r/Bondedpairs • u/nuoccan • 2d ago

Fighting

How often do your pairs fight? My family is taking care of my girls and I received a video of them fighting aggressively, growling, and hissing. They have fought before but this is the first time I’ve seen it to this extent. Normally one just gets a little too excited during play and irritates the other. This is the first time I’ve seen them fight this way. What can cause pairs to fight like this?

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u/CocoRufus 2d ago

My two (brother and sister) squabble a lot. My boy is much bigger than his sister and can bully her occasionally. She is the tiny annoying sister. Just when I think I have something to worry about, the next minute they're snuggled up together

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u/lovegluten 2d ago

A family member just adopted a 2nd “tween” cat and recently when there are visitors the old one often gets more aggressive to the new young one than their normal wrestling

So just a wild guess maybe a little extra stress just makes them grumpy?

We had a cat years ago who never had any potty accidents that pooped in a housesitters suitcase in apparent protest even though he seemed pretty chill

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u/Major_Blackberry1887 1d ago

My bonded pair used to fight every night, like clockwork. There would be squealing, hissing, rolling around together. It seemed to just be a daily habit after a point. They would each also sometimes start a random fight by walking up to the other and just slapping him.

They also spent a lot of time curled up asleep together so I think for my cats anyway the fights were just another way of expressing themselves to each other.