Bliss Asks: “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”
Bliss has always had other cats around. She was a year and half old when I got her, and she had been raised with her momma cat and a littermate. I only had her a month when Barry (whose in the Happy Hunting Grounds now) arrived, so these last 6 months have been a new experience for her, being an only-cat. She’s extremely affectionate too, and was so with Barry.
I don’t know if it’s possible for adult cats who live in different homes to become “friends”. Maybe I am anthropomorphizing. My new upstairs neighbors have a younger female cat named “Ninja”. It seems to me that Bliss has been very open in becoming friends with Ninja… at least that’s how I interpret the behavior in this video I caught.
Ninja still hisses at her.
Okay… I can’t seem to embed the video directly into the blog, and “War”‘s copyright owners are particularly touchy… so CLICK HERE to see the video. It’s cute, I promise.
Then again, maybe Bliss simply realized she had Ninja quite “stuck”.
My cat, the scardiest, most timid cat in the universe has a new kitty mate, who she insist on inviting in for dinner…
When stationed in Berlin, my wife and I had a cat we named Elizabeth. We got her from a litter that was rescued by the German guards at one of the Army posts in Berlin. She never had kittens on her own.
A friend had a Siamese cat with kittens and was rotating back to the states and had to move into the barracks. We took in her cats until she left. The mother cat and Elizabeth kept at a distance from each other during that time. When our friend left she left two of the kittens with us and they were still nursing. Elizabeth developed milk and nursed them until the were old enough.
I am gonna be “sensitive” here and not say dogs rule. They do you know. But you won’t hear that insensitive shit from me.
Bliss looks like she saying “Come on down. I’ve got all day.”
It looks like they’re getting along pretty well. I didn’t see any tail flicking. If they look away from each other and squint their eyes, it means they’re showing acceptance of each other.
If a Cat sticks their tongue out at you, they are blowing you a kiss
Bliss don’t need no stinking Ninja for friend…vid got a 4 for cuteness factor….
:groovy:
Kali and Spook never became “friends” and they lived in the same house. I do have one picture of them laying on a patio chair like a black and white Ying and Yang, but they never dig groom or cuddle. There were a lot of late night chase me sessions, and bits of black and white fur about.