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Step 1
Be patient throughout the process. As a general rule, cats and kittens are slightly harder to train than dogs. This is due to a number of factors and means that you may need to summon a little more patience while you are going through your training regimen.
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Step 2
Provide your kitten with plenty of toys to chew on. Often times if a kitten can't find an appropriate outlet for their chewing they will bite anything that comes along, including their owners. You don't need to have a large assortment of toys for your kitten, but you should have at least a few things that are always accessible.
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Step 3
Don't enable your kitten's behavior. The best way to show your kitten that biting is not acceptable is to simply stop playing with it when it bites or is in a biting mood. This will effectively teach your kitten that biting will result in being left alone, and it will come to realize that this type of behavior is not rewarded.
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Step 4
Use catnip to calm your kitten. The contents of catnip can provide a calming effect on your kitten that can help to settle it down if it happens to be in a wild biting mood. If your kitten is very young it may not react to catnip until it is at least six months old, but it doesn't hurt to experiment with this option to determine its effectiveness.
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Step 5
Use a sour tasting liquid to make biting unpleasant for your kitten. You can purchase many different formulations of this liquid from your local pet store and apply it directly to the surface of the item that your kitten is biting. The sour taste of this liquid will deter your kitten from biting without harming it and can easily be brushed onto your hands or anything else that your kitten has a tendency to bite.
