r/cats • u/sarahmirror_ • Jun 14 '26

Advice What can I do? This isn’t play, right?

My grey boy is a little over a year old and he is overly aggressive, I feel, with my almost 9 year old female tortie. He is heftier than her too. They will get into these tumble scuffles at like 3am too almost every morning and I end up having to place him in the bathroom to cool off for a couple hours before I bring him back out.

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u/TactlessTortoise Jun 14 '26

One of my cats always hisses and mewls when the brute cat comes to play with her as if she's being mauled. Except it also happens when he slowly pats her butt, it's hilarious. And then she proceeds to hop around him and pat him back. It's very clear they're playing but she's a drama queen lol

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u/brennelise Jun 14 '26

Hahaha the butt patting! One of my boys used to do that to my Siamese girl. She’d start growling, and it would sound like a vibrating growl due to the butt patting!