I understand that cats, like many animals, may fight if they feel threatened, over territory, male aggression, etc.
But once they throw down, what does instinct tell them to do? They happen so quickly and frantically, seemingly without strategy, it’s hard to make sense of what’s going on.
Try to scratch the other’s eyes out, maim or kill, or just keep swinging until the other backs down?
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Cats don’t fight to immediately kill. They attempt to injure enough for infection to do the rest of the work. Their claws are scoops which cut a line of flesh out which prevents the wound from healing before infection sets in. My cat was in a fight with a stay and I set a trap to relocate the stray and about two days later I finally caught him. My cat must have bit him on top of the ear next to the head and it was already festering and stunk of gangrene. Cats can’t clean that location and without human intervention, it’s a goner.
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