Hyper kitten advice needed

I think you may have forgotten what it's like to have a younger cat around. My two both just turned four, and are just now beginning to move out of the wild child stage. Ok....not quite that bad, but still

I hate to break it to you but young cats are going to try to play with other cats. I've put a meek older cat in that position before and I regretted it.

My old man cat now is big add strong still and puts our kitten in his place when he's had enough, but that doesn't keep the kitten from trying.

As for the attacking and biting, try only playing with him with toys, not your hand or arm. A stern NO when he attacks, along with a squirt of water or compressed air, might help. I personally am not averse to blocking kitty attacks with a well-placed foot (not a kick, just a block) and a shout that lets him know you're bigger and stronger and not someone he should be attacking. When my kitten first joined the house and tried to jump on us we'd catch him as he pounced, tell him NO, and set him down gently. He learned quickly that we didn't play that way. He'll still stalk and pounce but he stops short of the actual attack.

Kittens are wild little creatures and it's preparation for adulthood that leads them to play-attack everything. I think of it as daily entertainment, but then again my kitten doesn't attack me with claws or fangs so that's easy for me to say

My one 14 month old kitty is just now finally growing out of all the wild stuff. But, she still has a lot of fire in her. Sometimes she just gets out of control and I will put her in the dark bathroom to calm her down. It is areal small bathroom with no window. I just has to remember to remove the TP before shutting the door. I set a timer and only leave her in there 10 minutes. When I open the door, she is much more in control of herself and sometimes just stays there in the bathroom for a little while more. Now if she was hollering and banging on the door, I would not be doing this, as it would not be calming her down.

The water squirting did not calm her down, she would just run and then come back and try again on what she was doing. We have some short soft pool noodles that we threaten her with and sometimes have to pat her bottom with that seem to do a good job of teaching her to keep off things. But, still she persists in getting on the table and kitchen counters. I firmly believe that all cats do that, they just don't do when their humans can see them. Ours has not learned yet to hide it from us.

Your best bet is to let the older cats take care of themselves. They will eventually teach the kitten who is boss. That is if the kitten does not end up being boss. They might just find places to hide from the kitten. I would not play with the kitten with my hands or feet. Use toys, a fishing pole or a laser light. Your job is not to entertain the kitten, the kitten needs to learn to entertain himself. Ball with bells in them, boxes and kitty tv (windows that have ledges for cats to sit on and watch the world outside) are our favorites here. When petting the kitten use slow gentle motions. Rubbing him down from the head to the tail. Fast, hard motions only stir them up more. And if he isn't fixed yet, get it done soon. That helps a lot too.

If he still is too much and you can't see keeping him as he is, try giving him a room of his own with a litter box, food and water. Let him live in there with time out each day for good behavior. That is better than living in a cage at the shelter with the possibility of being put down sometime soon. Perhaps he cannot handle all the room and freedom right now and needs limited territory too. As he matures you will be able to leave her out more and more.