02 Jun 16 09:11, you wrote to Ian McLaughlin:   
      
    >>> What can I do to stop a cat from coming up to me and if I ignore her   
    >>> she bites me?  The cat thinks she is a "human" baby.  I bottle fed her   
    >>> from a kitten and she wants to be constantly held.   
      
    >>> If I ignore her she bites... Getting old... I don't want to swat at   
    >>> her or ruin our trust.   
      
    >> Bite her back?  :)   
      
    JK> Hmm... I've heard that doesn't work with kids, not sure why it might   
    JK> work with cats hahaha   
      
   because biting is one of the ways that they communucate... the same with   
   swatting at them... mine out here will swat at each other when they look at   
   each other sideways or when they are playing tag and chase in the yard... it   
   is kinda like my dogs... when we go out to the shop, they will come up and   
   take our hand in their mouth to go with us to the shop door... some people   
   think they are trying to bite them until we explain that a dog's mouth is like   
   our hand... they just want to hold your hand... back to the cats, some biting   
   is easy and gentle... some is nipping while other is holding on and biting   
   hard... it is just they way they are trying to communicate... once you figure   
   out what they want when they do that, everything will be fine... but if it is   
   hard biting, it wil take time for them to understand that it is too hard for   
   the human and that's where swats come in... not a hard swat but just something   
   on their nose or side to say "don't do that"...   
      
    JK> I bet my land-shark kitty would just plan her attacks on my feet   
    JK> better Lol   
      
   i've got several here that bit when they want attention or are feeling good...   
   two of them lick me all the time when they are happy... another one will swat,   
   hiss and attack if you do something to her that she doesn't like...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
      
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