Cats in Boxes

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sallykate Sep 2022 10:59am, 8 Sep 2022 10,267 posts	0 sallykate The weather is bad enough for Caspar to sleep indoors...I hardly ever see him during the day! We covered this old sofa bed with a black fleece blanket when we were away recently, just in case cats decided to make it messy, but they like so it's stayed on there & the thing is basically a big cat bed now...
IT GRANNY 🇮🇸 Sep 2022 11:07am, 8 Sep 2022 15,370 posts	0 IT GRANNY 🇮🇸 Aw, so many gorgeous catties! Pascal, who is not even 4 months old and still relatively tiny, is really mean to Peggý. She has the patience of a saint and is very submissive (also with humans). She mothers Pascal and has been teaching him to hunt (oops but also awww) but Pascal is a bully. He literally pushes her out the way to eat her food and has now taken to her bed. There are so many beds/sofas/chairs/boxes in the house that he is clearly using her favourite bed to make a point. Peggý just looks at me plaintively. I've no idea if he will be less mean after the de-bollocking (end of November). I don't imagine there is much I can do and they need to work it out between themselves. But poor Peggý.
Serendippily Sep 2022 12:33pm, 8 Sep 2022 26,552 posts	0 Serendippily Since we started feeding Prim in a separate area there is more equality between them. Prim even finishes her own food if she fancies it, rather than leaving an appeasement. Killer has even started to chime in with a pathetic muted mew at feeding time, she is naturally a silent killer but hey if this baby kitten nonsense works with the feeders she’ll give it a go
IT GRANNY 🇮🇸 Sep 2022 2:33pm, 8 Sep 2022 15,372 posts	0 IT GRANNY 🇮🇸 They used to feed in separate rooms but I just moved them together (now Pascal can go out); but it didn't make much difference then unless I locked one out the way. I did that this morning so Peggý could eat in peace but it isn't always possible.
Corrah Sep 2022 4:58pm, 8 Sep 2022 7,609 posts	0 Corrah Raven had a lump just below the shoulder so we had a vet visit today. She is actually a he and the lump could be a reaction to the first set of jabs. At least it will be cheaper to neuter him. The name stays though.
Corrah Sep 2022 4:59pm, 8 Sep 2022 7,610 posts	0 Corrah Meant to say that Raven bullies the other 2 ITG. I reckon he’ll grow out of it. Shelby pins him down but he still comes back for more!
sallykate Sep 2022 5:07pm, 8 Sep 2022 10,270 posts	0 sallykate Kyri seems to have calmed down a bit since being chopped so that might help ITG - though as he's a kitten there's not really much testosterone (is it the same in cats?!) in his system. And he's very young! Can you move him elsewhere if he settles in Peggy's favourite places? Feeding them treats together is supposed to help them get used to each other too - as in feel positive about each other. I was feeding all three of ours earlier with Dreamies and dried fish; at one point I thought that would never happen. Do you have a feeding bowl which is big enough for both their heads to fit easily?
IT GRANNY 🇮🇸 Sep 2022 7:54pm, 8 Sep 2022 15,375 posts	0 IT GRANNY 🇮🇸 Corrah, I thought you were going to say the lumps were his baws 😂. They are happily tearing strips off each other right now. Peggý can go out if she wants so obviously doesn't mind that much. I don't have a "big bowl" (channeling Derry Girls) but I do have some chicken scraps I can give them together.
Raemond Sep 2022 12:22pm, 10 Sep 2022 9,585 posts	0 Raemond We don't have any boxes around atm so the kittens are having to make do with inferior places to sit Nori is quite the lap filler and heated, weighted blanket combined now.
Garfield Sep 2022 12:50pm, 10 Sep 2022 16,862 posts	0 Garfield Nice hot water bottles Raemond!