hi, my kitten is now 12 weeks old and its an absoloute nut job. anything that moves, she is on it, her mother jinx is scared to death of her and tries to reach the highest place she can as soon as the kitten comes near her,lol. she has a habit of jumping up the walls to rip off the wallpaper she has recked my dining room, jinx was excessivly hypo when she was a kitten, so much so i nearly let her go, but this one, well, i have never seen anything like it in my life. my legs are mangled from where she swings from them, she doesnt let jinx in to eat if she is there first, she thinks she is tarzan and swings from anything and everything, she never sleeps, i dont let her in my living room cos she attacks everythin but u can guarantee that as soon as i open the door she is sat there waiting to squeeze through a gap,then she is off like a bullet,swinging once again,lol

i know i laugh at this but i really think there is something wrong with her, regular kittens play i know this, but she is like the spawn of satan when she gets going,lol
she has even taken to wreckin all the carpets she can get her claws into. she has got a scratching post and jinx uses it all the time, so she knows what to do with it, but all she uses it for is to dive off the top onto any passer by she sits in wait for someone,then u got a kitten attatched to ur butt for 5 mins cos she wont get off,lol, she also has dozens of toys which she doesnt play with, she just rips em to bits and then off to whatever she can find next ,lol
she drives me up the wall nearly all the time, then she will have a couple of minutes of being loving and wanted to be stroked, and i think to myself awww isnt she sweet, then she dives on me face and were off again,lol

any advice, please dont tell me its kittens being kittens, i have to live with her and it aint normal behaviour LOL

koriani

Hello,

My first and most important advice is don't ever play with her with your hands or feet. ALWAYS use a toy.

Kittens, like human children, need to be disciplined. If she does something you don't want her to do, scruff her by the back of the neck (the scruff is the loose skin) and tell her 'no' in a firm voice then put her in a cat carrier or small room for a time out.

Also, using a phermone product such as Feliway might help calm her down. Is there such a thing as ADD in cats? LOL I don't really know, but one must be open to all possibilities.

Maybe try an herbal calmative for cats which can be found in most health food stores.

When we got a new kitten 8 years ago at our clinic, he was pretty wild as well. We would walk around holding him in our arms and holding his scruff as well. That let him know we were in control. We also had clients do this as well so he would get used to other people.

Now he is the best cat ever with the most well disposed attitude I've seen in a long time. He certainly has my cats beat for manners! LOL

Having her declawed might help as well. I know some people are against it, but if it comes down to declawing or euthanizing (dumping, etc.), I'll choose declawing every time.

Regards,

mahtao

Hello angelcakes, I read your post about your crazy kitten, and thought about mine (as well as laughed quite a bit). How is your kitten now? My kitten is about 2 months now, and she is pretty jumpy and crazy herself, and doesn't ever seem to get any sleep, although she is getting better. Is there anything that you did that worked? Thanks.