My Cat Wants To Play Rough (Why You Must NEVER Do So!)
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- Does your cat get a bit rowdy and aggressive during play?
In this material we’ll talk about how to handle a rough cat and why you should never encourage (or respond in kind) to roughhousing.
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Sparky likes to play rough sometimes and I do encourage it by going along with it BUT I have never nor will I ever react to teeth and claws with anger or surprise. I always take the pain and back off from the play and allow him to lick my hand as I gently pet him while saying "good boy"
All my kitties were, are and have been, super chill.Young, middle-aged, and old. Not sure why, I always adopt big old kitties from shelters, and/or take in young strays who find their way to my door. Kindness, warm places to sleep, good food, and medical care when needed, always seems to be met with a calm, content purr machine. I have no idea what I am.doing, but they seem.to appreciate it so, meh, they are happy, so I am happy.
My cat loves rough play, but she is intelligent and only does it with me. She knows the difference of hurting and play. I have taught her what to do and how to do it.
I'd never roughhouse my cat.
The monster living under my blankets that my cat loves to wrestle with however, is a whole different story.
As you were speaking, Maui laid down across my stomach & chest, and started grooming himself. I put my hand out gently bin front of his face, and he licked my hand, which I gently rubbed on the back of his head as a way to help him groom.
He’s such a beautiful, loving boy. The last few nights, he’s wanted to play rough with my feet under the covers. His teeth did get my foot as I tried to escape. I naturally said “OW!” and quickly removed myself from under the covers, then went and washed the bite area. The next night, I removed myself more quickly, and tonite, no attempt at rough play was made.
I don’t really think he wants to play rough, he just doesn’t realize how HUGE he is. If I place my fingers between his ears, I can easily fit 6 fingers between them. He is so much larger than most domestic cats! His front paws are about the size of a medium dog’s front paws. Just a REALLY BIG BOY!
I love how this channel always has beautiful women petting cats
I believe you are not correct. I rough house it all the time with my 18 pound tom cat. He loves it, he starts it, he trusts me, he follows me around the house all the time. He never leaves my side, as I type this he is under my feet. He sleeps better after we are done.
I believe it depends on the cat and it's personality. I have a cat that is always gentle when roughhousing, while another gets very aggressive and I never roughhouse with it.
spot on!
I hope you get lot of reviews on this video and it would be nice to do a video of children and cats playing with children that are visiting other Family Members that when they babysitting children who do not have a cat about playing with their cats so that children are supervised telling them the rules so the young child doesn’t get scratched up and when the parents return and finds their child cover with scratches that has broken their children skin and said child has to go to the doctor and Family is torn by this!
I think wand toys and kicker toys are key for younger cats with a lot of energy .If you don't let them use your body as a prey toy they will still get the same hunting / stalking satisfaction from a play session .Another reason to never rough play with a cat is that they can get hurt ,some of their bones are very fine and fragile and jerking away to hard, if they bite, can break a tooth .Much better to keep physical contact gentle and let the toys take the punishment .
I don't believe in playing rough with my cats but the cats do play a little rough with each other especially the younger ones and I don't have a problem with that as long as it doesn't get too rough. When I'm playing with my cat my hands are not the toys. I use a feather wand toy, stuffed mice and jingle balls.
My cat loves playing rough with me o.o We can lock eyes and move towards each other and he'll crab up and then try to dart towards me sideways-bouncing and playfight with my hands, like try to bite whichever is closest, then we wrestle and he loves having his face covered and trying to get around my fingers to bite them, he alternates with licks and bunny kicks with claws in, then breaks off and runs to hide and peeks out and we lock eyes again and do it all over again :D
Love your videos and hope you're feeling ok. Your voice sounded as if you might have a cold or some allergy issues and if so, I hope you get to feeling better.
On another note, your site seems to attract spam in the comment section in the form of ads for adult sites. This is the 3rd or 4th time I've seen it. So as before I reported it. I don't know if it's doing any good or not but just trying to be helpful.
When I see the spam I report it right away . It goes away . Don't hesitate to report it .
I just reported the spam you mentioned . Notice it is gone ?
I also report it anytime I see it!
@@brianmax1301 It's good to know I'm not the only one seeing these. Thanks ☺
@@PennySue Thanks for letting me know that it's not just me. ☺
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Your very welcome ✝
This is a great vid.My female cat is now 10 months old and I"ve learned everything you said thru my own mistakes.But now I know,however a video like this would"ve made things easier.
Maybe they think we're a human scratching post 😊😊
I will be a year his December when as an old fart I got my first kitten. Ninja, who I slept downstairs with for the first month. I couldn't bare to leave him alone. I then talked my wife into allowing me to bring him to bed with us. I now have three cats 😆😅 A Canine person who has made the transition into felines 😎🥰😘🤗
Don't spit in the wind
Don't tug on Superman's cape
Don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger
and don't play rough with your cat.
Or mess around with Jim!
Usually all I have to do is say Ouch and he just stops and looks at me. My Beast has some huge claws and matching teeth! He isn't quite 3 years old, so he still thinks he is still a kitten. A Huge Kitten.
My daughter and I know when our kitty gives us “The Look” she will attack the hand that tries to pet her. At this point we grab one of her favorite plushie toys and let her have at it or should I say the plushie is going to have at it. After a few minutes she gives the plushie a bath and calms down.
Rough hands make a rough pet.
I actually really enjoy rough playing with my cat, specifically my boy floki, it's really the only way we can bond he's not very affectionate, but I feel deep down he actually enjoys roughhousing with me and I think it really gets into it and he can also tell when I want to start it
I flick the wand toys aggressively and they can take it out on the “mouse” or “bird” at the end of the string.
I never rough house with Loki. I don't even try to kiss him on the head. I think he might misunderstand and think I'm going to bite him. He will allow me to play with his tail until he gets tired of it and walks away. I don't force the issue. He might be small for a Maine Coon male, but he's still twice as large as any cat I've ever had.
I have a question…my cats have scratch posts in all shapes and heights in every room of the house, when I enter a room a lot of times they will start scratching on the post in that room. Just curious why? Love your channel.
Stimulated by seeing you, your scent, and releasing that energy onto the scratching post.
I think Jane hit the nail on the head with that answer!
@@janewasson4845 ahhh, that makes sense! Ta
My daughter's cat does that to invite me to play with him
When my cats are young and they start to use teeth or claws on my body parts, I never try to pull away, but I will immediately use a scolding sound in a loud voice. Like a sharp, uh, uh, uh. They will stop and look and when they let go I'll very carefully give them their favorite scratch and tell them how good and smart they are and then leave them alone. It works like a charm and they learn very quickly to keep rough play restricted to between each other. Never, ever, hit a cat!
I totally agree. When any cat under my care ever gets, or got, too feisty I just stop playing and won't restart until later. They don't like it but they learn fast.
When my cat is rough, I say “ouch” which always works. She stops
Yep! Leaving the room works great 👍
My feral kitty totally understands simple things . I just want to make her rest of her life good & happy 😊! She's such a joy . Thanks for your advice 🤗
I would never rough house with my cat, and neither should anybody else. I have seen her shred a tractor tire in less than 2 minutes. She guards the house, hell, she owns it.
I did worse than just play rough with my cat when I had her, I was very abusive to her, and I will always live with that regret for ever.
Where is she now?
Because you are teaching him that this behavior is ok - just as you teach your kids
Rough play was fun as a kid
First time cat person and I love my child so much but I don’t think I would ever have another cat again lol.
I rough house my kitten with a little teddy bear .. he loves it.. he pounce on he and does his bunny kicks lol
Roughhousing can easily led to aggression. Think regular normal play can prevent it.
Mine has stopped biting. I never scold, just a pinch and she's good.
Now a pretend pinch and she knows.
Sometimes I’ll tickle them or roll them back and forth. I don’t think it’s harmful. It’s a normal bonding exercise. I also disagree with you about response to verbal correction, which isn’t the same as “ranting and raving”.
Eleazar likes to fight fire with farts... No Joke 💩
My cats dont like rough play with me...they just want love from me....they rough house with eachother....
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Ever try to get a claw unstuck from something? They don't appreciate you helping
My Maine coon literally plays like a dog. Never bites hard and never takes it to far. It's fun for both of us.
I had to move into a one bedroom apartment how often do I need to take my cat outside I have to take her downstairs and go outside. If you could help me please do🌻🌻✌️✌️✌️
I hope you bring your kitty out safely with a leash and harness. I personally have only indoor cats including all the cats I have rescued from outside. Not everyone agrees but I think it's safer to keep them inside as long as you have plenty of toys and cat trees and things to keep them stimulated.
I suggest quality and predictability over quantity. Have a certain part of day she can reliably look forward to and then focus on whatever she likes to do (sitting in sun, walks, birdwatching..) Of course, they are all different. Our lady kitty is usually ready to go back inside after 10-15 minutes once a day, but the young man tries to be outside almost all the time.
I haven't even watched the video and the answer is yes. Don't hurt your cat and let them win from time to time. If they go too far let it know it hurt you. It is a lesson your cat will learn .... eventually.
I did not really agree with what was said. Trust has never been a problem between me and my cats. Seriously, I do not want a hood ornament, I want a buddy.
My baby was physically abused for the first 6 weeks of life by a mean old woman! So he'll play rough with men but not women!
Do you want to teach your cat to bite you? If not, just withdraw.
You can be a little rough with a cat that likes it rough, but always make sure you let them win ! Don't berate them if they get their claws out or bite you a bit too hard. It is always a balance. Try playing "Cat Fishing" I never put in a patent for that so it's free for all you to try 🤣 It is the best fun: th-cam.com/video/bW-zSsKFOrQ/w-d-xo.html
Black teacher 64
It's the human that wants to play rough with the cat, not the other way around, people just want to blame the cat's for stuff that's their fault.
Unless we have a different definition of playing rough this is totally wrong.
What? Your saying I want the upper hand? That's weird.
If and when people play rough with cats, the cats are going to get hurt really badly and the people are going to say it's good for the cats, the hell with that.
It's because of the humans not the cats, no matter what anyone says.
Like this guy, but gonna have to strenuously disagree on this one. First off, anyone I catch using phrases like "must never" except when talking about murder or similar, usually gets invited to take a long walk off a short pier. Don't treat your cat like a human/child. If you've got a cat, you've got a life and home that have a cat. There's no need for physical play to degenerate into violence so long as the human recognises when to apply the brakes, either a little or all the way, and conveys the message to kitty. If you want a life free of scratches and scrapes, just die now cuz that level of fear sounds miserable.
Yeah, I think the problem is that he's equating ANY kind of play fighting with actual aggression, and assuming that the human is just like, pummeling their cat when they play fight back. I wrestled with my old kitty her whole life, and always made sure I was gentle enough that she'd never get hurt (just like grabbing at her back feet or rubbing her belly). She knew how to in turn play gently enough that I also wouldn't get hurt, and on the occasions where she got carried away I'd just make an exaggerated yelp of pain and then walk away, and she'd be much gentler next time.
@@morganwilliams5591 That's just how it was with Nimbus and me, and even if we ever did get mad at each other, real friends always make up.
@@Wix_Mitwirth Yeah! My girl was never shy about letting me know if I did something to irritate her, but whenever that happened I'd always offer my hand to her, and if she sniffed it that meant she forgave me. That cat trusted me with her life, and I had her for just over a decade, I miss her every day.
If your cat doesn't trust you it's because of something you did.
No - it can be because of their past experiences with other people and situations prior to your adopting them.
Dumb take.
This video is showing people being a holes to their cat's and it makes me sick to my stomach to see it
I can't tell if this is a video about cats or a self reflecting life lesson.
I have to disagree with this my boy likes to rough house and when he's tired or im done he comes to me for cuddles and is so happy he's purring and slobber allover. I must say he was raised with multiple litters of puppies so I'm think that has a big part in that