안냥! 크집사입니다. 요즘 새롭게 알게 된 건데 정원에 나가있을 땐 티티가 디디를 때리지 않아요. 신기하죠? * 저희 집에 안개가 많이 끼어서 왜일까 궁금해하시는 분들이 계세요. 새로운 카메라에 익숙해지는 대로 안개는 걷힐 예정입니다. Hey, it’s Claire! I recently found out that TT doesn’t smack DD when they’re out in the garden. I wonder why? It’s pretty mysterious! * Also, some commenters have been asking why there’s so much fog around my house. Don’t worry, once I get used to my new camera, everything’s going to clear up right away!
Brighter lighting (sunlight) in the garden? (Still thinking of her reduced vision in her right eye.) Probably simply more room and more distractions for both of them.
I have been feeding stray cats for 3 years. One thing I have learned is that there is always a rank pyramid in a colony of cats and a female cat is always the matriarch at the top of the pyramid. I believe TT is the matriarch and must make sure everyone stays in line within the rank pyramid.
I read a similar comment on another video some time back that said that colonies of cats always have a dominant male and female. Very loose organization, very loose hierarchy, but there will be a dominant pair. They don't have to be a couple, they just have to work together doing their respective jobs for the group. That commenter thought that TT hits DD whenever he tries to get too close/personal; she's saying, "Hey, this is just business, buddy, we're both just working here".
TT is the dominant female and DD the dominant male. I'm sure DD knows what he's doing when he walks too close to her so he must be willing to take the smacks just for the chance that she'll accept him. By now though, he should really just give up and snuggle with Lala.
I would personally say that it's probably a dominance thing. TT sees that DD is dominant over the other cats, so she wants to be dominant toward him because that means she's the top cat.
It also probably has to do with size. DD is very fluffy and appears much larger than TT, but to him they're still close friends and he shouldn't be making her nervous by getting that physically close to her.
@@funnykitten2927 TT's the eldest, but DD is the first cat. Though TT came about 2 weeks after DD. It's most likely dominance issue, and I think DD lets TT smack him because he knows she has illness. I watched somewhere on RU-vid that the healthier cat tolerates the sick one.
It also maybe because TT is sick and wants her space. DD is a rather large cat and can unintentionally get too close without realizing and get smacked.
어쩌면.. 티티는 시력이 좀 안 좋은 것일지도 모르겠다는 생각이 듭니다. 그래서 뭔가가 갑자기 가까이 다가오면 놀라거나 무서워서 일단 한대 치고 보는 게 아닐까 싶어요. 유독 디디가 맞는 이유가 아마도 어릴때 부터 같이 커와서 가장 익숙해서 자주 다가가기 때문이 아닐까 싶네요. 다른 고양이들은 다가가면 맞는 다는 걸 아니까 안 가는데, 디디는 성격이 둔중한 편이라 맞던지 말던지 일단 다가가는 거 같구요.
@@개판이군 아마도 성격 자체도 예민한 편이라 그럴 것 같습니다. 성격이 예민한 편인데 시력은 안 좋아서 사물이 아른 거리지, 그 와중에 뭔가가 자꾸 다가오거나 하면 예민한 성격대로 바로 한대 치는거죠.. 냄새는 일단 뒤로 하고서라도요. 집사님에게 그러지 않는 경우는 아마도 고양이들 보다 큰 덩치라는 점, 목소리가 먼저 들린다는 점 때문에 예민하게 반응하지 않는 듯 싶습니다.
She would have shown aggressiveness towards the newcomers. But she's been a second mom for them, especially with Lala. And Lulu is the only one who's privileged enough to lick and cuddle her of all 7 originals. TT and Nana are inseparable. No, it is something that is specifically about DD.
@@GoodMusicManiac999 I think maybe the problem is that she literally thought the new kittens were her babies and didn't want DD getting too close to them!
근데 때린 아이를 쓰담하시면 어떡해요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 오늘 영상 보면서 정말 행복했어요. 2017년인가 초창기부터 봤는데 아가들 어린 시절 모습 나오면 항상 감동받아요 ㅠㅠㅠㅠ 디디티티는 정말 다른 느낌으로 저를 울리는 야옹이들이에요. 둔둔이는 같이 놀고 싶고 사랑스러워서 안아주고 싶고 티티는 왠지 항상 마음이 가서 챙겨주고 싶고 ㅠㅠㅠㅠ 그래도 둔둔이가 맞기도 전에 움찔하는 영상들은 왠지 맘이 안쓰러워요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 둘이 잘 지냈으면 좋겠네요🥰
I love that DD doesn't fight with the girl kitties. And it seems to me (being a viewer and not Claire) that TT only punches because she doesn't like others to be too close. It's mostly DD, MoMo and occasionally LaLa that get smacked. Female cats are more territorial because they have a protective instinct, so her hitting DD can also be because he's the greatest 'risk' to her (and the cats under her).
She started hitting DD when the other kitties arrived. I wonder if having kitties around had maybe awaken her maternal instinct. In the first video where she hits him, she is laying down with the kittens behind her. Maybe she was feeling protective of the kitties? I've seen my female cats becoming very aggressive toward the adult males cat of the house when they had kitties, maybe TT felt something similar. And DD was the only adult male cat at the time.
@@federicanardi7227 Did her "maternal instinct" lead her to pushing kitten Lala into the high water dish and almost drowning her? Her punching kitten Lala is probably what taught Lala to think violence is okay and to start hitting the others "I learned it from you okay???" 😂
TT tends to not slap Lulu, Nana, and Toto as much as she slaps the others, even though they're constantly trying to snuggle with her. Wonder why they get a pass
@@mrgannon I don't know... I've seen that maternal instinct can stop very early in cats. When the kitties are grown up, mama cat can even start to hit them to send them away. If they are not aggressive maybe they just ignore them and go away, but some of them are pretty brutal. Then there are also preferences. And also those are not her real kittens. Maybe it has been a mixture of instincts and feelings
@@Commenter839 Well Lulu does have his health issues, hm was Toto the one who got so sick, if so maybe that's why if not, Toto is more chill than his brother and Nana is rather calm more often then not. I don't believe I've seen Chuchu get smacked either and she's a very chill kitty too as well as having had a lot of issues due to breathing. The other cats are high energy healthy kitties who might stress TT out when they get in her space.
DD really is a gentle giant. If he really wanted to fight back. TT wouldn't stand a chance. I think TT just wants her space and doesn't want to share Claire with the other cats. So she's probably jealous of DD.
Maybe their relationship changed with introduction of a new cat? Or maybe at certain age DD tried to hit on TT? Or maybe TT has any health issue back then that make her feel agitated and DD got on her bad side? This is really so mysterious 😂
I saw a comment in the cat’s relationship video that explain why TT keeps smacking DD and it matches the evidence in this video. TT and DD are the oldest male and female cats in the house and that makes them alphas. After the little ones arrived, male alphas have to look after every cats closely while the female look after from distance. When DD tries to take care of TT, she has to tell DD that she’s working by smacking him.
It's obvious that DD loves TT. The way he checks on her, and often comes to rest near her even when she snaps at him. I think her behaviour has more than one cause. She is the dominant female in the flock, and needs to maintain her rank. Somebody mentioned that she might be uncomfortable because of her kidney problems, and is lashing out because of that. I don't know, of course, but it seems plausible to me. Since you say that it started happening only a few years ago, I also think that it could be related to the size of the flock/family group. It seems to me that TT is not very comfortable in large groups, and the more cats there are, the more she feels that she has to make an effort to establish her boundaries. "Approach me on _my_ terms!" says Queen TT. I'm only guessing, and I could of course be wrong, but it seems likely to me. The fact that she doesn't snap at DD when they are outdoors underscores my guess. I don't know if there is anything you can/should do to change the situation, but one idea could be to find a way for TT to get some space for herself. One way to do that is to get a cat door that unlocks with an RFID chip, put the chip on a collar for TT and rebuild a wardrobe into her private quarters. I've seen that done on another channel, "Walter Santi" from Turkey. I don't know if that would work for you, but it's worth considering at least.
I think you're right that she's establishing dominance and also that it could be exacerbated because she's dealing with pain. Tbh I know that in cat colonies some mom cats will bat at their kittens when they're grown enough to establish the boundary of "Give me my space!" When outdoors she may feel more confident because there's more space for them to roam and she knows that DD will be more interested in what's going on than inside.
My guess is jealousy, since DD sometimes takes the petting times of an already limited number of time mommy can spend with each individual cat, since Claire now has 10 cats. But who knows? 🤷♂️
It looks like TT didn't enjoy DD rough play as he grew bigger than her, then it became habit. TT really loves outside in the garden and doesn't hit because she feels no stress when outside.