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From: phil@s3sun.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: cat bite
Message-ID: <36@s3sun.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 13:27:24 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 18 13:27:24 1986
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Keywords: kitty sex

Our female tabby did this with her kittens when they were only 4 or 5
weeks old.  She would lay on her side, hold one of them with her front
paws and then take a few shots at the kitten with her rear paws.  I've
known many cats that would do this with a human hand, but could not
believe it when I saw it happen with a young kitten.  Perhaps she was
doing some kind of education but it sure scared me the first time I saw
it.

Now the kittens ( we kept 2 from the litter ) do it to each other.
Those little suckers really play ROUGH!  They don't stop 'till one
manages to break the others' strangle hold.  Then they run arround the
living room, climb the drapes and do it all again.  I still don't claim
to understand what is going on, but it sure is entertaining!

-- 
Phil Cohen (phil@s3sun.CSS.GOV, sdcsvax!phil)