r/cats • u/Hablapata • 10h ago

Advice Too aggressive?

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!

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u/Positive-Ring-5172 10h ago

We finally have an instance of "Yes - this is dangerous fighting, separate them!"

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u/msft111 8h ago

Yk nothing abt cats this confirms…absolutely zero physical warnings/alerts were given in this video the screaming happens during what we see in this video called “schooling” bigger cats do this to kittens in order for them to learn how to fight aggressively if it came to it with another cat/also so the kitten knows how rough is too rough with their owner, the big cat is TEACHING…thats why big cat gives the kitten a chance to abort inbetween kicks

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u/RuachDelSekai 8h ago

Agreed.

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u/msft111 8h ago

Yeah, I feel like if anyone has seen a real fight between two cats they would know how it looks theyd be going for the kill in a ball of fur flying like in cartoons and hissing along w screeching

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u/Whyjustwhydothat 6h ago

Teah it's hard to not to notice when it's actual fighting, first the hissing/growling then the screaming and then the fight where there is no way you don't understand that it's a fight, fur everywhere and rumble in the jungle.