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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Noooooo! Never encourage cats to see hands as toys! I've been watching "My Cat From Hell" recently, and so many "vicious" cats have a guardian who thinks roughhousing their cat is a good idea, but can't understand why their cat attacks everyone else. Once they get into a routine of using appropriate toys to play with the cat, suddenly the cat stops attacking everyone else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Accept the scritches or don't get stitches. You shouldn't be encouraging playing with hands. Also keep the claws trimmed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Don't encourage that behavior in your cat. Hands aren't toys. Get cat toys for you and your cat to play with together.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'd be worried that using something like that would just encourage the extra spicy behavior, with the cat thinking it's acceptable.