OK, where to start. Since Parsley past away our youngest cat hasn't had a regular "playmate." When we took Ember in we organised a home in case things didn't work out, but thought she'd make a good playmate. She did - she had TOO much energy for our youngest cat and completely freaked her out. So our youngest cat decided Little Junkie (sorry, you all probably think that's an awful nickname. We call it him affectionately, honestly!) should be her new playmate and to a degree he has reluctantly resigned himself to this role.
Today, the youngest cat tried to get him to play and he obviously dodn't want to. She kept batting him, he kept batting her and trying to move away. He got onto the windowsill and she sat on the futon looking disgruntled. Old Mog sat on the back of the futon and started grumbling at him (the windowsill is behind the futon) so I told her to move if she was going to moan at him. (I know, I'm sure she understands every word!) She got off, stood looking at the youngest cat and literally yelled at her repeatedly until a minor scuffle broke out - it was over really quickly but it was really odd. A few tufts of fur came out in the process!
I've never seen them do this before and wondered what could have prompted it. Any ideas? It was almost as if Old Mog was backing up Little Junkie but she's always been a teeny bit jealous of him so that can't be it. (No idea why.) Unless of course, she thinks bullying privileges are solely hers!
