Do your kitties play fight?

[arcadian]

My kitties get into staring contests which end in one of them throwing the other to the ground. It's funny watching them sit still with their tails twitching furiously back and forth and theM WHAM! one of them hits the floor with the other one on top. Their pretty brutal to each other. Of course it's the younger kitty which almost always loses out. Oh man, they also do this thing where they play charge each other, haunching their backs and running sideways. That is the funniest.

[TZ]

1. Yeah my girls do that alot

Rolling around biting and scratching each other. Usually ends when someone bites too hard and then off they go into chase mode! Oh and recently the wrestling matches take place on ME in the middle of the night...

[arcadian]

4. Do they do the haunching their backs thing?

It's so funny, like thye are trying to be all big and bad. :rofl:

[TZ]

8. No but they do the poofy tail thing when they get overexcited

After a bout of wrestling they will sit there and stare while big old poofy tails lash about...

[taterguy]

2. Locking, no sex threads

[arcadian]

6. The cock crowed three times.

It's in the Bible, man. :P

[arcadian]

3. Wrong frickin' place.

x(

[Beer Snob-50]

5. it is a hoot to watch our two cats go at it

they are the same age so it is a pretty even contest. do yours ever play fight with you also?

our male cat will do that to me. thankfully he hasn't sinked his teeth into my hand yet.

[arcadian]

7. Yeah, they do this thing where they bite and then lick my hand alternatively.

When they get all rowled up, I'll sometimes hoover my foot over them and they attack me. Grab my foot with their claws and do the little kicks with their back feet.

[3.14158675309]

9. Fighting funnily is in their job description

And yes, mine do, every day. :hi:

[SoxFan]

10. Cat Rasslin'!

Oh, yeah. Pippy usually initiates it (Brianna's kind of prissy), and usually she does so at around 1:30 AM. Brianna is about 3x the size of Pip, but Pip is all cattitude. Brianna manages to defend herself by extending her absurdly long legs to the point where Pip can't land a good punch.

[WolverineDG]

11. 2 or 3 playful kittens/cats = no need for cable tv nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Of course! And then someone gets hurt and it turns into the real thing and I

have to get the broom. Just like with my other kids!

[CreekDog]

28. my cat HATES the broom

i mean really, really hates it.

he hisses and growls at it. not at me, but the broom itself. :rofl:

[GreenPartyVoter]

29. Teh bristles, tehy are teh evul!

[CreekDog]

32. he hisses at his toys too

:rofl:

[Heidi]

13. The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger says, "Yes."

The scars on my hands and arms say, "Nope -- there was no playing involved."

[charlie and algernon]

18. heh, same here

Esther doesn't have a cat to beat up, so she chooses my hands. I don't a day has gone by since I've had her that my hands haven't had some scratches on them. x(

[Heidi]

20. We even have a name for it: fighter biter.

This is something we probably should not have accomodated when Ginger was a kitten, but the precedent has been established and, really, beyond a few scratches (mostly from me pulling away from his claws) there's been no _real_ bloodletting. He enjoys it so much, every two or three weeks, that it's difficult for CMW and me to deny Ginger this profound pleasure. :7

[charlie and algernon]

21. haha, that's a great name for it

Esther will roll over on her belly and will wait for me to start petting, then she grabs hold of my hand with both front paws and starting kicking at my palm. I've found a great way to get her to stop is to start scratching under her chin, she can't resist her one weakness. ;)

[Heidi]

22. Here's a little hint for when Esther plays fighter-biter.

If you pull your hand away, you're gonna bleed. If you can manage to just relax your hand when she grabs it with her claws, you'll be okay. Many of us cat lovers don't realize that 90 percent of our injuries, scars and serious scratches come from pulling back -- thus drawing the scratch down the length of our hands, arms, etc. Scratches usually aren't too serious in a "fighter biter" situation and you can always wash with antiseptic soap and medicate a few minutes later.

Bites are another thing. They can go very deep, so I take cat bites very seriously and if there's the slightest sign of swelling or infection, I visit a doctor right away. Fortunately, I've had to do this only once in my life, and it was a bite from a feral cat long ago.

[charlie and algernon]

23. she's never drawn blood from biting

Very rarely are her bites more than play bites and even her "I'm pissed" bites never break the skin. When she's play fighting I just take it until that urge passes or I start scratching under her chin and that breaks it up. But you're right in that the nasty scratches are usually the result of her swiping at me and me quickly pulling back.

[Heidi]

24. You're a smart, smart man.

The only thing that breaks Ginger's fighter-biter fugue is if I boil Alaska sea perch or chicken breast. Unfortunately, I have only TWO arms, and neither is long enough to multi-task in the kitchen while indulging his blood lust. :rofl:

Esther is a lucky, lucky, lucky kitty to have a sweet Papi like you. :hug:

Behold: the king.

[charlie and algernon]

27. what a handsome boy!

When I get home I'll post a pic of the Queen of my abode.

[Lost in CT]

14. Yup and sometimes more... they also like the pounce and run. nt

[distantearlywarning]

15. We call that "Kitty WWF"

We don't allow them to be aggressive towards us, so they take it all out on eachother. Two young male cats have a lot of energy and feistiness. They slam one another into the floor so hard it makes me wince sometimes. But somehow they always still end up friends at the end. In fact, most WWF sessions around here either start or end with sweet grooming and purring.

[petronius]

16. I'm not sure it's play - one of them seems to just be a bully

Never a real fight, however (perhaps because the other cat is a girl)...

[sammythecat]

17. Kittens are just the greatest.

Guaranteed Laughs. Everyday. :)

Pretty much guaranteed trouble everyday too. :mad:

[Bake]

19. Ummm, they aren't playing!

At least mine weren't. Oh sure, it started off innocently enough. But then one would get pissed and it was ON.

Bake

[applegrove]

25. I love it when cats run sideways. My two used to play more often but

it was usually the kitten starting the whole thing. She is now almost 4 years old so she doesn't initiate battle much anymore. The old guy is too lazy to start a playfight. Though they will chase each other down the hall.

[fizzgig]

26. mine do occasionally

the little one with no front claws usually starts it, but the fat cat usually ends it :rofl:

my girl at my dad's house is such a turd like that, though. we bred her once and kept two of the kittens and she'll start out all sweet by grooming them before starting shit. it's a hoot to watch them.

[Ikonoklast]

30. Note the look from my two newest additions below.

That is the signal that all hell is about to be let loose.

[Renew Deal]

31. Sometimes the fur literally flies

:hide:

I break it up when it gets too crazy. Usually they lay on eachother until one runs away.

[mzteris]

33. my cat and dog do this. . .

it's hilarious.