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My Cats Are Crazy

March 28, 2008 12:30 AM

originally got two cats, Smash and Buttercup. They were brother and sister and got along really, really well. Unfortunately, I had to put Buttercup down. That left Smash the sole feline ruler of my apartment for a while, but I could tell that he was vaguely bored and lonely. So, after what I thought was enough of a mourning period, I got another cat, Lily.

I had never before noticed such a huge difference in personality in an animal as the difference between Buttercup and Lily. Buttercup was the sweetest cat ever. She'd want your attention and she'd sit on top of my monitor and just watch the room for hours. And she was all about having people pet her. While I love Lily, she's much more . . . cold. She doesn't particularly like being pet, and she feels no need to brush up to people or show off. In fact, if you're not holding a laser pointer, she doesn't really have any use for you. Most of the time. Every now and then, she'll wake me up at 6am with incessant whining. So I'll check the food and the water and the litter box, and she'll be right at my feet the whole time, and everything will be as it should be, and I'll look down at her and she'll whine and I'll pet her and she'll just revel in it for a few minutes before walking away and going back to sleep. She's a strange cat.

Anyway, Smash and Lily have really bonded. They chase each other around all the time. They groom each other. And they huddle together into a little call of crazy cuteness all the time. Bluebunny's picture of them sleeping would be appropriate here.

But lately I've caught them fighting a lot. I'm pretty sure it's play fighting since there isn't any hissing or claws. But it seems to be happening more often than it used to. At the same time, though, they have continued to cuddle and groom each other. And I found them sleeping together in their little cat carrier the other morning.

Still, Smash is way the fuck bigger than Lily, and she's always in a prone position when I find them fighting. So I'm wondering whether they're actually fighting or if they're just roughhousing. Do they still love each other, or is the whole thing on the rocks? Is this the cat equivalent of the seven-year itch? Or just play?



2 Comments


tRJ said:

My guess is rough-housing. My cats do this as well. And their occasional tussle stands in stark contrast to my parents' cats, who can't pass each other without claws and hissing. Sadly, cats tend to be understimulated when they live indoors, especially when it comes to their hunting and fighting instincts. So they take it out on each other.

March 28, 2008 11:14 AM



JLee said:

I think it's just all in fun. They get bored lounging around the house all day. ha
It's interesting how animals all have such distinctive personalities.

March 28, 2008 4:51 PM



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