This may sound silly, but I have having problems telling whether or not my cats are playing or fighting. They are male and female and both are fixed. The behavior involves one pouncing on the other and then they roll around for a while. I have seen them both biting each other but have never drawn blood. I can't tell whether claws are drawn or not. When the wrestling begins, there is no hissing or growling. Very rarely is there any noise at all. One of the cats is prone to hissing at the other when she wants to be left alone, so I am encouraged by the fact that she doesn't hiss during their wrestling matches. However, it looks like they wrestle so roughly that I am always afraid when they do it.
Is this playing or fighting? Should I be breaking this up? (make loud noise, etc)
Is this playing or fighting? Should I be breaking this up? (make loud noise, etc)