Kitten growls!

charlieandsonny

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My 13 week old kitten just took his first trip to Petco and we picked out some realistic toy mice, with catnip. And he LOVES them. In fact, if I even come close to him while he's got it in his mouth he almost acts like a dog... Meaning he growls!!! No biting or clawing, but literally growls and freezes. It's actually really cute...Hahaha, but just curious, is this normal?!?
 

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He's treating the toys like prey that he doesn't want to share with other cats. Yes, it's normal.
 

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What doesn't sound normal is "taking a trip to Petco" with a 13 week old kitten.  Picking out a toy together is a little bit weird too.  
 

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Ha, wait til starts getting vocal, growls, chirps, howls and meows to come.
My kitten when cranky with chew on toys and shoes infront of me and stare at me as she does it as if to say "this is what I want to do to you"!!!
 

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What doesn't sound normal is "taking a trip to Petco" with a 13 week old kitten.  Picking out a toy together is a little bit weird too.  
I worked at Disneyland and there is a guy that comes with his cat and dog at least once a month. He has them in a weird stroller set up but both a perfectly happy and healthy. There is also a whole community of Adventure Cats out there who take their cats camping, hiking, backpacking and on boats.

Normal is all based on perception. If the OP wants to have a social cat who goes places starting with PetCo is a good route.

As to the OP, my cat does the same thing. Means he really likes it and doesn't want to share.
 
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My kitten smokey used to growl when i gave him raw meat. It was really cute! And both my kittens would purr when i fed them. Still do sometimes.
 

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Pure kitty emotion. My guys do that with the go go cat catcher. It's incredibly cute but I have to put on gloves to pry it out of there mouths. Lol.
 

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One of my cats does that with toys. If they aren't hard toys, she will destroy them and eat bits. She only gets hard jingly balls now, lol. As far as taking the cat to Petco being weird, I'm really weird! I trained all four of my cats to walk on leash, and take them to pet stores and parks (one at a time... so far). I walk them down the road. One of them mostly gets carried. We've picked out toys together. There is nothing wrong with this, and it used to be more common decades ago, or so I've read. This is a way to enjoy the outdoors safely. I find that many people give positive comments on our trips, and some even take pictures. "Normal" is just a construct of subjective worldview, as measured by comparison to masses of sheeple. I've been weird all my life, and no longer care because it doesn't matter in reality. I think its fun, it's not hurting anyone, and that's all that matters to me. :)
 

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I guess taking a cat to Petco is not as weird as I thought.  That the cat was a 13 week old kitten kind of grabbed my attention.
 
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