My foster kittens (4x, 4 months old) I've had since they were 5 weeks old have a biting problem. Specifically two of them. Long story short is that I was hoping to adopt all of them but the shelter refused and now I have to choose two I can adopt. The issue is that two bite and I'm worried for their safety if they get put up for adoption which makes me want to take them to keep them safe rather than have them get put in a home where they bite kids or someone gets bit and overreacts and hurts them.
They have always played with the other kittens and one of them didn't bite very often and when he did, he would stop if I bopped his nose or put him by himself. The other one has been biting for awhile and she bites for no reason. And I know you can say there's always a reason for biting but there really isn't with her. I'll be sleeping and not moving around or anything and shell crawl up and start biting me hard on the arm or face and she won't stop with me saying ow loudly or bopping her nose or pushing into the bite or putting her alone or giving her a toy. I know she's always bit and I decided I would choose her anyways because my cat doesn't mind her and my roommates cat loves her and the biting isn't too big of a deal since it tapered off a little bit and I can live with one biting.
However the boy started biting a lot, most recently a couple minutes ago which prompted me to write here. He has been biting hard and whenever he can. All of the kittens are sleeping on my chest, he moved and bites my whole chin in his mouth hard and won't let go, then he goes for my ears, and he went right above my eyes. I asked on facebook what my friends do for biting and I got the suggestion of flicking their ears or holding their mouth shut and ive been trying but it makes him want to bite me in retaliation and he'll keep trying. I put him on the floor and he attacked my feet hard instead.
I don't know what the deal is but they had their spay neuter surgeries on Tuesday/Wednesday and the other two have been fine and normal. I don't think a side effect of being fixed is to become more aggressive? If anything I thought it would be less.
If I could fix the biting problem that I've been working on for weeks, I would feel less worried about maybe not keeping one of the two because I know they'd be safe and more loving. Is there any suggestions about what I could do?
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