• Something_Complex@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Do cats fight in groups? Like if there is a cat intruder in your house and you have 2 cats.

    Are they going to fight side by side or only one of them is going to face the intruder cat?

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      11 months ago

      When my neighbors cat enters the backyard my two cats suddenly turn into a crime fighting duo, even the dog gets in on the action, it’s all paws on deck against the intruder.

      The rest of the time they’re all vying for control of their piece of the house.

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      11 months ago

      We had two cats who wouldn’t be in the same room as each other without hissing, but they teamed up to trap a neighbour’s cat under my car one night.

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      11 months ago

      when we had a lot of cats and the occasional intruder cat, “duels” between one of ours and one intruder were most common. meet on neutral territory, hurl insults, maybe there’s an attack but maybe not. and only after sufficient insults.

      this was a specifically male behavior, too. we got a young female cat, and the 2 older males were horrified when she came and jumped their opponent. she was very no holds barred, get off my lawn, don’t mess with my guys. a different time, a different young female cat was equally willing to jump in swinging claws and skip the insults.

      typically the other male cats would be hanging around, observing and jumping in only if things moved from neutral ground to their territory.

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    11 months ago

    I’m curious what “lost a fight” looks like to a vet when there were no visible wounds.

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      11 months ago

      The other cat went merrrrrrrwwwowwww at him, forcing him to walk away slowly over the course of 10 minutes.

      Most catfights involve a lot of hissing and spitting and no actual contact.

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    11 months ago

    My girl did this! Years ago my cat came in hopping, completely unable to put weight on her foreleg. I was so worried I took her to the emergency vet, fearing she’d been hit by a car or something. I got there and placed her carrier on the counter and explained the problem almost through tears… only to open the door and for her to trot out on all four legs and jump down with no hesitation! That little idiot cost me £85 for absolutely nothing. The vet said she might have got in a fight too and was feeling a bit sorry for herself, but there was no evidence of a fight and she had no injury at all. I think she was just bored and messing with me.

    EDIT: I found the photo I took at the time! April 2018, I’m still not sure I’ve forgiven her 😅

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      My cat did that for five times before we stopped taking it to the vets. I think she thought that if she did that would give a tuna fish because we’d feel sorry for her.

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        Yup! That was after we got back from the vet when she was magically “injured”again. She stopped doing it when I made it clear I wasn’t buying it. But when my partner got home from work the limp returned… only on the other leg! 😂 I love that little idiot!

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    11 months ago

    The other day walking one of my dogs, the little shit asked me to pick him up, so I did but his leash touched his foot and he started howling freaking out because he’s a little drama queen. Heard a neighbor yell from somewhere “Jesus! Whatchu doin to the dog?!” 😬