The main reasons why cats like to bite people’s hands are as follows: First, the cat is in the period of teeth replacement and treats the owner’s hand as a tool for grinding teeth. Second, the scent of food remains on the owner’s hands, causing the cat to treat the owner’s hands as food and bite them. Third, the owner usually likes to tease the cat with his hands, causing the cat to regard the owner’s hands as toys. However, sometimes cats cannot control their strength and can easily cause pain to their owners. Therefore, it is recommended to stop the cat in time when it bites and scold it loudly to let the cat subconsciously understand that this kind of behavior is not pleasant.

1. In the teething period

Most cats will grind their teeth when they are 6-7 months old. At this time, they may often bite their owners’ hands, treating them as A tool for grinding teeth to relieve the discomfort caused by tooth replacement. If this is the case, you can prepare some chewable toys or teething sticks for the cat to distract it and reduce the discomfort of itchy gums.

2. The scent of food remains on the hands

If the scent of food remains on the owner’s hands, and the cat smells it, it may treat the owner’s hands as food and bite them. . In addition, if you like to feed your cat with your hands, when your cat feels hungry, it may gently lick or bite your hand in the hope that you can give it something to eat. At this time, you can feed the cat an appropriate amount of cat food or meat food, but you cannot feed it human food, especially food with spices and condiments added, otherwise it will increase the load on the kidneys.

3. Treat the owner’s hands as toys

If the owner usually likes to tease the cat with his hands, the cat may mistake the owner’s hands as toys and bite the owner’s hand. Or the situation of holding the owner's hand and kicking with the hind legs. It is recommended that the owner can use the cat's toys to play with it, so that the cat will gradually stop thinking that the owner's hands are toys.