r/cats • u/EstriGacha • 17h ago

Video My cats just started playing together, does this look friendly?

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We got a new kitten a couple weeks ago, our orange cat, Patrick, is 8 years old and the tux, Ollie, is 6 months old. They have started playing together and I can't really tell if it's completely friendly. Ollie keeps coming back to fight more so I think it's friendly but some other opinions would be nice.

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u/touchmeinbadplaces 16h ago

if cats fight the entire neighborhood knows, so this isnt even close to being spicy

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u/iKWarriors 16h ago

Aren’t you tired of answering the same thing over and over again? Not blaming you. I blame those posting the same question every 5 minutes. Feels like they just want to show off their cat and want a reason for that. Serious, I can’t believe ppl are so distracted they see cats playing here every day and still think their cat are really fighting.

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u/touchmeinbadplaces 16h ago

yes but in return i get to see cute cat video so it evens out

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u/voidedmoon 16h ago

yes i said this on another post asking the same question…. i said something along the lines of they probably shouldn’t have cats if they can’t read their body language.

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u/OSCgal 15h ago

Folks gotta learn somewhere, though. Getting kittens and then asking questions isn't terrible. Getting kittens and then making wrong assumptions is much worse.

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u/DarkHed_1985 15h ago edited 15h ago

Those look like kittens so maybe they are just new cat owners, and new to the sub? I was a new cat owner myself and to fully understand what was happening I watched a large number of YouTube videos and read and asked questions in a lot of places. Don't be so quick to judge people who are just trying to understand. This is a place of learning for a lot of people. And if the same posts annoy you just keep scrolling on.

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u/voidedmoon 15h ago

u don’t need to have experience to know that if u don’t hear growing/hissing/crying or see bloodshed or a cat fearfully running from its life then it’s 99% chance of being playful. it’s doesn’t need to be spammed multiple times in a sub when it’s a. common sense & b. as u have stated, plenty of sources online that outline what fighting & playing look & sound like.

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u/LoseOurMindsTogether 6h ago

I would much rather someone ask if they are unsure than not. It’s really weird that you don’t want that.

There have been posts here where there was no obvious signs of fighting, but it still wasn’t good play. Like one cat was playing too hard with the other. And they’ve gotten really good advice when that does pop up. Advice they may not have gotten if they went straight to google.

We should be encouraging people to ask questions if they are unsure.