Letters to the Editor
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Let someone else train the biter
I adopted a kitten who was taken from his mother too early. I knew this because he sucked on my face at night. He was also a tiny terror. Everyone I knew, including my shrink, told me to get him a kitten companion, so he could bite the other kitten and not me. I reluctantly took in another kitten. Interestingly enough, the kitten did, indeed teach the other one about holding back on biting. They drag race with each other and entertain each other. It required minimal effort on my part.
However, I have to say that the plan for letting the cat think he's a successful predator has been mentioned in articles here and there and it certainly looks like it works.
I'd like to add that felis sylvestris cattus is not a solitary animal in the wild. First of all, the species is no longer "wild", but there are members of the species who are feral. Ferals can, and do, live in colonies.