Semi-armed cat fight!
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (64169)
United States
August 1, 2011 9:25pm CST
So, I'm laying in bed in the middle of the night, trying to get back to sleep and Taj comes up for pets.
Fine, he's laying there taking my pets happily and Mo comes up.
Now, Mo isn't a big fan of other cats, and he takes a swing at Taj.
Mind you, Mo was declawed when we took him in, so a swing from Mo is a slap at worst.
Taj is 9 to Mo's about 6, but he's got a worse temper, and he swings back, a couple of times.
Mo displays his teeth and Taj does too, well, he opens his mouth anyway.
You see, this was a fight between a declawed cat and a toothless one... and the older, and toothless one won!
As I said, Taj as a worse temper and while he was swinging at Mo without his nails out... I know because he hit me rather than Mo... he was doing it in such a way that it scared ol' Mo off.
I told Taj he was a good boy, and gave him more pets, after all, he didn't start the fight, he just ended it...
So, that's my story about two semi-armed fighters... and obviously having claws is more important than teeth in a cat fight... or at least going crazier is...
Who would you have thought would win? the older clawed cat or the younger toothed cat?
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@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
2 Aug 11
That's way too funny. I'm not sure which cat would win. I think it would really depend on the cats and their individual cat-alities. Are they still called personalities, when I'm talking about a cat? haha Sounds like the kind of thing that would have been fun to capture on video.
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@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
2 Aug 11
That must have been funny to see! I don't know which I'd pick. At first I thought maybe the one with claws, but the older one has more experience and probably less patience!
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
3 Aug 11
Sorry I got them confused. I don't know why I thought the younger one had the claws.
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@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
2 Aug 11
Oh the older one, wiser one, knows how to fight one. Sure Taj may be toothless, but he's smarter, Mo just came in with a bad temper and even in humans, that doesnt' always mean you'll win! 
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@mentalward (14690)
• United States
2 Aug 11
Oh, I definitely would have put my money on Taj. Not because he had claws and not because Mo had teeth but because we all know that the older we get the less tolerance we have for nonsense. Mo came by to dish out some total nonsense and Taj, being the older, more experienced one, said "the heck with this!" Of course, there could have been a slight realization on Mo's part that he was the intruder, after all.
Still, cats can be really funny. (Funny odd AND funny ha ha.) I remember once a long time ago I was sitting in our rocking chair and my oldest cat came up to me and sat in front of me on the floor, facing me, just chillin'. My youngest cat snuck up on him, ever so quietly, and sat down a little behind and to the left of the older one. He stared the way he did, really spooky-like, at the older one for a minute or so. Then, ever so slowly, he raised a paw in the air a little higher than my older cat's head, held it there for a second or two, then BOP!! right on top of his head, just once. My older cat ran halfway across the room, turned and cussed the other one out, then ran up the stairs.
I still laugh when I remember that. 
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
3 Aug 11
I know that look! You just KNOW they're trying to think of a way out of the situation and still look cool. 1 person likes this
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
3 Aug 11
Taj was defending his ground, or at least his space.
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@samafayla33 (1856)
• United States
2 Aug 11
lol cats are sweet, they have to have both personality to pull that one off
@moondancer (7431)
• United States
2 Aug 11
In my experience I'd say the one with claws would most likely win. They have a longer reach and can swing those little paws as ferociously as anything I have seen. The paws are quick and usually precise.
Yes, the teeth are sharp and they will dig in but you must get close enough to bite.
I agree the one that one out was right. A cut story of dominance.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
2 Aug 11
Another hilarious video of the mind...
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
2 Aug 11
hard to say.one of mine is older and front declawed (he had damaged feet when we adopted him-infected and surgery was required)and he has NO problem defending himself.
he's a maine mix,and uses size to his advantage-he'll body slam the younger cats and start biting
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sometimes the older has the advantage just by life experience.
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sometimes the older has the advantage just by life experience.1 person likes this
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
2 Aug 11
thats so funny. but at least nobody got hurt. glad for that. yes id of thought the younger would win. 
cute. 
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
2 Aug 11
So they both had their disadvantages. I would imagine claws to be pretty important in a feline confrontation because that’s what cats do, they claw their way through life! Upon reading I guessed the toothless one would win because as I said for a cat claws and whiskers are everything!
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@marie2052 (3691)
• United States
14 Aug 11
I have Mawmaw and Tink. Mawmaw wants absolutely nothing to do with me during the day being the independent one she is.
Tink on the other hand wants to be on my lap ALL day.
But when I go to bed, and husband has already been asleep 3 to 4 hours ahead of me, the cats come barreling in the room and up on the bed.
For some reason that is when Mawmaw wants HER attention. All you can hear is hissing and spitting and honestly I have no idea where Tink sleeps because to this day mawmaw sleeps next to me at night.
Wierdest stuff because I was sure Tink would be the one sleeping with me in the bed.
As for your two claws are a cats best defense. They sink claws in before they bite.
Watch them the next time they are mad at each other.
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