Well, cats learn how to bite without causing damage. Tigers aren’t socialized with humans, so they learn the levels of bite appropriate to other tigers.
You’re saying that like cats socialized with humans never once bite or scratch hard enough to harm. It’s not the thousands of play bites that are the problem, it’s when they randomly crunch down and unmake your shoulder instead of making you dig out the neosporin.
Cat is absolutely capable of biting your finger off, yet when socialised properly they limit themselves with occasional excited scratching and light biting.
But just to be clear, I’m not advocating for having a tiger as a per.
Well, cats learn how to bite without causing damage. Tigers aren’t socialized with humans, so they learn the levels of bite appropriate to other tigers.
You’re saying that like cats socialized with humans never once bite or scratch hard enough to harm. It’s not the thousands of play bites that are the problem, it’s when they randomly crunch down and unmake your shoulder instead of making you dig out the neosporin.
Cat is absolutely capable of biting your finger off, yet when socialised properly they limit themselves with occasional excited scratching and light biting.
But just to be clear, I’m not advocating for having a tiger as a per.
A properly socialized cat will not be biting and scratching you. That’s a skill issue