Cats

Living with five cats has been a very interesting experience. Cats are naturally independent loners and very quiet. They have a tendency to sneak up on one and scare them half to death. A good majority of domestic cats are very nice to humans, but not so much to each other. Cats do not travel in packs and hate it when another cat is “too close” to them. A dominant cat especially hates this. She or he will hiss and almost strike another when they go into their bubble. It is very entertaining when two pre-madonnas have a face-off. They will both stare and growl at each other for hours, neither willing to back down. After a while, one of them tends to walk away though because it does become boring when all one is doing is staring and growling. Sometimes, one will lunge at the other and then the defendant will run off and hide. Cats aren’t confrontational but they hate each other enough to do it. There are some cats that will get along and even play with each other. They will lick and pounce on each other until one has had enough. Also, cats do get jealous when one is getting more attention than the other. They will sit there and stare until they do get some. Cats love to be petted for hours upon hours until something like hunger over takes them. Then they gently prance over to their food bowl and slowly eat as if they had human manners. Unfortunately, they aren’t always so glamorous sounding. Cats can be annoying sometimes, especially when one is in heat. That cat will meow and meow until one is about ready to feed it to the neighbor’s dog. But overall, cats are bearable animals. All one has to do is change the litter boxes, feed them, and water them.