I have 2 kittens, Happy (7 months old) and Meeko (almost 5 months old).
I never has problems while playing with Happy before I brought Meeko home.
However, the very first day Meeko set foot in my apartment, I was surprised/amused to hear him growl all by himself while he had a crumpled paper receipt in his mouth. To be 100% honest, I thought it was super cute and he stopped right away when he saw me.
Since then, Happy started to growl aggressively when he plays with his favorite toys. I say "play", but it's more an intense munching festival, really; he comes running, snatches the toy and sprints as fast as possible to the other side of the apartment where he lays down and growl to his heart's content. I read on the forums here that cats naturally do this with a prey in their mouth.
Happy always does it with the toys like DaBird and now (first experience was 5min ago) it looks like Meeko growls with the fluffy mouse on the metal wire (same company as DaBird). Here is where the problem starts: since he steals it and runs away with them incredibly fast, I'm scared he might hurt himself if the wire gets caught somewhere while he runs or if himself gets all tangled up in the toy. I know it probably sounds like a dumb thing to do, but I try to take back the toy when this happens. Happy gets really cranky when I want the toy back and (after his little demonstration tonight) so does Meeko. It appears that I am literally unable to take back the toy, I can't distract them, if I pick them up, take out the treats bag, they never let go and they block their jaws. My boyfriend has to help me when it happens because I must admit I am a bit scared they might bite/scratch me. I do it because I am scared they might hurt themselves or just eat the toy, period.
When I have the toy back, they just act like usual, no hard feelings, even though I struggled a lot with them seconds before.
All the toys that makes them growl aggressively are "banned" safely in a drawer, and now i am sad to add the fluffy mouse on the wire on that list. They have lots and lots of toys but I would love to be able to play with them again, not just with the laser toy.
Has anyone experienced this before?
I never has problems while playing with Happy before I brought Meeko home.
However, the very first day Meeko set foot in my apartment, I was surprised/amused to hear him growl all by himself while he had a crumpled paper receipt in his mouth. To be 100% honest, I thought it was super cute and he stopped right away when he saw me.
Since then, Happy started to growl aggressively when he plays with his favorite toys. I say "play", but it's more an intense munching festival, really; he comes running, snatches the toy and sprints as fast as possible to the other side of the apartment where he lays down and growl to his heart's content. I read on the forums here that cats naturally do this with a prey in their mouth.
Happy always does it with the toys like DaBird and now (first experience was 5min ago) it looks like Meeko growls with the fluffy mouse on the metal wire (same company as DaBird). Here is where the problem starts: since he steals it and runs away with them incredibly fast, I'm scared he might hurt himself if the wire gets caught somewhere while he runs or if himself gets all tangled up in the toy. I know it probably sounds like a dumb thing to do, but I try to take back the toy when this happens. Happy gets really cranky when I want the toy back and (after his little demonstration tonight) so does Meeko. It appears that I am literally unable to take back the toy, I can't distract them, if I pick them up, take out the treats bag, they never let go and they block their jaws. My boyfriend has to help me when it happens because I must admit I am a bit scared they might bite/scratch me. I do it because I am scared they might hurt themselves or just eat the toy, period.
When I have the toy back, they just act like usual, no hard feelings, even though I struggled a lot with them seconds before.
All the toys that makes them growl aggressively are "banned" safely in a drawer, and now i am sad to add the fluffy mouse on the wire on that list. They have lots and lots of toys but I would love to be able to play with them again, not just with the laser toy.
Has anyone experienced this before?
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