Cat hissing can be very disturbing for many cat owners. Often times their cats will hiss at them just for approaching them. The are many ways to get your cat to stop hissing at everybody that comes by.

Cat Behavior - Cat Hissing

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Cat behavior problems are the most base reasons cats are given over by their owners to cat shelters. Among these cat behavior problems that are most base are litter box problems and aggression, cat hissing falls into the cat aggression category.

Cats usually hiss because they are whether frightened or trying to scare person off. Cats that are cornered and think they will be attacked will usually hiss. Cats that are trying to be left alone or trying to get rid of person will also usually hiss.

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Cat Behavior - Cat Hissing

One cat owner had a cat that sat on the doorstep and constantly hissed at the new boyfriend or anything else that came near the doorstep. No matter what she tried the cat would continue to hiss at the new boyfriend. It got so bad that many citizen when they came to her house would just enter in from the garage.

One thing that helped this cat owner is desensitizing and obvious reinforcement techniques. Desensitizing is a base behavior modification tool that many citizen see great success with.

To use desensitization for a hissing cat, moderately arrival the cat until it starts to hiss, and then back off. moderately over the period of a week or two try to decrease the length you can arrival the cat without it hissing at you.

The other technique is obvious reinforcement. In our example the owner's boyfriend simply started feeding the cat and gave it treats. Once it started to connect him with rewards the hissing went away.

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