Once upon a time, there were five cats who lived in the same house and got along famously.
This is not that house and these are not those five cats.
Tessa gets along with Quint. Sometimes. She does not get along with Pia, Olivia, and certainly not with Viola, her personality twin.
Pia gets along with . . . nobody! Hey, this here place is only big enough for one diva, thank you very much. But she loves Mom and Dad with all her gingery heart.
Quint gets along great with Olivia. We’re pretty sure it borders on love. They don’t always cuddle or sleep together but neither shy away from the other and when they do cuddle, it’s everything you could imagine two cuddly cuddlebugs could be. Quint is too interested in whenever Pia has business to attend to in the litterbox, likes to believe Tessa will romp with him endlessly, and will, on occasion, sniff Viola face-to-face. Otherwise, he ignores her.
Olivia is very fond of Quint (see Quint above). She avoids Pia because Big, Scary Ginger Diva, mostly avoids Tessa because Tessa has an eight years-long reputation for picking on Olivia, and would prefer taunting Viola to the point of growling, than to be friends.
Viola gets along with Quint but only in the “Yeah, I know you. Do you still live here?” sense, avoids Pia (see Olivia’s reasoning above), stays out of sight of Olivia and growls when Olivia hones in on her, and alternates between strong dislike of Tessa and imitating nearly everything Tessa does. Viola is extraordinarily independent and you just don’t tell her to stop doing that.
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A Colehaus Cats flashback:
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2017 – Wordless Wednesday
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2013 – Special Art for Special Friends
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What? Only two flashback links? Well, here’s a random one.
Cats can be so complicated.
We’re lucky that we get along pretty well!
The Florida Furkids
I think I need a diagram to keep these likes and dislikes straight! You know, with arrows and “if yes, then”…
Hahahahahaha!
Quint is my favorite, however…no two ways about it!
Cat politics are confusing, but as long as it works for them!
Well, y’all still maintain a high level of cuteness!
We are glad that they have their own little buddy pairings between each other. The photo of Pia is just too great for words. Thanks for sharing this wonderful post with us. Have an excellent rest of your week.
As long as they remember who they are friendly with and who to avoid.
Sounds like this house, we have to keep some segregated from the others.
Well, if it was sugar and nice all the time…it would be no fun!
Your house is complicated! It could be a kitty reality series.
Well, as long as THEY all remember who they are friendly with. MOL!
Well, maybe the appropriate quote here would be, “variety is the spice of life?” Or maybe, “everyday is a new day?” MOL
At one time our clowder got along like old pals now… what is it with kitties