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I have 2 American Wirehair cats, who are full siblings but from 2 different litters. Sheba is 2 1/2 and I've had her almost 2 years. Her brother, Ziggy, is 1 1/2 and I've had him almost a year.
I would consider them both bonded to me, but Sheba doesn't show it as openly as she is a bit aloof. Ziggy, OTOH, makes no bones about it--I'm his MAMA. He's slept ON me almost every night since he moved in where Sheba sometimes sleeps on the bed, but usually on the end, away from people.
I noticed a couple of months ago that Ziggy gets a little upset if he jumps up on the bed to sleep and finds Sheba settled in--albeit on the opposite side of the bed. He will begin wrestling with her and irritate her to the point she will leave. I usually step in and separate them and attempt to get them both settled, and that works about 50% of the time.
It's Sheba's long term routine to run upstairs to me in the morning when she hears me stirring and ask for a drink from the sink. This morning she was attempting to come up the stairs and Ziggy blocked her. She made it past him and then he chased her down and tackled her, and caused an awful racket. She retreated down the stairs and then he STOOD GUARD at the top of the stairs and prevented her from coming back up to me. I will add that a few minutes later (once I came downstairs), they were sharing the cat tree and right now they are happily exploring together in the backyard.
Anyone else ever have such a possessive cat? Is this something to be concerned about? Anything I need to do to diffuse the rivalry? I do give all my cats all the love they ask for, so I'm certainly not favoring one over the other. I just want them all to get along without the drama, if possible.
Thanks,
Cally
I would consider them both bonded to me, but Sheba doesn't show it as openly as she is a bit aloof. Ziggy, OTOH, makes no bones about it--I'm his MAMA. He's slept ON me almost every night since he moved in where Sheba sometimes sleeps on the bed, but usually on the end, away from people.
I noticed a couple of months ago that Ziggy gets a little upset if he jumps up on the bed to sleep and finds Sheba settled in--albeit on the opposite side of the bed. He will begin wrestling with her and irritate her to the point she will leave. I usually step in and separate them and attempt to get them both settled, and that works about 50% of the time.
It's Sheba's long term routine to run upstairs to me in the morning when she hears me stirring and ask for a drink from the sink. This morning she was attempting to come up the stairs and Ziggy blocked her. She made it past him and then he chased her down and tackled her, and caused an awful racket. She retreated down the stairs and then he STOOD GUARD at the top of the stairs and prevented her from coming back up to me. I will add that a few minutes later (once I came downstairs), they were sharing the cat tree and right now they are happily exploring together in the backyard.
Anyone else ever have such a possessive cat? Is this something to be concerned about? Anything I need to do to diffuse the rivalry? I do give all my cats all the love they ask for, so I'm certainly not favoring one over the other. I just want them all to get along without the drama, if possible.
Thanks,
Cally