Today, my parents decided to "discipline" my kitten by spraying her with water. This somehow managed to completely un-train her, and now she's back to being the compulsive biter she was when I first brought her home. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my girlfriend decided it would be a funny idea to spray me with a hose while I was holding a kitten, showing her how cute we were. Needless to say, now I'm covered head to toe in cat scratches. FML
Today, I learned that instead of training my cat, she has been training me. She now refuses to drink anything but running tap water, and yowls loudly early in the morning at my bedroom door to be fed. FML
Today, I was at my friend's house, and his cat followed me to the bathroom. I accidentally knocked down a bottle of bug spray and went to pick it up, and the cat started freaking out. Apparently, he sprays her with water so often that she's become terrified of bottles in general. Now I feel like an asshole. FML
Today, I went to clean my cat's litter box, not realizing she was in it. As I lifted the top half of the litter box up, she sprayed me with piss. FML
Today, I disciplined my cat for meowing too loudly in my apartment and disturbing neighbors by picking her up by the scruff. She then proceeded to scratch the ever living crap out of my hand, now it looks like Wolverine got a hold of me. FML
Today, my mom read online you could train cats to relieve themselves in the toilet. Without reading any further, she took away the litter tray. My house reeks of cat piss and shit, and she still refuses to give the cat its litter tray back, insisting it'll work eventually. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I tried to give his cat medicine. Unfortunately, it reacted in a way it never had before: clawed his arms to bits, bit him so hard a tooth fell out, peed everywhere, including on me, and pooped on the carpet. FML
Today, I got a kitten. She decided to sleep on my bed, waking me up periodically during the night by biting my face to make sure I was still alive. FML
Today, I tried to train my cat to scratch the scratching post by giving her a treat every time she used it, but she took that as getting a treat every time she scratched something. Now, not only does she scratch all my furniture, but she also meows for a treat while doing it. FML
Today, my 11 year-old daughter claimed I'm a terrible cat parent. Why? Because in the 4 months that we've had the cat, I haven't given him a bath. Our strictly indoor kitten lives in attack mode, and would paint the walls with my blood if I attempted it. FML
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panicsdisaster 17
that's because she is sensitive and doesn't trust people again.
devildog562 33
Bite her back. At least it worked with my child.
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Comments (79)
melooters 11
Spray them with water and then hit them with powder filled pillows. And **** up their washing machine so it's back down to hand washing their clothes
mrmcleod 29
Do you use your hands as a toy? This generally leads to cats compulsively biting as they start seeing it as such. Try using a wand, laser or other toy when it's play time and refrain from using your body for anything other than feeding, cleaning, petting etc. Hope that helps OP.
BUMFLUFF89 4
Spray your parents in the face every time they make an unwanted comment or a mistake
stayr4d 12
Maybe you shouldn't be an asshole to your cat and she'd listen.
TallMist 32
Why do you say the OP is being asshole? It's the parents that sprayed the cat and, from the FML, the cat was naturally a biter, or at least the cat was when the OP picked the cat up. Stop trying to frame the OP for this, you have no indication whatsoever they did anything wrong to that cat.
ztress 10
Thats called animal abuse. You're parents are assholes
Shade1982 21
Spraying a cat with water is not animal abuse, get off your high horse.
marisjavz 2
To discipline a cat you need to pinch her ear or grab her scruff. That's how a mother cat does it. I've got a rough one myself at home aswell and when he scratches the couch (or something else he isn't allowed ) i just have to grab his ear and he's calm. For now i advise to play allot with your kitten to make him feel safe again.
Pooks7 12
She's a cat. of course she's back to biting. that method doesn't work on cats like it does dogs and only causes stress and anxiety.
thatonetribute 31
Poor kitten! Your parents suck.