Thread: coonies rough play

Short answer to that one "Yep"....xxx

I don't know if it's typical but my three also tend to be rather rough with each other but it's very rare for a real squabble to break out. Alliances tend to be quite flexible also - sometimes Poppy and Sophie are thick as thieves and Max seems a bit lonely, other times Max and Poppy are pals and Sophie is left to please herself.

Chasing games are one of the big favourites and they all thunder about from room to room (if doors are left open too far) in hot pursuit of each other, up and down the cat trees leaving fur in their wake. Max can be a bit of a pest and if he's bored and the others are snoozing, he'll often go and bother Poppy (who naps high on a cat tree) by swatting her tail until she hisses. Being deaf, her volume control isn't very good so a hiss from Poppy can be heard from far away. She never follows up on the threat though - which he knows very well - and the tail-swatting-hissing game can go on for ages.

Poppy's bothering game involves hiding behind a door and rugby-tackling Sophie or Max as they wander through. Max takes it well and flops down for a wrestle but Sophie can be outraged and a sitting-up slapping session kicks off - apparently without using claws however.

Who needs TV when you have Maine Coons?? Wouldn't swap them for the world!

See, this is why I need another Mc ; ) Dexter trys to play with Saffi
My 2 year old moggie and she'll take so much then either lose her temper
Or run off to hide....poor thing, he's a bit bigger than her now.
He also would like to curl up to sleep with her but as soon as he flops
Himself down next to her she gets up and walks off with a look of discust lol!
I really think he needs a liked minded Mc to hang out with. ( I keep explaining this to
My husband, but he just rolls his eyes? Lol )

Yepp, MC are sometimes or more often a little rough when playing. My coonie mix Caruso and my Norwegian Finny had problems with that in the beginning but after a short while they get used to it and now playing same way. Finny did something special in the beginning: Everytime when Idy or Daffy passed her she gave them a punch with her paw, although they did nothing. But so they noticed not to ruffle her

Originally Posted by leta76

See, this is why I need another Mc ; ) Dexter trys to play with Saffi
My 2 year old moggie and she'll take so much then either lose her temper
Or run off to hide....poor thing, he's a bit bigger than her now.
He also would like to curl up to sleep with her but as soon as he flops
Himself down next to her she gets up and walks off with a look of discust lol!
I really think he needs a liked minded Mc to hang out with. ( I keep explaining this to
My husband, but he just rolls his eyes? Lol )

I agree with your reasoning leta76 & fully back you.......

Well I'm just so glad I did get Cleo mc buddies, for a while we debated on just rehoming a moggie from local centre. But when Lindy and Bunny came up, the right time age and place, it just seemed as though we were meant to get them. We were only getting Lindy originally but my mum said we couldn't "leave" Bunny behind aww why don't you get both its not much more only a little kitty ( (she hasn't met them all yet!!) The description of rugby tackles is perfect Wivelspiker . Lindy is the bossy one, along with Cleo and Bunny is the quiet one, so sometimes I get the same situation with 2 of them playing and one being left out, or should it be one of them is having time-out!!