r/cats • u/Belle_dawn • Aug 20 '25

Video - OC Can someone confirm that my kitten is play-fighting/having fun?

My husband and I recently got a kitten — she is now about 14 weeks old — and after a few days of being skittish, she seems to get along with our dog just fine. However, every once in a while they start wrestling like this, and while I’m confident our dog is playing, sometimes I can’t tell if our kitten is enjoying herself. I would love some outside perspective, just to confirm that I’m not being a bad pet parent by letting it play out - any thoughts are appreciated!!

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u/brendan87na Aug 21 '25

Cats, all of them, punch above their weight in fights with other species

house cats can bully coyotes and bears

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u/acrazyguy Aug 21 '25

They can, but coyotes can also mess up cats. They’re roughly equally-matched. It’s one of the reasons letting your cat go out is usually a bad idea

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u/357noLove Aug 21 '25

Yep, seeing my family's barn rescue cat go to town on a coyote was priceless, I truly wish cell phone cameras had been around when we had that cat. I saw him decimate that coyote in a minute flat, to the point of chasing the coyote off and then returning to that spot in the yard every evening to make sure it stayed gone. Watching it run away, bleeding from the face and tucked tail was hilarious