A funny behaviour

O

okuda

TCS Member
Thread starter
Adult Cat
Joined
Aug 1, 2007
Messages
230
Purraise
1
Location
North Carolina (But English!)
It's not a problem behavior at all, it's just one that makes me laugh, as I have only ever seen dogs do it...

Winston will sit for hours on end just chasing his tail. It's got to be one of the funniest things I have seen. He's only 14 weeks old, but I hope he does not grow out of it.

Do you have any kittens turned adult cats that do this?

I actually saw a cartoon sketch in fancy cats the other day, and it was of a cat with a play toy in front of him and his tail had a smiley face on it, and the caption was "Ah Mr tail, you tempt me but yet again" .. Made me giggle
 
stormy

stormy

TCS Member
Top Cat
Joined
Dec 7, 2003
Messages
10,359
Purraise
21
Location
NJ
Cute!!
I'm pretty sure most cats grow out of it. I don't see many adult cats doing that and if they do it that much at an older age it usually is an OCD problem.
 
bonnie1965

bonnie1965

TCS Member
Top Cat
Joined
Feb 25, 2007
Messages
3,973
Purraise
3
Location
Portland, Oregon
Seb is 11 years old and will still sometimes seem surprised that his tail is there and must chase it
Usually, he is very dignified .... sometimes though, he's just gotta!

Nowadays, Daphne chases his tail. He dangles it and flips it around to amuse her
 
C

curlyq629

TCS Member
Adult Cat
Joined
Mar 18, 2006
Messages
275
Purraise
2
Location
St. Louis, MO
Lilly (2 years old) is very dignified and proper, but every once in a while she gets all frisky and chases her tail around in circles. She will only do this in the small semi-enclosed foyer space, and only when she's sure no one is looking! It's hard to laugh silently so as to not ruin the moment or disrupt her dignity!
 
tarasgirl06

tarasgirl06

TCS Member
Top Cat
Joined
Sep 19, 2006
Messages
24,883
Purraise
65,203
Location
Glendale, CATifornia
Originally Posted by Okuda

It's not a problem behavior at all, it's just one that makes me laugh, as I have only ever seen dogs do it...

Winston will sit for hours on end just chasing his tail. It's got to be one of the funniest things I have seen. He's only 14 weeks old, but I hope he does not grow out of it.

Do you have any kittens turned adult cats that do this?

I actually saw a cartoon sketch in fancy cats the other day, and it was of a cat with a play toy in front of him and his tail had a smiley face on it, and the caption was "Ah Mr tail, you tempt me but yet again" .. Made me giggle
Click to expand...
...don't want to be the one to have to tell you this, but tailchasing can be a sign of boredom, and as he has just lost his brother, this could be why he's doing it so much right now.

Yes, sometimes some of my adult cats do tailchase a bit, in play, so you may continue to enjoy this in Winston as time goes on...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top