Morning Kitty Scuffles

[kybearfuzz]

Around 4:30 AM this morning, I was in bed sleeping with Maggie (the gray cat) snuggled up next to me. Murphy (the orange cat) popped onto the bed and apparently wanted the presumably coveted spot Maggie had. I was waking up at this point.

Instead of finding a new spot, he did something I find humorous and surprising. He crawled under the covers right next to my chest, burrowed in, turned around and literally nudged her out of the way. Maggie let loose a resounding hiss, then accepted her new spot on the bed cover.

I found this funny that Murphy would be so competitive in a sense. I chuckled a bit and sleepily said "Murphy, that isn't nice..."

Eventually I got out of bed to get ready for work. Maggie stayed right where she was until Murphy climbed onto the bed again while I was shaving and decided to sniff around on Maggie. Maggie woke up, hissed at him, and took a couple of well-aimed swats (sans claws). I couldn't pass up the photo-op, so I grabbed my iPhone and caught her in full defensive mode. Murphy is a bit blurry because she had just tagged him not a split second before.

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

See! You incite jealousy and competition wherever you go! :)

HUGS!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL... not quite the effect I seem to have on the guys! Darn it.

[texwriterbear.livejournal.com]

Even animals fight to get near that furry chest of yours ;-)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Hah! I do find their competitive nature for my attention funny. I wonder what would happen if one started ignoring me. Would the other try to outdo the first?

[texwriterbear.livejournal.com]

How could they possibly ignore you? ;-)

[itzgid.livejournal.com]

I don't blame Murphy a bit.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

You're too sweet.. thanks...

[madknits.livejournal.com]

*best Karen Carpenter voice, sings*

Why do cats suddenly appear
Every time you are near?

*cough-hack-cough*

OK, I may be a baritone-bass, but even I can't sing as low as Karen Carpenter

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL... I appreciate your efforts. I'm sure Karen would also have loved it :)

[spatts5.livejournal.com]

I bet Maggie was having a great dream (possibly of being an only cat?) when the Murphster woke her up.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm... I hope there isn't a dastardly plot (like Stewie from Family Guy) to lose a kitty in the house. I wonder if Maggie is scheming to be queen of the house.

[spatts5.livejournal.com]

Or she could be channelling The Brain and is plotting to "take over the world" ... or at least the household.

[prisoncitybear.livejournal.com]

Shit's about to get real.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Oh heck yeah. He may weigh three times what she does, but Maggie can hold her own with him!

[jccub1.livejournal.com]

I panic if I ever hear a hiss from either of our two - largely because of the first big fight they had a few weeks back :S

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL... talk about holding grudges!!

[jccub1.livejournal.com]

I think it's more to do with hissing or being grumpy with each other is so alien to their behaviour. They've been with each other since birth and she's incredibly maternal over him and he's protective of her and they had never hissed until World War 3 broke out after a year and a half.

She's hissed at him twice since - both times because he wanted to eat her food. I'm obviously paranoid now lol