My bonded cats have noisy fights, are they okay?? Should I stop them???
My cats <PERSON> (2f) and <PERSON> (2m) are bonded litter mates. They have an older sister named <PERSON> (4f) who is our first cat. They all get along great and were born from the same feral mom, so they seem to all be playful and mischievous together. We're all normally very happy with each other.
For the past few months, <PERSON> and <PERSON>'s play fights have gotten noisier. <PERSON> will pick fights with <PERSON> even though he is bigger with her, and he bites her on the throat but very gently. They still cuddle with each other before and after. 311
But when <PERSON> gets angry, she hisses very loudly at <PERSON>. My wife and I get really concerned when she does this, but none of her body language otherwise indicates that she's in distress. Her ears are forward, tail is normal, stance is normal. I'm really unsure if she's just angry or if she actually wants to keep fighting or if she wants one of us to intervene.
They show normal signs of behavior at all other times. They love each other, groom each other, smell each other, lie together etc all the time, including directly before and after. <PERSON> has always been a bit of a diva. Is this her being a diva too? Or should we be concerned? Is there something we can't think of?
Please let me know if you have any thoughts! 664