An example of normal feline play behavior
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- This video shows an excellent example of normal play behavior between two male cats. Males often engage in rough play well into their teenage years. What you see here is not aggression.
Black and white cat wins on style points for the dropkick.
1.1k likes but no comments wow
Animals can pull off some really cool maneuvers that just always wow me
@@cinnamoon423 but mostly only cats xD
@@lund_b1533 That's because cats can easily click a mouse. Typing is another matter.
That was Epic
0:56 If that spinning dropkick had landed it would have been a CATastrophe
Cool looking move!
I can't just like this comment, I have to reply to it and make love to it.
like that street fighter move that no one knows how it's pronounced
CATsumaki senpuu kyaku
Other cat "WTF "was that!
I love that flip at 0:55
bicycle kick !!!
haha I was just gonna say that. Ride Along 2 Kevin Hart "Kick move!"
We never saw one of our cats doing this until two kittens joined our family. Suddenly he was all show off when he played with the lil ones lol :D
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Is he doing some sort of ninja backwards kick?
Sawk The Conqueror catkwondo
Yes
In the wild this would "shred" the other opponent and give you an upper hand at this point. Friendly fighting most of the time doesn't involve claws.
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Lmaooo
This was actually really helpful. I’ve been trying to determine if my two cats are playing or fighting, as one of them is a relatively new household member. But now I can say that they’re playing!
My rule when my two fight is to stay within hearing distance and only get involved if I hear hissing or growling
Even when they're playing, sometimes one of them will not want to play and will make their feelings known by making sounds
Bruh me too lol😂😂😂😂😂 they use to hiss at each other now they don’t they play now 😂😂
I used to worry because we brought a female kitten into the home with our adult male once we moved into an apartment where he could no longer go outside and interact with other cats. He’d seemed a little depressed so we decided to give it a try. Day 1 was the expected hissing and leaving the room behaviour by him but then they seemed to get along fairly well, thanks to the persistent affection by the tiny kitten who would curl up beside him when he slept. But when she got larger they seemed to ‘fight’ quite a lot and we were undecided what to do until we started watching how often they would do this, then pause, then begin again, both taking turns initiating it and never with any growling or hissing. And since they still often sleep together and groom one another, it is obviously just play. Big win is the older male is much more lively and I think we may have added years to his life with his new companion.
Wonderful! Its so nice to hear a story like this
Yes. Beautiful story thanx for sharing...
:-)
Same with my cat Hana! (She's the cat in my profile pic)
My sister's cat had a litter of 4, as she couldn't spay neuter her cats in time due to covid, and I ended up bring in 3.
She kept the only boy of the liter, bring her cat count to 4 also. The mom cat, her brother, baby daddy and son.
Anyways, it was was best decision I made takeing in the other three, as now she's jumping and playing as if she was a year old xD gonna be 11 this year!
They were just playing. The older male cat is likely to be dominating the younger female cat and may occasionally bully her but he will still love her and want to protect her. It’s just how cats are.
This helps thank you !! Just got an 8 weeks girl kitten and my 4 years old boy cat always wants to hit her lol
My two (neutered) tomcats display this behaviour regularly: I call it "all-in cat wrestling". If one gets hurt inadvertently he meows, and the other stops wrestling immediately.
Dogs do the same but they growl playfully and bark, but if one gets hurt and yelps they will immediately stop and touch noses. It's really cute, they are bolth about 70 lbs
AAAAAAAWWW INTENSIFIES
Humans do that too! I suppose mammals developed the behavior so that play fighting doesn’t leave anyone weakened for real fighting.
Same for my two boys.
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Females become uninterested in this behaviour after 2-3 years of age.
8 year old cat still engages her four year old son like this.
Maybe because she knows it's her son and he's younger than her.
She does indeed "train" her son.
But she mostly just rolls around on a table and plays with her tail.
She's just trying to get her good-for-nothing mooch of a son to move out of the house already and start finding a family of his own. She's sick of taking care of his ne'er-do-well ass ;P
I have an 8 yr old female and 10 yr old male. They play rough every day.
Garl Vinland it’s good too hear this,
If it was a real fight, that yellow cat would never ignore the other cat and groom. Impossible in a real fight.
Leon Eldarion I dunno.. in a real fight they even turn their backs on one another.. so I really don’t get it.
@@CutTheCrapAndKissMe They might be observing their surroundings, but they would never groom, since the process of grooming distracts their attention. Yet I've heard once that by grooming cats lick some chemical from the fur that helps them concentrate their attention, and in a fight, the attention is already on the opponent(s) and needs no further stimuli.
O my god that's normal cat behaviour in fights! Did you never attend a biology class? It is called a displacement activity.. Just like you would scratch your head when you are uncertain of what to do.
no no, they do that as a fake out. my boy does it with his mom all the time!
@@Ajoura True. The attention of a cat is much more difficult to grab when it's grooming.
Very true about the male vs female desire for wrestling play! I had a 4 yo female (from a shelter) who was always mad at her rambunctious 2yo male (rescued as a VERY feral kitten from my yard) companion. He loved her, but love for him meant wrestling and she had a naturally quiet demeanor. In the end, I got a male kitten (rescue shelter) which COMPLETELY changed the dynamics in the house for the better. The two boys wrestled and chased and had a fantastic time. The kitten was quiet and gentle with the female (a male who could read the room lol) and the kitten ended up being the bridge that turned the three into a happy family.
I’ve had almost this exact same situation in my home!
My original cats:
Playful 3 year old male;
Quiet 2 year old female.
Both got along really well, but my boy always wanted more play than my girl was willing to engage in.
Then I adopted a playful 1 year old male.
Like in your example, the addition of the young male completely changed dynamics as the two boys wrestle and chase and pounce on each other, while my girl can relax and watch from her favourite high perch.
I always whisper “adopting you made our family better” to my young boy.
I love cats so, so much. They are such incredible animals and the relationships they form with each other are fascinating to watch.
Our cats did this. Tangled in and out of each other, running from one end of the apartment to the another. Then they would groom each other, and then play and run again. They could do that for hours, before falling asleep together.
They were the best of friends.
I miss them. 😪
Get new cats: your soul needs them.
Awww sounds so sweet.....this is what I am hoping my two will cultivate
@@ImSPOTon same here... So difficult though especially with a tough at heart stray cat and my two indoor cats :( the stray cat is older and loves us dearly, curling up besides us and purring quite loud..🧡 but the moment she sees our other younger females, she'll chase and dart at them, she'd tear them to shreads I'm sure 😥 so I never let them get close. So whenever night hits in this country side, she likes to come and stay in a separate room.. one of us has to accompany her too or she gets lonely, but she's the best cat for pest control cause she'll kill every mouse she sees! its amazing.. And a little bit of an 'ew" factor.. she eats them too 💀😅🤣 my other ones they don't pounce quick enough, but only flock at it in the crevice of a room..
During the wintertime when it became too cold for her to go out I wanted to shorten her nails a bunch just so she wouldn't slash the other cats too severely, I wondered,, based on videos I watched if they need to fight a few times in order to healthily move on?? I want to link the video I saw, but I'd have to find it. It was of these garden cats that brawled 3 times or something and finally gave up and accepted their presence together in the territory!
Obviously it doesn't look like a real fight, since if it was, the fur would be flying everywhere and the motions would be much more forceful and intense.
Exactly. It's amazing how much fur can get tossed up when these animals fight.
@@FusRoDah2 Also, at 0:33 the black-and-white cat is doing that hind legs attack very carefully and with his claws retracted. If there would be an opportunity for such a move in real life, the cat would surely go for the fully-fledged attack that would mince the opponent's face, just like rabbits do when they're being thrown on the ground with their belly up.
I used to come home and discover the back garden half covered in ginger fur.
After a little while the cat next door moved, he simply couldn't take my cat's attitude, even though she was noticeably smaller.
At first there was just a curious absence of the cats that used to frequent our garden.
Then I heard cat fighting one night on our lawn, no idea who it was but since there's only 2 cats that still frequented it it's not too hard to guess.
A few months later I watched one of the cats (black and white, normal cat size) leave rather hurriedly as soon as it realized that Bella (tiny grey fluffy cat, 50% fur) was present, the latter gave her a rather intense stare while it hurried away.
I guess that solves the riddle of where the other cats went.
@richard b I have two Male cats who are brothers and they do this it's almost impossible to stop them they just run away in the same direction then start fighting again.
Adorable! I honestly didn't know that female cats stopped playing like this usually around 2 to 3 years. My little Siamese is about to be nine and she plays like this all the time, love it!
I don’t think that part is very true.
Mine Is 7 and does the same.
can none of you read, it says 'many female cats..' not 'all' lol
@@biancaluedekeryeah. I think it just depends on the personality
Excellent information with this great video! Two of my male cats play like this, and I'm glad they do. I suppose it can look a bit rough to people not used to it, but unless there's fur flying and howling/hissing, it's normal. Cats play rough sometimes!
Felizitas Standeford Even some occasional light growling and hissing is not a big deal. Cats can and do sometimes push limits, but they will normally calm down without intervention.
They are predators at heart
Do they play bite too? Not sure if my kittens are playing or fighting.
@@Haribo0216 Yes, they play bite.
Had cats that would walk by and after a bite to the behind, the chase was on. There were times the smaller one would get pissed off with the bigger one and we would find the fur had been flying. Same day after that they would be sleeping together
I had this concern when I first adopted my second kitten. My vet told me "if you are in DOUBT, then they are probably playing". Meaning you will be 100% sure if it's a real fight, cats can be super loud and messy when real fighting. My kittens (now around 1.5yr old) jump at each other, slap themselves, pin themselves down, wrestle... then pause for water, drink together and snuggle until fall asleep :D
Yes, real fighting looks almost cartoony: A whirling ball of claws and fur and screams.
Yeah, a real fight will have fur flying and cats screaming
And you know how hard it is to ignore cat yowling
also the grooming is their way of making sure the other cat knows they're not serious!! lovely video!
Once you've seen cats fight, you'd know that not rough at all.
Absolutely. Cat fights are _very_ noisy affairs with lots of hissing and each cat's fur raised. They often initially sound like young children. The thing is, sometimes it's difficult to tell if they're preparing to fight or mate. Lol
crazy spin kick move at 0:56, definitely has been working on his combos
Tuxedos are so classy. Just look at that spin kick he tried to pull off!
Lol! Nothing more intimidating than when a cat's ears go back and they get that sideways look in their eye... They mean business! Lol!
This was so helpful. Thank you! I just got a 5 month old and I didnt know if that was considered play with my 2 year old. But they do exactly what you explained. I've been intervening up until now but I wont anymore.
My husband and I are having a really hard time telling if the one year old female we brought home three weeks ago and the 1.5 year old male we got three months ago are fighting. We been keeping her in a separate room but we let her out for visits. They often initially nuzzle up together but then it turns into almost constant fighting or playing... we always get nervous and break it up. They aren’t growling or hissing but it looks like they’re biting each other really hard. After we separate sometimes one or the other is panting with their tongue out. Sometimes the cat we got first goes under the couch afterwards. I know this video is a couple years old but if anyone has advice please help us!
@@tararose3684 hi! Not sure if you're kitties are together or at odds now. If there's still a question, the best way to know, I've seen, is to really let them spend time together existing in the same environment. They will for sure be curious about each other for a while and maybe not thrilled to be together but if they can coexist without having to be separated they will eventually get along well knowing they can be comfortable together. Lots of play time helps a lot too. Just keep showing them love.
@@AR-vp3hw Thanks! There's been a huge break through in the last couple of weeks and now they are clearly best buddies. You're totally right, giving them extended (supervised) time together is really what did it. They still have some rough play time but only for short periods and they both seem to be enjoying it. The rest of the time they spend cuddling, licking, watching birds out the window and doing pretty much everything together. It took a long time and a lot of patience but now we're so grateful they love each other so much.
When a cat lies on its back, it's worth remembering that five of its six ends are pointy.
0:49
He looked back at the camera like “Hey, you filming? Watch me own this fool”
Bringing back sweet memories of my wonderful friend Molly who loved her sister Gracie so much. They would play like this and Molly always looked out for Gracie especially after her operation. Ive never seen an animal so gentle and caring. Sadly she was killed by speeding car. I still have Gracie but we still miss our Molly.
I hate it when people bring up a violent death unprompted. What is the reason??
With some cats my family had I thought they were fighting when it was really play, but I found the difference out pretty quickly. Cats really fighting is a series of the most horrible yowling, growling, hissing and shrieking I've ever heard. When it's over there's fur everywhere and possibly blood as well. I've been woken up in the middle of the night by stray cats yowling and fighting and it's pretty scary.
My 17 year old cat and 10 year old cat do this still! Lol and the female initiates! I always thought they were mad at eachother, guess they're just playing though.
victoria xox
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Is this really play? My two female sisters do this. I guess in your case (@victoria xox) one is male and female?
@@captainkirk9700 Yes, it is. My 4 year old female cat and 2 year old male cat do this all the time. It's completely normal and nothing to worry about. :)
If they are hissing and yowling at each other, and their tails fluffy and backs arched, then you might have a problem.
How does anyone think this is anything more than harmless play-fighting?? When you see an actual fight between cats, you will know it.
You also know that it’s play behavior because these cats are moving in super slow motion compared to how fast a cat will move in a real fight.
UFC (Ultimate Fighting Cats) is one hell of entertainment in your home, as long as they keep in on the floor. The umpire (yours truly) must intervene when the chase goes on the dining table or kitchen counter.
@@susanholtsclaw958 Cats are indeed masters of MMA (Meow Martial Art)
Yeah or wrestling matches on your bed on you when you try to sleep some in the middle of night...
@@abiseniyya These two are showing an amazing display of CJJ (Catilian Jui Jitsu)
Is there also CatTube where videos filmed by cats show how humans interact?
Yes.
I remember one episode in Dear Kitten series, how cats observe humans interaction during a ball game.
"What we see here is a slight tap from the smaller human, a common behaviour signaling his submission to the opponent. In a genuine fight between humans, this tapping motion would mean nothing to the opponent and he would continue choking the weaker human until either dead or unconscious."
Probably on inter-dimentional cable.
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I've had a new cat for just over 2 weeks now - we are trying the slow introduction with our resident cat by keeping them separated most of the time. Both male and neutered. Our cat is 14 months and new cat is 9 months. They interact a little bit more each day under supervision, they will eat near each other, and tolerate each other for a few minutes but it ends with our cat chasing new cat, who ends up hissing. The new cat is confident around the house, but doesn't like too much petting and doesn't seem too good playing with the toys -- seems a bit under confident. We had the other cat since he was a kitten, but new Kitty is a rescue so we don't know too much about his personality. I want them to at least tolerate each other, as the main aim was for our cat to have a friend to play with because he is SO playful and energetic and affectionate. When he hisses, my cat just walks away, and he has been very tolerant sharing all the litter trays, beds, toys and letting new kitty eat his food so I'm not sure why the craziness. Any advice how to stop the fighting?
Hannah Montana Hi Hannah, i have an almost identical situation. Both of my cats are 4-7months old. The newest is the oldest. Have you found a solution?? Im a new cat owner and could really use some advice
K C They are actually crying for eachother now so the other one can play.
how are they doing now? I have the same exact situation almost, except its switched, our cat is 10 months old, new cat is probably closer to two years, he was neutered and tagged in 2017 sometime, we don't know...he was abandoned and we adopted him, he came from outside, so he is a outdoor/indoor kitty. Our resident cat is just indoor...but we've slowly been trying to intro them, and we are not sure if they want to fight or play fight, they don't hiss or growl or anything at eachother, they groom infront of each other, and lay down or sit down etc...but they do chase and try to paw/bite, sniff etc, not sure if they wanna play or what. Both are males both are neutered. Its only been a week and a half, and they have only spent a few hours together in the same room. We tried to follow Jackson Galaxy's tips, but it's tough because of our schedules, we don't want them to beg for food etc.
When I introduced my new kitten to my dog it was supervised for a month or so and kitten stayed in guest room with me the majority of the time with a pet gate. If things got heated I just put the kitten in guest room for an hour to give them space.
My 2 females play exactly like this. They are 5 and 2. Sometimes hiss at each other and growl but it’s never too wild. I think they are a love/hate relationship. Had them both from babies but my older cat didn’t like her at first, wouldn’t even be in the same room. Have grown to love each other and have never hurt one another while playing. They seem to get on more with time but it’s been a long process! Makes me happy seeing this video though so I know they are definitely playing and not fighting ❤
My boys play like this all the time. Only cat people will understand.
Do you have 2 male cats who stay together???
"How do you tell if cats are fighting? If it looks like fighting."
- credits
I'm more upset that people out there could actually mistake this for fighting.
Cats are weird little creatures. It can be hard for people to understand and the weird little things they do sometimes, especially if they're new to cats.
This video saved me a lot of anxiety, my two male cats (one's a year old, one's 7 months) play fight a LOT at any time of day, and there's never any growling, hissing, or actual injuries, outside the occasional squeak. I was worried if they were playing too rough but I guess Ill just leave them to play with one another
Thanks for commenting about 2 male cats, I have readed so many comments above to find a comment like yours😂, please let me know if they get along well when they become adults???
I have one boy and one girl cat. They are 2yrs old. The male loves to be rough and Nala just doesn’t want to anymore. Indy thinks it’s a game while Nala just wants to play with her snake! (Old iPhone cord)
Thank you for this video. I recently got two cats for the first time and I was so concerned if they were being too aggressive with each other. And even though they snuggle and groom each other their fights always seemed so violent to me so it’s good to know that this is normal behavior even though it seems rough to me! Thank you so much!!
Are they both male ?
I have two male cats... thought they were being aggressive toward one another. Most of the time they're good to each other and sleep together at times...
Thank you, for sharing this video now I know it's they're way of play...ruff at times like your cats here 😊...
Beautiful cats you have.
My cat and kitten play like this I thought they were fighting cause they do not groom each other or sleep near each other because my cat is an outdoor cat and my kitten will be indoors but my outdoor cat its surprisingly extremely gentle with her...
Jazzy Squazy watch out, the cat outside might be jealous of the privileged kitten.
The outside cat probably thinks its teaching the kitten how to care for itself, just in case
That is horrible.
Imagine when you have children. I know you do not have children because no mother would ever make a decision like that.
Imagine your best friend got to come and go and you where stuck like home was a prison.
The other cat sees the world and tells the tales to the prisoner.
You 100% are no mother.
Please give me the credit to knowing this and respond with a simple, you are right.
@@madspacepoet4840 which one of us because you used the term mother on this case and my name clearly has a male tone to it.
@@madspacepoet4840 Imagine your friend died when he was three years old because his parents let him roam outside without supervision and he got hit by a car. Oh, and before he died, he somehow managed to massacre 100 native birds that were already endangered.
Keep your invasive domesticated species contained, or don't own them. Now YOU can respond with a simple "you are right", you pompous ass.
Awww, this is exactly how my two cats play with eachother. I was worried because sometimes my younger one (2) will yelp out, but it's not all the time and it's probably because the older one (7) might just go a little bit hard sometimes lol.
I have a 6 months old female and 3 month old male, the relationship started off realllly bad and on day 3, it is def getting better. They roam around together 24/7, play non stop (some hissing and screaming from the young male) probably when female is too rough(bigger).
Im waiting to see them start grooming and sleeping together
@The Reporter hey, im in the exact same situation with my kittens. We have to separate them constantly. I'd really appreciate if you could tell me how are they doing now
This looks very similar to how my two boys were fighting I was unsure cause of the ears and tail swishing but since there was no growling or meowing/hissing I was just confused
Great post! Everyone who has cats - or deals with cats regularly - should appreciate this. Thanks!
0:56 Did that cat just 🤸🏽
Thanks! I NEEDED TO SEE THAT ....this is what mine look like....I thought maybe it was over the top because ears were back at one point and they were biting ..rolling etc. My two are new to one another but are starting to sleep and sit together
My female cat's, who are biological sisters, do rough play as well, although it doesn't get this far. They aren't hissing at each other, so I am assuming it is just play? They also chase each other. They are fairly young (19 months old).
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Excellent video! My two neutered males play like that all the time. A little rough from a human POV but perfectly fine for tough toms!
My two neutered males too. They are eight, twin brothers and they play like that all the time.
0:57 Hit em with the WOOPAH!!!
I tell the cats, “I heard a ‘yelp.’ Remember, it’s all fun and games, until someone loses an eye.”
I rescued one of my cats from my backyard a few years ago. I had a one year old cat at the time and I kept them separate while she recovered from her trauma. A while later I introduced them and she was very intimidated because he had grown up playing with other cats and is very sociable with other cats. But after a week they were playing and wrestling together. They love each other and understand eachother's limits.
My cat and kitten play fight. Come back for more no hissing but SOMETIMES my kitten growls when they are in the action? Is that okay? She does keep coming back for more though.
kittens are pretty vocal in general so i wouldnt worry that much. also some of them stay that way if its part of their personality. one of my male cats is 2yo and is still vocal about everything. when he plays with my other cat he makes LOTS of noises but hes having fun, just very excited lol
The laying on their back and stretching out their front legs is an "invite to play" signal.
Lol the 360 windmill kick 😂😂😂
The little "ts ts ts" pedal kicks by the hind legs always gets me , lol
ey, that Black Cat's compasso is pretty good! He must be a master of Gatoiera!
Thank you... I owned three cats at one tome once... this was normal by at the end of the day they groomed each other and fell asleep with one another. Great post:)
Also having multiple cats who get crazy kitty at 2am.... you lose a lot of sleep. They really do sleep all day and by the tome you’re in a deep sleep... it’s “SHOWTIME”!!
Tofu, (female), & Toby are 2 of 4 siblings. They are now 5 1/2years old and still do this.
Having a pair of 6 month old kittens basically means my house is Cat WWE.
Worse: at 2am
You forgot to add - "no clumps of hair flying about"!
That look they give each other at the end is *_totally_*_ “uhm, we gotta stop, the authorities are filming us...”_
This is perfect. I'm new to cats, worked with them for years, just never had one of my own. Brought home a kitten, 3.5 month old, that I found in my jobs dumpster. (Likely from a feral cat's litter, not a case of abandonment by humans) This is how him and my 1.5 y.o 25lb poodle pup play. Happy to hear he'll likely play with her like this for quite some time. She loves him to death, and he's more comfortable around her than any human so far. 1 month with us, he's just now starting to purr when I pet him, and has cut back on running away from my family when we approach. He shares a water bowl with my poodle and they eat and drink together, although he has his own food and water, eats her food sometimes. (We place his food up high because she will entirely eat his) He doesn't try to hunt my bunny, but also isn't scared of him. Bunny is fine with him being around. My family swore up and down that they didnt like cats, until I brought him home, now they buy him toys and treats, and take him to vet appointments and make sure he has food and water when im working. Next step is get him neutered.
Another thing worth pointing out are the regular pauses during play fighting. The cats are checking that the other wants to keep playing, or that neither is harmed.
Yes, it’s total play. If you aren’t sure it’s play or fighting…it’s play. When they fight, you will never wonder if it’s play.
My 6 month old was introduced to my resident 6 year old less than a month ago and they sleep, clean and play exactly like this. Would be nice if the pair of them didn't play on the landing late at night/early morning. But I guess boys will be boys for a while longer.
1:00 *glances at my approximately 10 y.o. female cat, who still likes to play rough*
we have a 3,5 yo neutered male and adopted around a 4 year old neutered male (feral/stray) a month ago.
Our resident was separated too early (he was found in a forest alone w his sister and immediately give to different families), we got him 1,5 years ago.
They do this, but the younger cat is bigger and plays rough so the new cat will yelp sometimes.
The take small breaks where they groom each other but then they continue.
Sometimes the new cat is panting after running around so much!
They do bicker about a certain shelf that our old cat sleeps/hangsout on almost 24/7 and they get into slapping matches up there. :(
Hoping they'll figure it out, since they've started taking turns sleeping there.
They were separated for a bit over a month and when we let them be in the same room the whole day they just played 2,5 hours straight! we tought they were fighting but they also chill out together so I guess they just play rough 😅
I love the way their collars jingle while they body slam each other.
My baby girl would roughhouse with my boy well into her older age. She was playing and chasing him at 11 years old. They'd do zoomies together every night after dinner and most every morning before breakfast. They were quite bonded and loved having their quality quiet time together after lunch. They were so cute together. My poor boy hasn't been the same since she passed last year 😢
I have a tuxedo and an all black cat.Sometimes i thought they were fighting,when they are playing.They take turns pissing the other off.They LOVE each other.Dad is the referee..We rescued each other!!❤❤❤
Cat owners always think they know everything about cats😂
Thank you for this super informative video! I have two adult cats, a male and a female who is new to the house. They had a couple of rough scuffles in the beginning and lately I’ve been trying to figure out if they’re still harboring some resentment or if they’re just playing around. I always worried about my female because she never seemed to want to play with our other cats. I’d never heard the part about females being less playful than males. I’m glad to know that they’re just being normals cats and I’m just an overreacting cat mom!
My cats sort of play like this but sometimes my kitten wines and the bigger cat does seem a little aggressive but I can't really tell if it's fighting or not
Thank you for this, certain popular self-appointed untrained so-called behaviourists actually don't understand cats as well as they think they do and push all over the airwaves. Also I have so much trouble making people understand that belly up is not submissive and cats are not dogs!
This video helped me so much. I have a 5 month old kitten who I’ve had since he was 13 weeks and I’ve recently got a new kitten who is 9 weeks. They always seem to be fighting and I was concerned they weren’t going to get along but after watching this i know it’s 100% just playing
Play fighting; had a housemate's cat do that when she was on the top floor landing and I was ascending the stairs. No biting, no hissing, no raised hair, and no claws.
I recently introduced a kitty to my older cat. At first, she hated the baby cat. She would growl and hiss. I realized she was actually terrified by the new presence. The kitten was scared of humans, and darted towards my old cat for protection, only to be received with aggression. It was not an easy adjusting period.
After a few months, they slowly became friends. We did all the proper introductory process and they are litter partners now, and sleep together. My old cat would groom her new baby. That is until the kitty starts moving. Then my cat would start growling and hissing, and pawing. Then she would start grooming again until the kitty starts moving or playing, or even grooming her back.
They play a lot, but the older cat would also growl and hiss, and then they would start chasing each other, taking turns and all. They never bite each other, but the older cat is ALWAYS growling and hissing. She also appears annoyed at times, but after a couple minutes, she goes back for more. The baby cat is always ready to play.
I do not know what to do because they seem to be only playing, but most people say that growling and hissing is NOT playing.
Don´t know what to believe anymore. I separate them, and they cry because they want to see where the other cat is.
I’m in the SAME situation! I don’t know what to do.
Well. It hasnt stopped. Sometimes the oldest gets mad, but then after she darts towards the little one and starts playing....
Growls and hisses are warnings, and some cats are quite territorial or antisocial. If they aren't screaming, there's no fur flying, and they go back for more then it's probably fine. Just be careful about the younger cat because they'll be used to ignoring the warnings of the older cat by now.
It's probably worth making sure both cats have somewhere enclosed they can retreat to, kittens can be tiring on older cats too.
Thanks.
Yes, that´s exactly what I can observe. The young cat wants to play all the time and does not leave the other alone. She does not seem to understand the meaning of the hissing anymore. However, they don´t hurt each other. No screams and no flying fur.
I´m trying to create high spaces for the older cat to retreat to, but the young lady still reaches. The worst part is the old cat does not like me to lock the other up. If I separate them, she starts meowing asking me to open the door. However, as soon as the other storms in, she runs away, and growls and hisses. But she wants to make sure the younger cat is ok. SMH
Update: They´re chasing each other right now.
If you make sure there's places to hide, that's usually enough. A couple of cardboard boxes with a single hole cut out will give them a little privacy and an easy entrance to defend. The young cat should be easy enough to distract to allow the older cat to get a bit of rest away from them.
0:56 that’s an awesome flip!
I lived in a house with two cats that would wrestle constantly, but no claws or teeth were used! It was hilarious to watch them!😂
We brought home two new rescued kittens at around four weeks old. Our other cat (around a year old) is pinning down both the female and male and biting them on the front of thier neck. They always run away and hide after this where our older cat can't get them. Our older cat is neutered but the kittens aren't neutered or spayed. Is our older cat trying to murder the kittens? Also before any questions the mother isn't there to keep them safe. They are abandoned kittens found under a tree if anyone wants to know so please don't say we shouldn't have taken them in at four weeks. They would have died. Thanks for reading this and any advice is greatly needed and appreciated. We don't think this is play.
Half of the video is dialogue that my cat can only partially read.
This makes a bit more sense. I have two cats who are siblings (brother and sister). As far as I know the only time that I know to intervene is when the sister is constantly getting pinned and when she starts meowing/howling/hissing (she mainly squeaks quietly when she's her friendly normal self). Sometimes I don't know if the brother is just playing too rough or they're actually fighting.
Haley Raiford If the fighting is serious, you would hear a significant change in vocalizations in both cats. The cats would be screaming at one another and then you should immediately separate them before one hurts the other.
My bonded pair, boy - Jupiter, and girl - Venus, rough play fight like this. I think Venus sometimes get frustrated with Jupe and she makes squeak mews, just before she attacks him. They are both 2 years old now, and still chase and rough play like this, most days.
I have a 3 year old male and a 20 year old rusty crabby female. Their engagements kinda look like this... But much worse. And the female hisses. This is definitely not fighting. Good video.
that judo kick at 0:57 though!
The headlock w/the viscious TOE TAPS!!
🫡 great trainin'
This is really informative for people who don't know much about feline behavior. Great video!
One of my cats is an older male; another is a younger female who is still about 7 years old. He ALWAYS wants to play like this, but she is just not interested.
Thank you so much for this clarification. We just recently adopted a new baby girl into our home with our resident two year old (the baby is 1 for clarification). Now that they are free roaming in the house together we saw this a lot and were worried that they were fighting or getting a little too rough.
You know what they said, Boys never grow up, they are just getting older and bigger, be it humans or cats
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Well, someone has to be ready to have the girls in the iron paw, or their kin won't be able to reproduce effectively.
and thats why men dominate. women submit.... as always
@@prac2 Only among mammals. Female spiders are larger then males, and I'm sure you've heard that a female praying mantis will devour up a male after mating. 🧐
@@fhamdani99 Not even in all mammals, in hyenas, the female is larger and dominant.
my cats do the same, except ones a few month old kitten and the other is almost 2 years, but they play a LOT rougher than this. there's no hissing or whining or anything, and no one ever gets hurt, that's the only reason i know it's playing.
dam, cat got some skills at 0:56
I have 2 stray kittens from different litters, and I was so worried but now I can say : they are playing !
my cats chase each other with this purring like noise but it’s like on the outside. When they play usually their ears are up so i think they are playing and they never use their claws.
Reminds me of my Bengal and our new kitten, except our Bengal who is full grown is really deliberately gentle (2lbs v 16lbs size difference)
My cats always do this and I always thought they were fighting thank you for this video this is exactly how they play
0:56 that kick was awesome!
thank you for this, this was _EXTREMELY_ helpful. i think my two cats must be playing then. they're both males, one is a year and a few months old the other is a kitten. we got the kitten recently cause our previous cat, who was older than the one year old, was sadly killed by a dog two months ago. it was incredibly heart breaking and sent the family in a downward spiral. i took it rather hard and got drunk the day she passed. but anyway, sorry shouldnt go on about that, anyhow, both the older cat and new cat were introduced to each other yesterday and we've been letting the younger one come out only a couple hours at a time giving the older one a break. ive just witnessed the older grooming the younger just now, but then went back to bitting and kicking at each other, but heard no growls and no hisses, and most the time their ears were up. the little one did make some meows every now and then, it that the older just being a little rough when playing? i s'pose so, im not sure. the deceased cat never got along with the one year old. she wouldnt hurt him but she would growl and hiss. and i think we only _really_ got the kitten because he looks strikingly like her. same colour same fur pattern, only real difference is her has longer socks on three of his legs. she had short socks on all of her legs
Thank you for posting! I got a new kitten about 4 months ago and lately her and my 6 year old male cat have been acting this way and i did not know if it was playing or fighting.
Are they both male?
I've got two rambunctious twin brothers, and they spar all the time. Especially when I'm trying to sleep 😂
*rare footage of rusty and smudge playing together*