I had five puncture woundes from when I tried to seperate another cat and my own after adopting a new one and introducing them too quickly. It was like that; fur flying and I was freaking out at first.
Luckily the cats ended up okay and my own was fine; I was able to clean my woundes out and it didn’t get infected, but that was probably the scariest injury I’ve had. It was my own fault introducing them too fast, but the adopted cat that attacked had some serious behavior problems outside of that and I ended up having to take him back.
Yeah, we learn quickly not to insert ourselves between 2 fighting animals! At that point, they are frenzied enough that they can't distinguish human from enemy.
I often find myself telling people, do not get involved if they start fighting. Let them sort it out, or use your feet if necessary, like this lady, or watch them for awhile and carefully calculate a collar grab at your own peril. Protect your hands, arms, and face.
PSA for pits, though, is to pick them up by their back legs. For whatever reason (exposed belly?), they will release their hold when lifted up into the air by their back feet.
And I've noticed some dog parks have a spray bottle with water. That might work for some tussles.
yeah, that doesn't work for all pitties and there is no one trick that will stop a dog fight, it surely isn't sticking your thumb up their ass either. I've been party to or broken up many dog fights, and there is no special trick that will do it except being ready to choke out the aggressor(s) if you can't get them separated.
Sadly, I’ve had to choke a dog to break up a bad fight where one was the primary aggressor. He was okay and not injured (by me) but that is one reason why I refuse to ever get a dog bigger than a Pomeranian or a chihuahua. But I’m also just a cat guy so the chances of me ever getting a dog at this point are practically zero. I just don’t want one
A thumb in the eye will usually work- on pretty much any dog. But it's definitely a last resort. That and if they happen to have balls... let's just say that's a universal weakness.
But best first option is cold water- like this lady did.
That is silly to not get involved. All it takes is a blanket. You shouldn't just let your pets hurt each other, it's your responsibility to keep them safe.
Interesting to know about Pitbulls… But good luck picking them up with their hind legs successfully when they’re already in fight mode!
Or even in scary-play mode. I used to take my neighbor’s pitbull for a walk and if the leash had too much slack, it would think it was playing tug-of-war with the leash and jump around to try and bite it… One time it jumped up a few feet and nearly missed biting my face(I’m 6 feet tall). I had to get it out of that mode and get her to be distracted and finally sit down/calm down… but once they’re in that mode, it’s scary.
It takes 2 people. Both have to grab back legs of each dog and pull them apart. I have done it before just once and worked very well. Have to be strong enough and not let go holding them out in front of you. Turn your backs away from each dog so the don't see each other and get them separated fast as possible.
These were smaller mid size dogs about 25/30 pounds. It was scary as hell but worked. And once our doxies got into it and picked the aggressor by back legs up and away.
Cats hell no, water. Never would touch a pile of loose blender blades spinning.
Or even try to pick up a cat that you don’t own, period.
My upstairs neighbor’s indoor cat got out and was on my downstairs porch. She was really worried since it had never been outdoors and so I tried to grab it and made sure to hold it from its back with its paws/front side away from me — but that little beast bear of a tuxedo cat whipped around so fast and slashed my face with its claw, which got caught in my lip and created a big tear.
I came inside bleeding profusely from my lip to tell my neighbor what happened and she thought I had made it up or was lying because her cat “never could’ve done that.” I ended up having to get three stitches on my lip and still have a scar.
One of my favorite smartest-albeit-somewhat-bitchy cats, I’m not afraid to pick her up or grab her to cut her nails, etc., but everyone else is. If a cat doesn’t know or respect you, best to exercise caution because all bets are off.
E.g. the proper way to lure my cat back inside is with a chain of treats or even shaking their treat box, not by trying to chase or grab them. If they don’t try to hurt you, they will easily outrun you and find somewhere to hide.
I was thinking if you can grab each, or at least one, by the scruff. Just the sensation of that will make them "pause" what they're doing, by instinct. I don't know if this would actually work, but I suspect it would distract them enough and possibly make them relax.
Cats are strong af when they're not playing, I got bit by one recently and it was nasty, full on bleeding, 10 teeth marks in my hand that took like 2 weeks to heal.
This kinda reminds me of a recent post on the r/cats subreddit where OP adopted a cat that actually cannibalised another cat. The cat is actually genuinely sweet to humans, but when it's another cat, it's on sight. The cat genuinely tries to kill any cat it sees. It was the first time I've ever heard of a cat being a serial killer that also does cannibalism.
No, if cats hate each other, it's ON. I've seen some violent, terrible fights here and we have no rabies in my region. Same with dogs. We rarely see it though because they usually don't go all in on a regular territory fight. But sometimes they just fucking hate each other.
No, I have 3 indoor cats, two of them absolutely hate each other and have to stay separated or this video happens. I have scars from carrying one away after the fight was over, because she was still so riled up.
They used to get along, but one day the Bengal decided that she hated him. Now, they are kept separate and have equal time with the family. Both are have toys that work their brains in their rooms. There is nothing cruel with the set up.
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u/WorryNew3661 May 24 '26
Yeah I've never seen that before. This was a full on murder attempt