My cat (10 yr old male) puts his mouth on my hand (but doesn't puncture the
skin) to indicate that he wants me to stop whatever I'm doing. I don't like
it, but it is clearly calibrated not to actually injure me, so I just
thought it was a normal behavior for some cats (he is very aggressive in
general, but he has never bitten me, only scratched). As a kid I had a
female cat who never did this, but she was extraordinarily gentile in
general.

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 10:50 PM, James Cameron <quozl@laptop.org> wrote:

> The past is less important than the present, with a cat.
>
> The biting behaviour usually isn't permanent unless the cat is given
> positive response.
>
> A pat is positive.  Don't pat after a bite.
>
> Taste is positive.  Human skin has a surface taste.  Wear gloves with
> a bad taste, or add 9V source.
>
> Can't do much about occasional experimental bites though, unless
> you're willing to wean them off tasty food.  ;-)
>
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