Cat Biting Other Cat

Question
We have two kittens under a year that are a few months apart.  The older kitten often stops to lick the other and then ends up biting out her fur and eating it.  The younger kitten is usually sleeping or simply resting.  They don't fight or hiss at each other and seem to otherwise get along just fine.  Is this territorial, or playing, or just not socialized correctly.

Answer
Kylene,

You don't say if they are male or female but it sounds as if the older kitten is starting to behave in a sexual manner. When they just start to develop their hormones they get confused about what they should do about them. I would consider getting both of the kittens spayed or neutered if they are not. Kittens can be done early now. I had 2 kittens neutered at 11 weeks.

As long as the younger kitten allows the older kitten to act like that then I wouldn't worry too much. When it bothers her (?) or it is too rough for her she will let him (?) know it. Make sure you give the older kitten Petromalt (a tube of hairball passer), or put a small stripe of mayonnaise or butter down it's front paws to keep the cat from getting hairballs from ingesting the younger cats fur.

You may want to try to distract the older kitten when it starts to behave like that. You don't want to punish it because it's not really being a 'bad kitty', but get a toy (a pet laser light is an excellent distraction), or some food to get his mind off of munching on the littler kitten.

Tabbi