Concerning behaviour? Or normal?

So bit of an odd day today. My little cat has had a weird change in behaviour just now. He has a feather toy he loves so he usually plays with it by himself (it's on a long stick). But he's now taking one end in his mouth like prey and spinning back and forth (slowly) and squatting likes he's going to sit on it but immediately getting up and repeating it all again.

He'd been acting normally otherwise but this is odd for him.

I took video but don't know how to upload.

Even the husband is stumped. Anyone have an idea?

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Uploaded it to YouTube if anyone can help




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Beautiful kitty, that does seem like rather odd behavior though. If he keeps it up, I might have him checked out. Is he doing this with anything else or at any other time??


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No, he's only done it with that toy and just in the last couple of hours. It's just off so it concerned me. If he keeps up, we're heading to the vet.

Ummm, this is an intact male cat?
Who is VERY fond of his toy?


Just a thought there. We had one that was very fond of a throw pillow. The little pervert.

No he's been neutered. Has been since we got him. He does seem to be trying to mount it. His backside shakes and his tail quivers.

{Hes having a lewd moment with his toy. } Pretty typical behaviour even though you've never seen him do it before. And yes, it can be normal for neutered males. It is a dominant behaviour and not sexual in nature.

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{Hes having a lewd moment with his toy. } Pretty typical behaviour even though you've never seen him do it before. And yes, it can be normal for neutered males. It is a dominant behaviour and not sexual in nature.

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Thank you. We've never had a male indoor cat before so I wondered after watching him for a few minutes but my brain defaults to medical.

My Copper cat (spayed girl) used to sit on her toys and then do a roll dive, flop over attack on it.   

Of course, ALWAYS phone your vet if concerned, but I suspect he’s just spreading his pheromones and claiming the toy as his. 

Thanks everyone.  I'll keep an eye on him. We've been looking for another cat to adopt so maybe this is his way of telling me he's tired of being an only child lol.

He is rather gorgeous!

The youngest of our brood of five, male neutered, likes to show his dominance with a much older, neutered, female. She goes along with him until she smacks him one.

Another of our males will sit on toys, or cats, to prove dominance.  There are lots of objections to this behaviour by the others!

Your boy looks like a fine healthy fella.  Your vet will put your mind at ease but I wouldn’t be too concerned.

That's so weird, last time I went over to Son of Sailor's house he was doing the same thing.  His backside was shaking like crazy.