Difference between "play" stalking and "kill you now" stalking..

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Brian Link - 13 Aug 2004 05:21 GMT

Well, things are trundling along slowly but surely here. We've started
using a spray bottle and by god Henry respects its authoritah..All I
need to do is put it on the ground between him and the other cats and
he calms right down.

Anyway, Louis is relaxed enough to play (cautiously) in the same
(large) room with Henry. Occasionally Henry will hunker down and watch
Louis running, and here's the question. I can't figure out if I should
just let him make the dash in case he just wants to play. Are there
any sort of body-language signs that might indicate he's not planning
on eating Louis?

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IBen Getiner - 13 Aug 2004 09:35 GMT

Don't you have anything better to do?

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Brian Link - 16 Aug 2004 06:08 GMT

>Don't you have anything better to do?

Actually I do lots of other things. Like, I just pissed in your beer.

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MacCandace - 16 Aug 2004 07:01 GMT

<< "The chimpanzee wore a little blue blazer with brass buttons, and with
the seal of the President of the United States sewed to the breast
pocket....Everywhere he went, bands would play 'Hail to the Chief.'
The chimpanzee loved it. He would bounce up and down." - Kurt Vonnegut >>

Great sig line. Reminds me of someone...

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kaeli - 13 Aug 2004 13:47 GMT

> Well, things are trundling along slowly but surely here. We've started
> using a spray bottle and by god Henry respects its authoritah..All I
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> any sort of body-language signs that might indicate he's not planning
> on eating Louis?

For those of us who don't read all the messages every day, what kind of
animal is Louis?
If he's another cat or a dog, let Henry play. I have never known a cat to
stalk another cat in the same position they stalk prey in and be serious.
It's always play, even if it gets rough. Although, as my Dad likes to say
about the children, "after laughing comes crying". IOW, if one gets too
rough, the other might get pissed about it and then they have a tussle.

If Louis is a prey species, such as a hamster or bird, never, ever trust
Henry if he's in any kind of stalking position, play or otherwise. It can
rapidly devolve (or evolve) into seriousness quicker than you can stop him
from doing damage. I have always trained my cats to ignore my pets who are
prey species.

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MacCandace - 14 Aug 2004 23:39 GMT

<< For those of us who don't read all the messages every day, what kind of
animal is Louis? >>

Louis is also a cat.

Candace
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Brian Link - 15 Aug 2004 04:28 GMT

>> Well, things are trundling along slowly but surely here. We've started
>> using a spray bottle and by god Henry respects its authoritah..All I
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
>from doing damage. I have always trained my cats to ignore my pets who are
>prey species.

Thanks for the reply - Louis is a Bengal, smaller than Henry and a bit
older, though both are less than two years old.

BLink

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