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Rumbling cats
We've adopted two little beauties from the SPCA and they have fitted
into our home like a treat. Kiwi and Bella are both quite young, and after a tentative start, get on now like the proverbial house on fire. They play fight a lot, in fact for the majority of their waking/non-eating times! Lot's of games of chase and wrestling, but Kiwi is a bit full-on and can up the ante and Bella is also known to turn on the firepower when she want's to, usually in retaliation. The result is that occasionally their play get's a bit rough and overheated with lot's of growls and lashing out with paws and teeth. When it get's to this stage, should we jump in a seperate them? Or should we leave them to sort it out for themselves? After all, we are not home during the day, so they will be home alone to sort things out without us, Bella is usually on the receiving end, so is it better for her to learn how get out of a tricky situation on her own? That's all for now. Blair |
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That's what you keep a squirt bottle of water for. I let mine play but when
it gets too nasty it's time to put a stop to it. Celeste "Blairomatic" wrote in message oups.com... We've adopted two little beauties from the SPCA and they have fitted into our home like a treat. Kiwi and Bella are both quite young, and after a tentative start, get on now like the proverbial house on fire. They play fight a lot, in fact for the majority of their waking/non-eating times! Lot's of games of chase and wrestling, but Kiwi is a bit full-on and can up the ante and Bella is also known to turn on the firepower when she want's to, usually in retaliation. The result is that occasionally their play get's a bit rough and overheated with lot's of growls and lashing out with paws and teeth. When it get's to this stage, should we jump in a seperate them? Or should we leave them to sort it out for themselves? After all, we are not home during the day, so they will be home alone to sort things out without us, Bella is usually on the receiving end, so is it better for her to learn how get out of a tricky situation on her own? That's all for now. Blair |
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Blairomatic wrote: We've adopted two little beauties from the SPCA and they have fitted into our home like a treat. Kiwi and Bella are both quite young, and after a tentative start, get on now like the proverbial house on fire. I think that It is fantastic that you got a pair fo kitty's.It makes them settle better & It also allow's the to continue the socail language of cat socioligy too, that they began learning as part of their litter, with their litter mate's They play fight a lot, in fact for the majority of their waking/non-eating times! Lot's of games of chase and wrestling, but Kiwi is a bit full-on and can up the ante and Bella is also known to turn on the firepower when she want's to, usually in retaliation. The result is that occasionally their play get's a bit rough and overheated with lot's of growls and lashing out with paws and teeth. Please don't forget to ensure that you desex(nueter/spay) both of them well before they get to six month old. The reason I mention this next to this passge, is because as part of that socioligy lesson I mentioned- they learn all of their socioligy , including how to defend yourself when a male whole cat trys to mate them. By desexing them before they ever reach sexual maturity, they will never experince the desire to to mate another cat, & generally, they become a lot cleaner, larger & human friendly. If they are litter mates, it will also ensure that they don't inter-breed too. .. When it get's to this stage, should we jump in a seperate them? Or should we leave them to sort it out for themselves? After all, we are not home during the day, so they will be home alone to sort things out without us, Bella is usually on the receiving end, so is it better for her to learn how get out of a tricky situation on her own? Spot makes a brilliant suggestion, & It has the added bonus of working every time with no harm in flicted in any way either.It will get to the stage where you will only have to bring the spray bottle out, & the very sight of It will be enough to make the pair of the running in any direction, except each others. Good Luck & happy cat home-sharing.It will be good to hear later instalments at a later date. S) |
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on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:00:12 GMT, "Spot" wrote:
That's what you keep a squirt bottle of water for. I let mine play but when it gets too nasty it's time to put a stop to it. I have never intervened when my cats have gotten out of hand. They always stop, no blood has ever been drawn, and they get along famously (groom each other, eat out of the same dish, nap together, etc.). My previous pair of boys used to appear to beat the living crap out of each other, but the one who always seemed to be on the losing end was always the instigator, so I figured he enjoyed the rough play. OTOH, if blood was drawn or one cat was clearly afraid of the other, I would intervene. -- Lynne http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it/ "First get your facts; then you may distort them at your leisure." -- Mark Twain |
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