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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:24 pm


How to Stop Your Cat From Biting Your Ankles

A Helpful link to stop the sneak attacks. smile
PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:50 pm


Thankfully, I never had this problem with Frodo. Now my mom's kitten, on the other hand, loves going after feet.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:54 pm


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Thankfully, I never had this problem with Frodo. Now my mom's kitten, on the other hand, loves going after feet.
Refer it to her then. smile You finally got Frodo with you?

And Freyja is an ankle biter. O.o She loves to sneak attack foots. And then give them kitty pedicures.
PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:56 pm


Kind of helps, but Roman is just an extreme, I think. I could play with him for hours and hours and hours and he's still an ankle biter.

He loves to lay across doorways so that he can get you when you go through. Such a pain.

But totally helpful website.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:49 am


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Thankfully, I never had this problem with Frodo. Now my mom's kitten, on the other hand, loves going after feet.
Refer it to her then. smile You finally got Frodo with you?

And Freyja is an ankle biter. O.o She loves to sneak attack foots. And then give them kitty pedicures.


No, still in college until this upcoming December (hopefully), and then I'll need to find a place that will allow me to own pets and a job that will help me afford the place and Frodo's needs.
PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 3:49 am


Thanks biggrin My little kitten always does this xD

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:33 am


my cat does this, but doesnt really like to play with toys. we've got several toys for him, and the only one he really plays with is his catnip mouse, and i havent seen it in months, no idea where he's dragged it off to. he also likes to play with pens, but i only have one of them because he keeps losing them god knows where. i had a pack of 20 pens back in november, brand new, just opened them. i currently have ONE left x.x we play hide-and-go-seek tag together, he will jump out from under the table, bit and claw for literally half a second, then go run and hide. i go after him, it repeats. i don't actually mind the ankle-biting when i'm wearing long pants, but in the summer and stuff, it hurts. i also let him claw and bite and wrestle with my arm if i have long sleeves on.
PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:35 pm


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my cat does this, but doesnt really like to play with toys. we've got several toys for him, and the only one he really plays with is his catnip mouse, and i havent seen it in months, no idea where he's dragged it off to. he also likes to play with pens, but i only have one of them because he keeps losing them god knows where. i had a pack of 20 pens back in november, brand new, just opened them. i currently have ONE left x.x we play hide-and-go-seek tag together, he will jump out from under the table, bit and claw for literally half a second, then go run and hide. i go after him, it repeats. i don't actually mind the ankle-biting when i'm wearing long pants, but in the summer and stuff, it hurts. i also let him claw and bite and wrestle with my arm if i have long sleeves on.
XD Freyja steals pens too! And her sneak attacks are like ninjas. O.o Out of nowhere shell jump up, grab my leg then run off chuckling madly. D:

Have you checked under the bed where the collars are at? wink

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:06 pm


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my cat does this, but doesnt really like to play with toys. we've got several toys for him, and the only one he really plays with is his catnip mouse, and i havent seen it in months, no idea where he's dragged it off to. he also likes to play with pens, but i only have one of them because he keeps losing them god knows where. i had a pack of 20 pens back in november, brand new, just opened them. i currently have ONE left x.x we play hide-and-go-seek tag together, he will jump out from under the table, bit and claw for literally half a second, then go run and hide. i go after him, it repeats. i don't actually mind the ankle-biting when i'm wearing long pants, but in the summer and stuff, it hurts. i also let him claw and bite and wrestle with my arm if i have long sleeves on.
XD Freyja steals pens too! And her sneak attacks are like ninjas. O.o Out of nowhere shell jump up, grab my leg then run off chuckling madly. D:

Have you checked under the bed where the collars are at? wink
yeah but if it's under there it's out of site.
PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:33 pm


I think a good solution is to stop your cat from using your appendages as toys. It's habit thing I think. My two current cats do not ankle bite but my previous one did. I use wrestle with him with my arm and stuff. He seem to stopped doing it in his later years as I started to use toys and not my fingers and arm.

Another cause might be displaced anger/fear from someone or something hitting or scaring your cat.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:27 pm


Loki is a master slipper destoryer.

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He also likes tearing into pants. He doesnt hold back and its just one of the issues well have train him not to do. emotion_facepalm
PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:43 pm


Oh wow.
This is very interesting.

Dante does this to me and my boyfriend.
Didn't really think anything of it.

I always thought he was just super excited to see us!

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