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I have three cats. Loki and Pen Pen are a little over 1 year old. They are from the same litter and I've had them since Last November.
I recently Adopted Ash, 6 months old.
Loki and Pen Pen were bonded and that's why I adopted them both together. Pen Pen is the smallest from the litter (8 lbs), but she's pretty tough, brave, and smart. Loki is 11 lbs and he's the cautious one.
Since the adoption, they always played and hung out together well. They play fight quite a bit at the beginning which got me worried, but it was always harmless. Sometimes Loki wants to wrestle but Pen Pen does't feel like it, she would hiss or growl to let him know. Sometimes he pounces her a bit hard and she would meow loudly, but I always took it a signal to let Loki know she's not in the mood to play. That's partially the reason I adopted another young male cat, so Loki has a play mate that has the same energy level. They get along very well and they wrestle every day.
However the dynamic changed last week. One day Loki pounced Pen Pen hard and she screamed. I noticed he torn off a small piece of her coat. I stopped it immediately.
Saturday it got worse. We weren't home for the afternoon. After coming back, I found Pen Pen was hiding under the bed and looking scared, which never happened. When she came out, I noticed a small piece of coat from her chest were torn loose. When Loki approached, she looked scared and went under the bed again. She eventually relaxed a few hours later.
Things got better the next day. And Pen Pen can walk around Loki just fine. But he tried again to pounce her. She started to resist and I stopped it immediately.
I have no idea what happened, and if it was just rough play. And I'm concerned about if no one is home to supervise them.
I blame myself too. Lately my work got busy so I was spending less time to play with them. Ash also hijack the games quite a lot so Loki and Pen Pen got reduced play time. I always thought they are active and play together well. But I wonder if reduced play time has caused this situation.
My other theory is redirect aggression. Our neighbor lets her cat Michael roaming freely and he came to our yard all the time. But none of my cats ever hissed at him even they can see him from the window.
I want to see if anyone has any clues on what might have happened, and what I can do to prevent this from happening again?
I recently Adopted Ash, 6 months old.
Loki and Pen Pen were bonded and that's why I adopted them both together. Pen Pen is the smallest from the litter (8 lbs), but she's pretty tough, brave, and smart. Loki is 11 lbs and he's the cautious one.
Since the adoption, they always played and hung out together well. They play fight quite a bit at the beginning which got me worried, but it was always harmless. Sometimes Loki wants to wrestle but Pen Pen does't feel like it, she would hiss or growl to let him know. Sometimes he pounces her a bit hard and she would meow loudly, but I always took it a signal to let Loki know she's not in the mood to play. That's partially the reason I adopted another young male cat, so Loki has a play mate that has the same energy level. They get along very well and they wrestle every day.
However the dynamic changed last week. One day Loki pounced Pen Pen hard and she screamed. I noticed he torn off a small piece of her coat. I stopped it immediately.
Saturday it got worse. We weren't home for the afternoon. After coming back, I found Pen Pen was hiding under the bed and looking scared, which never happened. When she came out, I noticed a small piece of coat from her chest were torn loose. When Loki approached, she looked scared and went under the bed again. She eventually relaxed a few hours later.
Things got better the next day. And Pen Pen can walk around Loki just fine. But he tried again to pounce her. She started to resist and I stopped it immediately.
I have no idea what happened, and if it was just rough play. And I'm concerned about if no one is home to supervise them.
I blame myself too. Lately my work got busy so I was spending less time to play with them. Ash also hijack the games quite a lot so Loki and Pen Pen got reduced play time. I always thought they are active and play together well. But I wonder if reduced play time has caused this situation.
My other theory is redirect aggression. Our neighbor lets her cat Michael roaming freely and he came to our yard all the time. But none of my cats ever hissed at him even they can see him from the window.
I want to see if anyone has any clues on what might have happened, and what I can do to prevent this from happening again?