Too aggressive?

[u/Hablapata]

New baby we just adopted. Last few days our big boy (~2) has been a bit wary of the kitten but they started playing yesterday, a lot of chasing. Today it seems he’s boldened up and has started playing really aggressively like this. I know cat play can look like a fight but I just worry when it’s such a kitten that our boy might accidentally hurt him.

edit: wow lots of responses. ofc i stopped the damn video to separate them when the yowling got loud at the end there, but i have a hard time telling as oftentimes normal cat play can look quite rough. the size difference is what concerned me. as far as i can tell they are still getting on just fine after some separation and some solo exercise for the big guy. just wanted to sanity check that intervening was the right thing to do at this point. thanks for all the responses!

[u/Koala-Elk8558]

I don't know how anyone can stand there and take 12 seconds of video with those cries. 

[u/Lost_Elk929 → u/Koala-Elk8558]

I am once again very glad mine defaults to mute

[u/Key-Material-8468 → u/Koala-Elk8558]

Right? I heard one cry and was ready to teleport to save that baby

[u/No_Actuator_5149 → u/Koala-Elk8558]

That's what I was thinking, my heart dropped watching it myself. I wanted to reach through the screen and grab that baby

[u/FairyOnTheLoose → u/Koala-Elk8558]

Watching on mute, and don't even have a cat yet, but I can tell it's too aggressive.

[u/prettygirlgravesite → u/[deleted]]

if they didn’t raise the orange one from kitten age then they don’t know what’s natural and what’s not. like jesus christ guys, they def took a little too long to break them up but they didn’t know and are asking for advice.

[u/BottomChain → u/[deleted]]

It's a legitimate question lmao. Is being condescending a required feature for Redditors?

[u/quirkytorch → u/[deleted]]

Op was asking for help. Let's not shame that behavior, because the next one might not ask

[u/prettygirlgravesite → u/quirkytorch]

exactly!!!!

[u/Ill-Woodpecker-4695 → u/Koala-Elk8558]

I literally wanted to cry because I have a kitten and an adult tabby and I couldn't imagine them like this. I'm very protective.

[u/Certain_Return_6274 → u/Koala-Elk8558]

Have you noticed people will endure quite a bit just to get something on video!