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Cat Forum / General Topics / February 2007my cat hates to be held
Is there anything you can do to change this? Nope you can tempt them to get used to the idea by giving them treats when doing short pick ups but some cats never like to be held. I have several cats that are that way > Is there anything you can do to change this? How are you holding him or her? Does he or she have the option to leave when it sees fit. Cats naturally don't like to be held when it can't leave when it wants. I know that my Cuddles does not like to be held for any period of time, and will let it be known in no uncertain terms when she wants to leave. Chris > Is there anything you can do to change this? My experience is that some cats like to be held loosely so they can leave when they want and other need to be held firmly so that they have 0 fear of falling. In either case when they give the slightest hint that they want down, let them go. > How are you holding him or her? Does he or she have the option to leave > when it sees fit. Cats naturally don't like to be held when it can't [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >> Is there anything you can do to change this? > Is there anything you can do to change this? Yes.....You can train a cat to be held, or to become a lap cat....You just have to be sure that he associates being picked up and "lapped" with something good. Every time you pick him up, do something that he likes, like being brushed, or being given some treat. But when he decides to leave, don't ever hold him.....Let him leave your lap when he is ready......... We have a cat who was abused as a kitten. He was found in a toilet where someone had attempted to flush him. Anyway, he got the name Kujo after biting a vet. He is the only cat that actually stood up to me face to face and wanted to fight after I pulled him down from a curtain rod. I really didn't like him. A few days later I saw him licking and nurturing two of the kittens and I decided he was a good cat and that I needed to try to make friends. I picked him up and carried him a few feet when he was in a good mood. After he let me carry him far enough to get him to a place where I could feed him by himself with a kind of wet cat food that he liked, everything changed. He's gotten roudy once in 6 months and we made up right away. He sleeps next to me at the head of the bed and I have to put my hand over my head because he licks my hair so much. I call him spot sometimes because he is so much like a dog, always there, never aloof, and grateful. >> Is there anything you can do to change this? >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > leave, don't ever hold him.....Let him leave your lap when he is > ready......... > We have a cat who was abused as a kitten. He was found in a toilet where > someone had attempted to flush him. Anyway, he got the name Kujo after [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > sometimes because he is so much like a dog, always there, never aloof, and > grateful. Well, you are going about it correctly.....Many animals have learned from birth to not trust humans, and it is sometimes very difficult to overcome that early training....It takes patience, and always being kind to them, even when they bite you or scratch you.....If you always return nothing but kindness, then they will eventually come around....I think that they have to learn to think that you aren't really a human being, but are actually a cat like they are..... >> We have a cat who was abused as a kitten. He was found in a toilet where >> someone had attempted to flush him. Anyway, he got the name Kujo after [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > have to learn to think that you aren't really a human being, but are > actually a cat like they are..... One of our cats really treats me like a cat including making nice and snuggling and then biting me on the nose, not hard but it hurts ... if I had fur it wouldn't but he doesn't know that. He wants attention and since he thinks I'm a cat he doesn't mind using cat behavior to get it. It hurts but makes me laugh. >>> We have a cat who was abused as a kitten. He was found in a toilet where >>> someone had attempted to flush him. Anyway, he got the name Kujo after [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > he thinks I'm a cat he doesn't mind using cat behavior to get it. It hurts > but makes me laugh. Yeah....I have psoriasis, and my skin on the lower arms and the back of my hands is really thin and bleeds easily....My cats are always drawing blood, but they don't realize that It's really a special problem with me.....I am used to it. When it happens I run to get my glocosometer and measure my blood sugar...(I have diabetes also) >>>> We have a cat who was abused as a kitten. He was found in a toilet >>>> where someone had attempted to flush him. Anyway, he got the name Kujo [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > me.....I am used to it. When it happens I run to get my glocosometer and > measure my blood sugar...(I have diabetes also) I use a lot of that germ killing hand washing stuff. They hardly ever break the skin.
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