Sunday, October 16, 2005
Cat silliness
Roxy and Sugar are still working out Territory Issues. Being prayed over and anointed last week at the St Francis' Day service doesn't seem to have calmed Roxy's desire to stalk and harass sweet and timid Sugar, alas.
Roxy has pretty much established dominance in the living room. The dining room and kitchen seem like somewhat neutral territory. Sugar is trying to stake a claim for the bathroom, which is also the Litter Box Room. There is a modesty half-wall between the vanity area and the toilet/shower area; it is about shoulder-height, and maybe 4" thick, and as long as the vanity is deep. Sugar has decided that the way to show that she's not to be messed with in the bathroom is by claiming the high ground.
So now, often when I go into the bathroom in the night or early morning, there is Sugar, perched up on top the wall, looking down at everything, including the toilet. The first time I stumbled in to the bathroom early in the morning, w/o turning on the lights, mostly still asleep, no glasses on, and perched on the throne, only to suddenly sense a tail swishing energetically above my head--that was quite a startling moment!
Tonight Shug supervised my evening ablutions quite closely from her wall-top perch. Roxy, meanwhile, watched from a few feet away, seeing how close she could get w/o getting pounced on. As I got ready to leave, I reached up and gave Sugar a friendly head-scritch. In return she reached out a paw and gently patted my newly-exfoliated-and- moisturized cheek. They are endearing critters.
Roxy has pretty much established dominance in the living room. The dining room and kitchen seem like somewhat neutral territory. Sugar is trying to stake a claim for the bathroom, which is also the Litter Box Room. There is a modesty half-wall between the vanity area and the toilet/shower area; it is about shoulder-height, and maybe 4" thick, and as long as the vanity is deep. Sugar has decided that the way to show that she's not to be messed with in the bathroom is by claiming the high ground.
So now, often when I go into the bathroom in the night or early morning, there is Sugar, perched up on top the wall, looking down at everything, including the toilet. The first time I stumbled in to the bathroom early in the morning, w/o turning on the lights, mostly still asleep, no glasses on, and perched on the throne, only to suddenly sense a tail swishing energetically above my head--that was quite a startling moment!
Tonight Shug supervised my evening ablutions quite closely from her wall-top perch. Roxy, meanwhile, watched from a few feet away, seeing how close she could get w/o getting pounced on. As I got ready to leave, I reached up and gave Sugar a friendly head-scritch. In return she reached out a paw and gently patted my newly-exfoliated-and- moisturized cheek. They are endearing critters.
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