Priscilla Ballou
August 1st 03, 01:42 AM
In article >, "troodle" >
wrote:
> Hey fellow catties!
>
> I have two cats, brothers, Burmese (and, need I say, the light of my life).
> They have a strange habit which I'm intrigued by, and wondered if anyone
> else's cats do the same, and if you know why. They bite each other on the
> throat, as much as they can get into their mouth, then stay like that for
> about 30 seconds (occasionally they will fall asleep with their mouth full
> of throat!).Sometimes this leads to a play fight, other times its just part
> of mutual grooming. Its not an aggressive thing, nor part of grooming, and
> they do it equally, neither one is dominant. Its weird, I'd have thought if
> it was either mating or mother/kitten related behaviour it would be the back
> of the neck, not the throat. Any thoughts on it?
Do they shy away from sunlight? ;-)
Priscilla
--
Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum,
minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
(thanks be to topfive.com)
wrote:
> Hey fellow catties!
>
> I have two cats, brothers, Burmese (and, need I say, the light of my life).
> They have a strange habit which I'm intrigued by, and wondered if anyone
> else's cats do the same, and if you know why. They bite each other on the
> throat, as much as they can get into their mouth, then stay like that for
> about 30 seconds (occasionally they will fall asleep with their mouth full
> of throat!).Sometimes this leads to a play fight, other times its just part
> of mutual grooming. Its not an aggressive thing, nor part of grooming, and
> they do it equally, neither one is dominant. Its weird, I'd have thought if
> it was either mating or mother/kitten related behaviour it would be the back
> of the neck, not the throat. Any thoughts on it?
Do they shy away from sunlight? ;-)
Priscilla
--
Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum,
minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
(thanks be to topfive.com)