This isn't really a problem as such, but more of a question to see if this is "normal" cat behaviour.
Merlin (who is 10 months old) doesn't seem to realise that his tail actually "belongs" to him, and has periods where he will chase it round and round for up to half an hour at a time, making high pitched mews. When he eventually catches up with it he will bite it (quite hard), meow in pain that he's bitten it, then will proceed to run around in frantic circles trying to chase it again. When he stops for breath he will glare at his tail, twitching the tip frantically making cross noises then start all over again.
My wife and I are just crying with laughter when he does it, but I'm concerned that there might be something "wrong" with this behaviour. I know he's not a "little kitten" where this behaviour might be normal, but he just goes completely mental when he does it (which is pretty much every day and not necessarily during his "mad-time"
Does anyone else have a cat who does this?
Merlin (who is 10 months old) doesn't seem to realise that his tail actually "belongs" to him, and has periods where he will chase it round and round for up to half an hour at a time, making high pitched mews. When he eventually catches up with it he will bite it (quite hard), meow in pain that he's bitten it, then will proceed to run around in frantic circles trying to chase it again. When he stops for breath he will glare at his tail, twitching the tip frantically making cross noises then start all over again.
My wife and I are just crying with laughter when he does it, but I'm concerned that there might be something "wrong" with this behaviour. I know he's not a "little kitten" where this behaviour might be normal, but he just goes completely mental when he does it (which is pretty much every day and not necessarily during his "mad-time"
Does anyone else have a cat who does this?