Dizzy only bites playfully unless he has an injury that I unknowlingly touch, then he'll let me know!

I had a kitten a long time ago that would bite a lot. I broke him of the habit by hissing at him! Don't know if it would work on an older cat.

My 9 year old blue point Karma bites occasionally. No idea why. The first time was 3 years ago and she bit the inside of my arm, close to the elbow joint, while I was asleep. She left 3 deep punctures that got so infected I almost wound up in the hospital on IV antibiotics. I was on antibiotics for 3 weeks, plus I had TWO shots in the butt at the same time. That was real fun. Shortly after that she did it again but didnt brealk theskin as I was wearing long sleeves. I had to! I couldnt shut her out of my room - she'd sit at the door and raise hell all night. So i wore a thermal shirt to sleep. I've never trusted her 100% since, and now and then she will nip at me. I took her to the vet after that incident to make sure there wasn't anything wrong with her, but she was fine. I'll never know.

i read something interesting once (i believe it was in "kittens for dummies" or something like that). it said that if you get two kittens at the same time they tend to be more gentle with people. presumably because they teach each other when their play gets too rough. i ended up getting two siamese kittens from the same litter and at almost 2 years old, they still are very gentle. they are not declawed but it feels like they are when they play. they are very soft pawed with me and don't bite very hard at all. unfortunately, they are not very gentle with the carpet and furniture!