My cat is a relatively mild-mannered cat (1). You can beat it, but you have to think before beating it. Beating it is for education, not to vent anger.
I have a cat at home, and it is a stray cat that I picked up from outside.
People who have come into contact with stray cats probably know that because they have to compete for territory and food for a long time, stray cats are more wild and undisciplined than natural domestic cats.
My cat is a mild-mannered cat, but when I first brought it home, it had many bad habits, such as scratching people, even biting people, and liked to go to the bathroom to drink toilet water. It was also very timid…
Every time I got a little angry with it, it would “whoosh” and hide in a dark place like the corner of the bed. (In fact, this habit is the nature of cats, but I just don’t like it)
We used to beat it when it scratched people or bit people, but every time we beat it, it would do the same thing again the next time, so there was not much effect.
And because of this, even after half a year, it still has no warmth and trust towards us. As an owner, I can clearly feel the alienation.
I was quite sad during that time, because I thought I was pretty good to it, buying it this and that, often comforting and caressing it, wanting to be close to it.
Later I found that every time I was mean to it, even if it was just a little scared, it would panic and look for a place to hide.
Later I understood that every time I beat it or was mean to it, from my perspective, I beat it because I thought it was wrong for it to stretch out its claws and bite people;
but in its eyes, stretching out its claws and opening its mouth when it felt uneasy were habitual actions, and it didn’t know what it did wrong, so it didn’t know why I beat it.
So this formed a mentality: I would think it was disobedient and wild and difficult to tame; it would also think that I was crazy for no reason and was a psychopath (if there is such a word in cat language), and would subconsciously want to avoid it.
Since I understood this truth, I still beat it, but it became a symbolic “meaning” and “beating”.
For example, I don’t like it to scratch or bite people. Every time it habitually opens its mouth and stretches out its claws, I will look serious, point at it, and say a stern “Hmm?”
If it has scratched me and made me bleed, I will catch it back, show it the wound on my hand, explain why I hit it, and then use the rod of the cat teaser to hit its hand.
The strength should be controlled well, so that it can feel the pain, but not too hard, just to show the punishment.
The same is true for biting people.
But when hitting the mouth, you must be careful not to hit the teeth. It is best to just pat it a few times with your hand.
When patting, hold its neck with your hand so that it can’t move and prevent itself from being scratched.
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