We have a young kitten that likes to scratch and bite, and idk what to do
My kitten is a 6week old little boy we rescued after his mom abandoned him right before a big storm. His mama and siblings had been living near our house for some time, but after a massive storm I came home from school and checked on the kittens to find only one remained, his mom and siblings nowhere to be found. After a few hours, he still sat there crying and alone, and another storm was coming, so we brought him inside.
We've had him for about two weeks now, he accepted the domestic life pretty instantly, the very first night we had him he went from hissing at us to curling up and sleeping on our legs.
The issue I have with him is that he likes to wrestle, where he will pounce on your feet or hands, and then curl his entire body around it as he digs his claws and teeth in. He's just playing, but it hurts like crazy and with all the energy he has he wants to play all the time.
Biggest issue is is that, even though my family will tolerate it, we can't keep him. My mom is allergic and though she loves him well have to rehome him. But I don't like the idea of giving him a new home when we don't know how they'll react to his play style, not to mention he does the same with my dogs, and though again they both tolerate it (one more than the other, my youngest likes to wrestle him back) if we rehome him to a home with dogs and the dogs don't appreciate getting bitten and clawed I'm scared they might hurt him
Is this an okay behavior for a kitten to have? Will he outgrow it? He's not doing it aggressively but I'm still not sure whether or not it would be a good idea to try and discourage the behavior or if it'd be safe to let him continue
Submitted May 29, 2019 at 02:37PM by eicaker
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