Boris is about six months old and a very placid, friendly cat...except when he gets ahold of this one certain toy - this simple little furry thing with a bell on it. he actually turns vicious when he get's it, he starts slinking low to the floor while carrying it around the house and periodically stopping to bat the toy around, all the while growling extremly loudly (louder then i've ever heard a cat growl) and even HISSING both at me and his sister.
i find it a bit amusing since it is difficult for me to take threats from a kitten seriously, plus he often snaps out of it when you pet him, and other times if you pet him or pick him up he will continue to hold the toy in his mouth and alternate between purring and growling. He also stops this agression as soon as i take the toy from him, and because of his reaction i limit his exposure to it and keep the toy in a drawer and only give it to him occasionally. he seems to love it though and actually comes running when he hears the drawer open.
But he really only acts like this with this one certain toy (as far as i know there is no catnip in it.) he also acted the same way with a the plastic circular ring from a milk jug i let him play with a couple times too. what makes him behave so agressively with certain objects while other items do not elicit this type of behavior?
it isn't a real problem since he isn't injuring me, his sister, or damaging the house in any way, but i do find his sudden mood swings somewhat surprising
i find it a bit amusing since it is difficult for me to take threats from a kitten seriously, plus he often snaps out of it when you pet him, and other times if you pet him or pick him up he will continue to hold the toy in his mouth and alternate between purring and growling. He also stops this agression as soon as i take the toy from him, and because of his reaction i limit his exposure to it and keep the toy in a drawer and only give it to him occasionally. he seems to love it though and actually comes running when he hears the drawer open.
But he really only acts like this with this one certain toy (as far as i know there is no catnip in it.) he also acted the same way with a the plastic circular ring from a milk jug i let him play with a couple times too. what makes him behave so agressively with certain objects while other items do not elicit this type of behavior?
it isn't a real problem since he isn't injuring me, his sister, or damaging the house in any way, but i do find his sudden mood swings somewhat surprising