My kitten is 5 months old, and she attacks everything that moves, biting and scratching. I know she is just playing, but me and the kids are all scratched up. Is this a stage? Can I train her not to do that? What should I do?

It’s the age, and in time the kitten will outgrow it.

Try using firm NO’s and redirecting the kitten to other things like acceptable toys when the kitten strikes out.

Also try reading the kitten body language, they will usually show signs that they are about to attack and you can redirect the behavior before it even gets started.

its just a stage. my kitten did the same thing. just get her a scratching post or something and DONT let her scratch you and your family anymore

Every cat is different some cats don’t scratch and bite and others do so to teach her not to do that maybe give her some treats

when he is get a spray bottle and and spray him

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i wouldnt do that. although it sometimes works the cat might get madder or get used to it and continue scratching

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errm… ok i think the best way to tame it is to teach it simple english example : bad kitty, good kitty,
treat time! ok?

Every young kitten does that. My kittens did that and still are doing it but not as much as they did when they first were born. When they were born they came into my house and they scratched us all the time but since my cats have grown, into older kittens they don’t really scratch unless they really have to. It’s a stage in a young kittens age like I said before

You can train cats. It just takes time and practice. For an example my family and i have tought my cat the word no. Now everytime he does something wrong you can stay no and he’ll stop doing whatever he is doing. When you train your cat it should be young. It will learn more as it gets older. You can also get toys like scratching posts and balls to keep it occupied!

my kitten is 6 weeks old and she does the same then. when they are little they love to scrach and bite.

when my cat attacks my chihuahua i have used the spray bottle & she still attacked so now i put her in a room by herself for awhile so far that hasn’t worked either but at least my dog gets some peace. i have thought about getting her declawed. I just don’t know what to do