Thread: Snapping and biting for attention...Ugh

It sounds as though your Mandy is acting like a spoiled child now that you're able to pay a lot more attention to her. Like any child she needs to have some parameters set on her behavior. A firm "No" and then ignoring unwanted behavior can often be very helpful. I've been training my cat to stay out of our walk-in pantry by standing in front of her, holding my hand out, palm facing toward her, looking into her eyes and firmly saying "No". It's working. Even cats have to know who the boss is and have to understand that there are limits to what's allowed. If you make this consistently clear to them they WILL understand and respect you all the more for it.