Alright, so I posted earlier today about a new kitten because I'm moving and can only take one cat, and the two I have are very close. Well I think they are very close, but tonight I had a bit of a scare, which is probably my nerves and my over reacting, but I would love to have someone confirm this before I go get another cat when I should be taking one of the ones I have.
I love my cats, they are both male golden tabbies. and they both have their issues (oliver, the oldest (7 years olds) is our "bipolar" kitty, he likes to come purr on your lap and the next moment will get upset for no reason and wonder off, and yoda, the youngest, almost 2 years old and our scary cat who runs from just about everything, he followed oliver into the house one morning at just a few months old (we are guessing 9) and while he is alot better, we think he will always be easily scared from whatever he went though on the street) These two are the cutest things, the little one looks like he could be oliver's baby (though he's not, we saved him from a shelter where he was fixed) and while things were alittle rocky at first, they now love to play (I hope) I've seen yoda (the one who runs from everything) come up behind oliver and jump him, then oliver will turn around and chase him and then wrap his arms around him and start bathing him. Sometimes its the other way around and oliver will start things.
Well the problem is today I was sitting on the bed and oliver had his arms around the little cat, and the little cat was putting up with getting his face washed. All of a sudden oliver started bitting his throat, to the point where the little cat cried out. Oliver, being out bipolar cat, as pulled this on us humans before (the whole licking our fingers and then biting, sometimes hard, before getting up, jumping off our laps and going to the other room) but I've never seen him do it to the little cat before. I tried to pull him off, but he went back to lick the little cat and biting the back of his neck this time....Now I don't usually sit and watch them that close, but I have never heard the little cat cry out before when they play. He is more of the quiet type, very rarely crying.
Should I be worried? would I better off taking the little cat with me? I cant really take oliver, he has a bad habit of eating my books, and my new room mate would not put up with that....I hate to break these two up though if they are still friends, but I dont know if I could forgive myself if oliver ended up really hurting the little cat after I left....
I love my cats, they are both male golden tabbies. and they both have their issues (oliver, the oldest (7 years olds) is our "bipolar" kitty, he likes to come purr on your lap and the next moment will get upset for no reason and wonder off, and yoda, the youngest, almost 2 years old and our scary cat who runs from just about everything, he followed oliver into the house one morning at just a few months old (we are guessing 9) and while he is alot better, we think he will always be easily scared from whatever he went though on the street) These two are the cutest things, the little one looks like he could be oliver's baby (though he's not, we saved him from a shelter where he was fixed) and while things were alittle rocky at first, they now love to play (I hope) I've seen yoda (the one who runs from everything) come up behind oliver and jump him, then oliver will turn around and chase him and then wrap his arms around him and start bathing him. Sometimes its the other way around and oliver will start things.
Well the problem is today I was sitting on the bed and oliver had his arms around the little cat, and the little cat was putting up with getting his face washed. All of a sudden oliver started bitting his throat, to the point where the little cat cried out. Oliver, being out bipolar cat, as pulled this on us humans before (the whole licking our fingers and then biting, sometimes hard, before getting up, jumping off our laps and going to the other room) but I've never seen him do it to the little cat before. I tried to pull him off, but he went back to lick the little cat and biting the back of his neck this time....Now I don't usually sit and watch them that close, but I have never heard the little cat cry out before when they play. He is more of the quiet type, very rarely crying.
Should I be worried? would I better off taking the little cat with me? I cant really take oliver, he has a bad habit of eating my books, and my new room mate would not put up with that....I hate to break these two up though if they are still friends, but I dont know if I could forgive myself if oliver ended up really hurting the little cat after I left....
