Cat Play Behaviour
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:01 pm
I've recently acquired a new kitten, he's about four months, a Bengal, and gets on like a house on fire with my adult bengal. My query is about the adult bengal. She's obviously really thriving from having a playmate, she's come out of her shy shell a lot more and she's even getting a little naughty, which is cool because when we first adopted her she was so shy and timid and pretty terrified of anyone but me, whereas she now follows the new kittens lead, and he's pretty adventurous.
The only thing that has me worried is play with toys. Of course being the only cat for a while she had the toys all to herself, and would happily play with them. Now the kitten pretty much gets all the toy time, and she just watches. She doesn't seem overly upset, and maybe I'm anthropomorphising, I'm just concerned she's now not getting the playtime stimulation she needs. The only times I get some quality playtime in with her alone is if the kitten happens to fall asleep in another room, but that's rare since they're basically stuck to each other and generally sleep together. Often when I do try to entice her into play alone, kitten wakes up and runs in because he's heard, and he jumps straight in to play, so she pads off to one side and just watches.
They play well together mind you. It's mainly things like teasers and when we play fetch*, she doesn't get a look in.
*Yes, I taught my cats to play fetch. It's awesome.
The only thing that has me worried is play with toys. Of course being the only cat for a while she had the toys all to herself, and would happily play with them. Now the kitten pretty much gets all the toy time, and she just watches. She doesn't seem overly upset, and maybe I'm anthropomorphising, I'm just concerned she's now not getting the playtime stimulation she needs. The only times I get some quality playtime in with her alone is if the kitten happens to fall asleep in another room, but that's rare since they're basically stuck to each other and generally sleep together. Often when I do try to entice her into play alone, kitten wakes up and runs in because he's heard, and he jumps straight in to play, so she pads off to one side and just watches.
They play well together mind you. It's mainly things like teasers and when we play fetch*, she doesn't get a look in.
*Yes, I taught my cats to play fetch. It's awesome.