Jack is an instigator, perpetually poking at Patchy under doors. Patches won't ignore him. If Patches has a whole room to explore, he'll camp out by the door separating jack from him and growl at me for trying to pet him. I'm actually getting pretty frustrated with both of them. I understand that Jack, fairly rightly, feels that Patchy is taking over his territory and his people. I'm a bit more upset with Patchy, since he's usually so loving and grateful, for taking his Jack-based anxiety out on me.
Last night, both cats made damn clear that they weren't about to be wrangled into a room, so they both just got left out. Jack is now capable of ignoring Patches for long periods of time, but Patches insists on hiding by a bookcase, where we can't reach him. I'm going to have to corral Jack after work and see if I can get Patchy out for a bit.
For how few days they've been out together, this actually isn't too bad. There will be lots of chase and scuffles between them to come most likely. But as long as it doesn't get to where anyone is really getting hurt, it just looks a lot worse than it is.
ReplyDeleteWolfie is a huge love bug, unless he's pissed off at one of the other cats for something. Then when I go to pet him to try and calm him down, he growls and will even bite at me. I quickly let him know that is not acceptable, by putting him on his side and hissing at him, then walking away. He realizes he overstepped his bounds and comes to find me and purr at me.
But yeah, I actually think for how fast everything is going, they are doing pretty well, all things considered.