Grancey

One of my cats chews on the tape on packages, and another chews on the tape in tape dispensers and also eats postage stamps. The cat trained me by leaving many half-eaten sheets of stamps laying around.

Cats will get through this stage, but it can be infuriating. And some cats are much worse than others. The water pistol worked for me, but this only works if you are right there when the cat is misbehaving. The double-sided tape never worked because the cat would eat it. When the curtain climbing started I opened the curtains and pulled them to the side. If there are any cords hanging down I loop them over the top of the window. (This is to protect the cat from getting caught in the cord if the cat tries to jump or climb) To stop a behavior I use hand-clapping and a firm no. (Two or three loud claps with a firm No at the same time) My cats who are older now still respect this. Scruffing is used when male cats try to dominate each other. This is not really a discipline for kitten misbehavior. Young cats benefit from you playing with them every day until they collapse from exhaustion. This will prevent some of the bad behavior. I also have a couple of pieces of furniture that the cats know they can scratch and play on at their will. They know this, and they leave the other furniture alone. Cats trees are great, and the kittens love them. Of course, these things work for my cats and may not for yours. You have to experiment, but I do know and understand your frustrations at the moment. One of my cats was threatened repeatedly of being "returned". Now he is a bundle of love, but when he was a kitten it was monster time.

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