What affects us affects cats
According to Dr Desmond Morris domestic cats exhibit 4 fundamental play patterns. Although they are modified by a cat’s individual characteristics. The picture below is of an F2 Savannah cat playing in an off-the-peg cat toy: a tunnel. I suppose the tunnel is a part of the mouse-pounce pattern of play; hiding and pouncing. …
There are two possible reasons why domestic cats push things off shelves, tables or over edges of any kind. Play Domestic cats “animate” an inanimate object by pushing it over the edge of a table or shelf. The object falls to the floor and when it hits the floor it bounces around and then …
I think the answer to this question can be found in the relationship between the cats. If the relationship is good and they are friendly with each other, they may play/fight especially if they are young. This will be ‘play’ because for a cat playing is fighting. If this play-fight gets out of hand …
Is this cat really getting some enjoyment out of tripping up an infant in the kitchen by sticking out his paw to catch the right leg of the child as she passes? To the untrained eye it looks like that. To some it is feline behavior which gives the domestic cat a bad name. …
By Linda Intro by Michael: this is a comment from a lady who wants advice on how to stop her kitten’s behavior: I have a female black kitten. She is a 10 month (?) old bobtail kitten. I’m new to cats/kittens. I already have a Corgi male dog who’s 7 years old. I thought …
There are times and circumstances under which we should accept being bitten by our cat. We can even enjoy it to a certain extent (and I don’t mean masochistically!). Our cat certainly expects us to enjoy it. This is because when our young cat wishes to play with us he may bite us. This …
View post on imgur.com This is rather mysterious cat behavior. The kittens have been dumped onto a hard surface; I suspect for the purpose of making the video. They are probably looking for their mother and a warm surface. The kittens are not roughhousing in my opinion. The father seems to think that they …
It easy to provoke aggressive play in a cat and people should be aware of this and be aware of what they are getting into. I’m not saying that all cats will respond in the same way to a tease which initiates play but, in general, domestic cats will respond similarly because it is hardwired …
