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Difference between "play" stalking and "kill you now" stalking..
Well, things are trundling along slowly but surely here. We've started
using a spray bottle and by god Henry respects its authoritah..All I need to do is put it on the ground between him and the other cats and he calms right down. Anyway, Louis is relaxed enough to play (cautiously) in the same (large) room with Henry. Occasionally Henry will hunker down and watch Louis running, and here's the question. I can't figure out if I should just let him make the dash in case he just wants to play. Are there any sort of body-language signs that might indicate he's not planning on eating Louis? Brian Link, Minnesota Countertenor ---------------------------------- "I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers." - regmech |
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Don't you have anything better to do?
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Don't you have anything better to do?
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In article ,
enlightened us with... Well, things are trundling along slowly but surely here. We've started using a spray bottle and by god Henry respects its authoritah..All I need to do is put it on the ground between him and the other cats and he calms right down. Anyway, Louis is relaxed enough to play (cautiously) in the same (large) room with Henry. Occasionally Henry will hunker down and watch Louis running, and here's the question. I can't figure out if I should just let him make the dash in case he just wants to play. Are there any sort of body-language signs that might indicate he's not planning on eating Louis? For those of us who don't read all the messages every day, what kind of animal is Louis? If he's another cat or a dog, let Henry play. I have never known a cat to stalk another cat in the same position they stalk prey in and be serious. It's always play, even if it gets rough. Although, as my Dad likes to say about the children, "after laughing comes crying". IOW, if one gets too rough, the other might get ****ed about it and then they have a tussle. If Louis is a prey species, such as a hamster or bird, never, ever trust Henry if he's in any kind of stalking position, play or otherwise. It can rapidly devolve (or evolve) into seriousness quicker than you can stop him from doing damage. I have always trained my cats to ignore my pets who are prey species. -- -- ~kaeli~ If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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For those of us who don't read all the messages every day, what kind of
animal is Louis? Louis is also a cat. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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For those of us who don't read all the messages every day, what kind of
animal is Louis? Louis is also a cat. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 07:47:48 -0500, kaeli
wrote: In article , enlightened us with... Well, things are trundling along slowly but surely here. We've started using a spray bottle and by god Henry respects its authoritah..All I need to do is put it on the ground between him and the other cats and he calms right down. Anyway, Louis is relaxed enough to play (cautiously) in the same (large) room with Henry. Occasionally Henry will hunker down and watch Louis running, and here's the question. I can't figure out if I should just let him make the dash in case he just wants to play. Are there any sort of body-language signs that might indicate he's not planning on eating Louis? For those of us who don't read all the messages every day, what kind of animal is Louis? If he's another cat or a dog, let Henry play. I have never known a cat to stalk another cat in the same position they stalk prey in and be serious. It's always play, even if it gets rough. Although, as my Dad likes to say about the children, "after laughing comes crying". IOW, if one gets too rough, the other might get ****ed about it and then they have a tussle. If Louis is a prey species, such as a hamster or bird, never, ever trust Henry if he's in any kind of stalking position, play or otherwise. It can rapidly devolve (or evolve) into seriousness quicker than you can stop him from doing damage. I have always trained my cats to ignore my pets who are prey species. -- Thanks for the reply - Louis is a Bengal, smaller than Henry and a bit older, though both are less than two years old. BLink |
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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 07:47:48 -0500, kaeli
wrote: In article , enlightened us with... Well, things are trundling along slowly but surely here. We've started using a spray bottle and by god Henry respects its authoritah..All I need to do is put it on the ground between him and the other cats and he calms right down. Anyway, Louis is relaxed enough to play (cautiously) in the same (large) room with Henry. Occasionally Henry will hunker down and watch Louis running, and here's the question. I can't figure out if I should just let him make the dash in case he just wants to play. Are there any sort of body-language signs that might indicate he's not planning on eating Louis? For those of us who don't read all the messages every day, what kind of animal is Louis? If he's another cat or a dog, let Henry play. I have never known a cat to stalk another cat in the same position they stalk prey in and be serious. It's always play, even if it gets rough. Although, as my Dad likes to say about the children, "after laughing comes crying". IOW, if one gets too rough, the other might get ****ed about it and then they have a tussle. If Louis is a prey species, such as a hamster or bird, never, ever trust Henry if he's in any kind of stalking position, play or otherwise. It can rapidly devolve (or evolve) into seriousness quicker than you can stop him from doing damage. I have always trained my cats to ignore my pets who are prey species. -- Thanks for the reply - Louis is a Bengal, smaller than Henry and a bit older, though both are less than two years old. BLink |
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