Reply #3: You will really never be able to stop it. It is a totally natural act [View All]

[david13]

for them. My cat is 20 and still does it, but far less than he used to.
One: be very gentle in playing with him, so that, over years, he learns to play gentle.
Two: when he bites, or gets mean, stop playing with him. That tends to help them understand they have to play gentle, or they don't get anyone to play with.
But it will never end. When you are being affectionate with them, it feels so good they get overwhelmed, and their only concept is to react violently.
Biting and scratching is their way of showing affection. If they like you, they bite you, very natural to them.
We try to humanize them, make them like us, but they are not. They know more about how to be a cat than we do.
dc