Good thing I can’t get swatted over the Internet!
Good thing I can’t get swatted over the Internet!
They are on page 30, post #595 of this thread. I can't find the image files in my media right now to repost.For another look at kitty sibling interactions, I'm going to tagKieka to post her videos of her 2 cats "fighting".
Tried to link and didn't work.They are on page 30, post #595 of this thread. I can't find the image files in my media right now to repost.
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Hahaha!!! Your last sentence...Okay. You do remember me telling you about Precious? I still have squabbled here among a few. It’s a back and forth but not a constant.
I really thought Finn was wanting to play. Maybe he is just calling Charlie out because he wants to play? Possible. Charlie challenged Finn to come “under the chair my boy!” That one paw swat is something I saw as a Charlie for of owning the game. Sorry but I was just smiling at the cattitude being shown. They both have strong personalities but it just didn’t seem serious yet. It could have gone there but right that moment, I saw it as test play. What can each of us get away with. I think they are doing very, very well. I do think they will be buddies and in a small way, already are. I have dealt with others that were bent on constant attacks to vanquish each other. That is not this. They weren’t really even mad yet. Imagine if they were human brothers. They might pick at each other. It would be,” Mom! He touched me!” Then,” Well he breathed on me first!” Ask any parent who ever took two kids on a very long car trip. Lol That’s kind of how I see Charlie and Finn acting here. I think you’re doing great.
Now, how about a third kitty?
I’m glad you had a calm period. If they get past this then, hopefully, you won’t need the collar anymore.
That collar kept him mellow for the rest of the day! I've never seen anything like it. I'm hoping he was truly mellow and that the smell of the essential oils didn't make him feel sick and I was just seeing a kitty that didn't feel well? But then...cats get grumpy when they're sick, don't they? And he wasn't grumpy. I couldn't believe how much better they did this evening; once Finn realized Charlie wasn't going to stalk him or retaliate when he (Finn) postured, then he chilled out. I took the collar off after Finn went to bed for the night, not sure if I should leave it on? My reasoning is that I hope that he doesn't get immune to it. However, should I keep the "mellow" going all night?I’m glad you laughed at the suggestion of a third cat! Lol I was joking but in truth, sometimes three are easier than two. Sometimes, not.
I’m not surprised that Finn flipped over the collar. I have seen more reject collars than accept them. Maybe Charlie likes being ,” dressed up!”
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Okay, it sure helps to have the vids "interpreted" - so thank you! The growling and hissing didn't start til the end of the second video - I was watching on my monitor and entered the room when I heard it. Finn was laying on his side halfway under a chair with his paws raised, and Charlie was standing looking pissed off and appearing to be about to pounce, so I put cardboard between them. Charlie was definitely glaring at him when I put him in his cage. So I think it may have started as play but then they got pissed off? But I'm so not sure. I doubt myself a lot - because although they both acted disgruntled afterward, about 30 minutes later I carried Charlie to the chaise and snuggled with him next to Finn in the cage, and they started batting paws through the cage, playfully. That cage is their security blanket. Then I remembered Charlie's chirping before Finn came back. Chirping is friendly, right? Yet when Finn pounced him, they both seemed to go overboard. So I wonder if I should have let it play out more rather than separate them with the cardboard. Ahhhhhh!!
A good rule of thumb is "No fur, no blood, no problem." Even Cats that are bonded will have the occasional spat where one takes things too far and they end up hissing and yowling, but these two are just getting to know eachother and neither knows the other's limits.
Okay, that's a good phrase to keep in mind, thank you! It's SO hard for me to let them tussle. That's the beauty of the baby monitor - I can watch from a distance, and only entered room when I heard the hissing and yelping.
It's too bad that the monitor couldn't pick up what happened between them - I couldn't see it, just hear it. It wasn't bad, but they definitely steered clear of each other for the rest of the day any time Finn wasn't in his cage. I was starting to get worried about Charlie by the time I left for my meeting - he was really subdued all day and crawled into the bottom of Finn's cage and lay there all afternoon and wouldn't come out even when I had to leave for my meeting. He acted really down in the dumps. Could his feelings be hurt somehow? But didn't the videos look like Charlie was the "winner" of the play-fight?
