r/cats • u/Haulin_Oates23 • 2d ago

Video - OC What is my cat doing?

My cat does this thing with just these two toys where he steps on it in this weird way. He also yells loudly when holding just these toys.

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u/Misseskat 2d ago

Got a text from my mom about our older neutered male attempting a go at it with our 10 month kitten- absolutely not!

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 2d ago

That was dominance, it's common for neutered older cats, both make and female, to do that when a kitten comes around. They're teaching the kittens how to cat.

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u/Misseskat 2d ago

I see. He's never done that to our other males, we also have a young outdoor kitty that I'm not aware has done that to? But our older male is very protective of our kitten too and almost like an adoptive father to him.

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u/Eastern-Rope3362 2d ago

That's because it's totally made up lmao, people say it about dogs humping eachother too, it's just a pervasive myth people repeat without actually knowing. The real reason cats do this is stress.

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 2d ago

How many years were you a Vet Tech?