來排解無聊、消耗多餘精力。你的貓咪也可能輕咬你來吸引注意，因此下次不妨留意牠是否試圖帶你往某個方向走，或是在咬完後立刻喵叫：牠可能是在告訴你該餵牠、讓牠出去，或清理貓砂盆了。然而，如果你的貓咪輕咬後沒有退開，之後也沒有表現出玩耍或親暱的行為，牠很可能是在宣示主導地位。其他咬人的原因包括過度刺激；當狗狗、孩子或其他干擾進入家中時產生的恐懼或焦慮；或是關節炎、牙齒感染等疾病帶來的疼痛。
 
確認貓咪不是因疾病或受傷疼痛而咬人後，就可以開始著手改變牠的行為。如果貓咪咬人是源於玩鬧打架，第一守則就是絕對不要把手當成玩具。改以綁在繩子上的老鼠或小鳥玩具，並每天陪牠玩好幾次。這有助於消耗多餘精力、改善無聊。如果貓咪在玩耍時撲向你的手或腳，請立刻停止遊戲並走開。幾次之後，牠應該就會明白：咬人會讓遊戲提早結束。如果你要撫摸貓咪時牠咬你，或牠正在甩尾、耳朵向後壓平，或以其他方式顯得焦躁，牠是在告訴你此刻不要碰牠。當貓咪明顯焦躁時，請不要撫摸牠，以尊重寵物的界線。同樣地，如果你知道貓咪被摸五分鐘後會過度興奮，為了避免發生輕咬事件，請在三分鐘時就停下來。若以上情況都不像你的寵物，牠咬人可能是因為焦慮。當新的人、狗狗，甚至噪音進入家中時，貓咪都可能感到害怕。若讓貓咪不安的來源並非暫時性的，例如鄰居孩子來訪，可考慮使用 Feliway 等費洛蒙擴香器來緩解牠的緊張情緒；這類產品會釋放讓人感覺愉悅的化學物質，幫助貓咪更有安全感。
 
請記住，每隻貓咪都不同，因此找出你的寵物咬人的特定原因很重要。若你已嘗試排除各種可能，仍找不到這種行為的原因，請諮詢獸醫；獸醫能排除疾病因素，並為你的貓咪朋友提供建議。

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  1. Mr B

    My 2 year old cat stopped biting when I brought home a kitten! This was also the case for a close friend with a biting cat just a few months old that she adopted . As soon as a second kitty cat was there the biting stopped! I was so happy because the biting made me sad and thrilled when it stopped!

  2. Dalila

    My cat doesnt exactly bite but holds my hand in his mouth when I am stroking him, he never bites but does this often, just a hold of my hand in his mouth, why does he do this, I am unsure whether to tell him off or not as he was a feral cat that adopted us, even though we have 2 other cats and 3 dogs, which he was really scared of but fine now. He is my cat and he lets everyone know I am his, so why woud he get hold of my hand with his mouth?

  3. Tex

    I have 14 inside cats. A very common thing that they do is, they will come to me and very lightly nip me, then they will wrap there paws around my hand are arm and start purring and licking my hand. They'll holding it close to them. At the same time I rub there neck. Some time they'll just hold my finger in there teeth very lightly lick my finger at the same time. At time I'll play a little to hard with them using my hand. If they hurt me I just stop and don't move my hand. then I'll go OU OU OU and they will stop the play and start licking my hand. If there is blood they will hold my hand close to them and lick it and purr until I say it's OK. If I'm laying down they like to groom my bald head and long beard.

  4. Joel Markman

    Shame on you. Cat's bite to express their love--as anyone who has ever seen two cats mating knows.

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