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- From: cczcole@mips.nott.ac.uk (Marlon Cole)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: Am I a bad cat owner??
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.173243.6560@cs.nott.ac.uk>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 17:32:43 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.194819.19126@schbbs.mot.com> <1992Nov18.165206.3799@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Nov19.194750.1544@dunix.drake.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov19.194750.1544@dunix.drake.edu>, ac94691@dunix.drake.edu (The Dark Kitty) writes:
- |> Anyway, ever since Snoopy was a kitty he and I have rough housed like
- |> you wouldn't believe. He jumps on the bed, I grab him and start
- |> spinning him all over the place, he gnaws on me the whole time. His
- |> little feet are utterly ineffective, so he gnaws. Never does any
- |> damage, just makes little red marks all over my arm.
- |>
- |> In essence, snoopy and I play very aggressively with each other (though
- |> I'm careful not to be too rough with him), so I guess I'm not a wimp
- |> to him. If I leave the room he'll come follow and try to play more
- |> or jump on my lap when I sit down. Basically, I just be another cat
- |> and direct his biting play into areas that I don't mind.
- |>
- I've been doing the same with our Whisper, but he hasn't been declawed, so he's more than able to
- fight back!
- Problem is our other cat, dainty little girl cat Daisy, though she's as aggressive as Whisper (in
- that she'll chase him round the house, grab him by the throat while kicking him in the head(!)), she
- isn't as violent if you like, by which I mean she knows she's playing and doesn't bite hard or dig
- claws in, while with Whisper he goes in for the kill! While I can take it from him (usually by putting
- an oven glove on, so I look like one of guys who train guard dogs!), poor Daisy really suffers if
- Whisper goes after her.
- I guess I've brought this behaviour of Whisper on myself, and now don't know how to stop him being
- so rough with Daisy.
- Anyone got any ideas?
-
- Thanks,
- Marlon
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