Cat wants fed - NOW!

[packman]

[RKP5637]

1. LOL, that sure feels familiar! n/t

[brewens]

2. Long sleeves are good for cat wrasslin'! Some say to not do that, but I have always

fought with my cats. I never had one that was mean.

[gordianot]

3. I used to wrestle with cats but my latest two No.

8 months old and I have never heard them hiss or cry in anger. At the first sign of really rough play I walk away, they can attack all cat toys or balls on a string to their hearts content.

[brewens]

6. I heard that your way, they don't associate you as any kind of prey or enemy. So when they

get into riled up mode, they take it out on the toys. I never had one that wasn't friendly. I can see why some people wouldn't want to get that started. I never thought it did much harm.

It was my computer chair that was contested at first with my present cat. I'd get up and she would take it over and damn well mean to hold it! Then it was on! The battles were epic!

After a couple years I got her a nice six foot tall cat tree and the house at the top became her stronghold. It's a carpeted cylinder with a hole in one side. She gets perched on the very top and when I come by, gets all hunkered down with her tail flipping around! Daring me to start something! In the cylinder it's sweet kitty, on top is her battle station.

[TomSlick]

4. Na bean don chat gun lamhainn

Note the "soft paws," no claws out. My bet is that kitty was not setting the teeth either. My Don Chat knows that I will play fight as long as he uses soft paws.

If the claws are out, I don't touch. "Na bean don chat gun lamhainn." Touch not the ungloved cat.

[JayhawkSD]

9. Yes. That has always been the deal with my cats.

My present cat, Molly, has got a wicked left. She has hit me several times so hard that it creates an audible "whap." Fast little bugger, but no claws. She eventually starts getting a little too excited and the claws come out, so we stop. I do not to the slightest bit admonish her at that point, because she has done nothing wrong. We just quietly stop the play session. "Okay sweetheart, time to do something else."

[TomSlick]

11. Don Chat knows what is meant by "soft paws."

If the claws come out, I just say "soft paws" and they disappear.

[JayhawkSD]

12. I've had cats I could do that with.

But Molly's don't come out until she's excited, and once she's amped up... She's a calico, by the way.

She's a licker. She says "I love you" by licking, which her mom lets her do. She doesn't do that with me but once in a while seems to forget who's holding her. A softly sharp "What?" puts an immediate stop to it.

I also have a rule about bathing when she's on my lap, which is where she spends a lot of time. She knows the rule very well, but once in a while decides to push the boundary. She starts grooming, and I start tapping her on the butt with the tip of my finger. She stops and glares at me. Starts licking and again gets tapped on the butt. More glaring. The contest is occasionally fairly prolonged, and the outcome varies. Sometimes she gives up and quits bathing, other times she gets ejected from my lap. This contest of wills cracks my wife up. I don't know if my wife's laughter adds to the cat's annoyance or not.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Vampire cat: you're doing it wrong. nt

[infullview]

7. If you were three inches tall

it would be an entirely different story. Mwa ha ha ha

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. They are carnivores, after all.

[El Mimbreno]

10. OK, boss, no teeth.

Years ago I had a big orange & white cat, Harley, so named for his loud purr. Part Siamese: long legs, long tail, smart mouth.
Whenever his play got a little too "toothy", I'd grab his lower jaw and say "no teeth!" Thus gently restrained, he'd roll his eyes up at me with an "Oops" look.