I have two cats, an 11 year old male, Zeke, and a 5 month old female, Frankie. Zeke has this routine during early afternoon and at night where picks up the same toy and walks around with it in his mouth meowing. This always fascinates Frankie and she comes close to him and stares. When he sees that she's nearby, Zeke will face Frankie, still with the toy in his mouth, and he kicks back repeatedly with his hind legs. My husband thinks he looks like he's humping the floor but I'm not sure. When Zeke was the only cat, he never did this weird routine. He started doing it when we got Frankie, so I think it's some weird feline social behavior, but Frankie doesn't seem to understand either...lol Zeke is neutered, and Frankie, although not spayed yet, isn't in heat. Is my cat demented, or just trying to communicate something?
2006-09-08 05:42:41 · 12 answers · asked by kittykorruption 3 in Pets ➔ Cats
He reminds me of those bulls in cartoons that kick with their back legs before charging the bull fighter if that makes sense.
2006-09-08 05:45:40 · update #1
Oh one other detail, Zeke isn't a cat that's really into toys. If I try to play with him with the same toy, he just looks at me like, "What the hell."
2006-09-08 05:53:34 · update #2
He is a bull in cats clothing!! Pull out the red cape and see if I am right.
2006-09-08 05:46:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well Zeke may be neutered but he may still have some of the "male" instinct left in him. Just if he isn't harming anything let him do his thing... maybe its his way of saying "hey I was the first cat here, don't screw around with me." Atleast thats what my mothers oldest cat does.
Hope everything works out.
2006-09-08 06:03:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My cat has a "pet" a stuffed toy cat, he is so attached to his "kitty" That he gets upset if he cant find it. He too walks around the house&carries his "kitty" the same way your cat does, except, he has "sex" with the toy ( yes, he's neutered ) The first time I saw him do this, I was appaled & amazed at the same time. He's seven years old & A house cat.
2006-09-08 07:50:29 · answer #3 · answered by yvonne p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would interpret that to mean that Zeke is letting Frankie know that if she gets out of line, that's going to happen to her.
2006-09-08 05:50:40 · answer #4 · answered by Vicki B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He's playing ruff tuff cream puff style - tearin it up!! one of my (spayed) female cats does this when she's feeling sketchy - rabbit kicks we call it - I just have to watch I'm not stroking her belly when she gets that look in her eye!
Cat behaviour can look odd to us - and obviously each other - I've got 3 and when one starts performing often the others will come and be the audience. It's why we love them! Cats rule.
2006-09-08 06:48:31 · answer #5 · answered by kittyfreek 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
like little kids--Zeke really does not want the toy but doesn't want Frankie to have it either
2006-09-11 11:27:42 · answer #6 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure on the bull part, but my cat Cali who is just over a year old drags her toy with her around my apartment. Just her way of telling me that she wants to play. =)
2006-09-08 05:49:05 · answer #7 · answered by aloneinga 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some cats are really posessive of their toys, one of my cats gets furious if a cat plays with one of his favorite feather toys, which he carries around in his mouth a lot. I think it's just your cats way of telling the others to back off while he plays with his favorite toy.
2006-09-08 05:52:15 · answer #8 · answered by Katie824 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had a cat that did this,- he never kicked his hind legs though.
he dragged around toys, and pencils around the house,then would drop them and meow at them.
he did this as he got older.
a vet once told us he might have been demented. seriously.
maybe your cats retarted too!
retarted cats are sweet though. best cat i ever had.
2006-09-09 05:53:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a play/hunting behavior I see in some of my cats too. I'm not sure why it has developed when the kitten came into the picture.
2006-09-08 05:49:44 · answer #10 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋