I foster to adopted a kitten about 6 months ago and since then she has taken over the house. She is so so sweet and my roommate and I love her so much, but she has very little manners. The primary issues are that she jumps on the counter and tries to eat our food. We have been trying to solve these issues basically since we got her and nothing is working.
My roommate and I have tried everything: we tried giving her rewards when we tell her down and she gets off the counter but 10 seconds later she will be back up there. We tried spraying her with water and she just waits till we aren't looking to get back up there. She has a cat tree and all kinds of other things to climb and yet she still jumps on the counter. The other day she jumped on the stove which was still hot from breakfast, and even after yelping from burning herself, 5min later she was back on the counter and stove.
She also is so determined to eat whatever food we are. I tried feeding her smaller meals more often so she isn't as hungry throughout the day but she doesn't care she will ty to eat anything and everything. She acts like we never feed her and often scarfs down her food super fast. I try breaking up the meals so she cant eat it all at once but nothing is working.
Please help as we want to keep fostering as soon as we can get her in line.
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