Beating up your sister

Awww, poor Katya. I hate the sound of cats fighting, but luckily our two didn't. The old lady Sukie kept well out of the way of the young upstart ( Sacha), though him being half Siamese was prone to a bit of temperament. Even the dog avoided him at certain times!

The problem lay with some very aggressive neighbouring cats who persisted in laying in wait in our garden!

I think it was last Thursday evening that the boys were really bad. And they will gallop up and down the stairs as part of their fights! The house rattles!! It all calmed down but it took ages then I went upstairs and they were curled up together fast asleep on the bed.

I think you need to work out if it is just rough and tumble play or if its more than that. Being two boys I'm quite happy for mine to play rough and tumble. Alfie is much smaller but on the whole gives every bit as good as he gets. And he often starts the fights. The reality is Harvey could beat Alf but he chooses not to. Harvey, as I've said, is quite a bit bigger and is very definitely the boss cat of the area outside.

......loud playground voice......

I've used a water spray to stop my old cats coming in the kitchen. It worked really well. For some these two don't really bother with the kitchen unless its mealtimes. I can't be doing with cats on the kitchen work surfaces.

The only thing the boys do that drives me nuts is they get on the dining table. Sadly a water spray does nothing with Alf who is the main culprit naturally. A bit of water doesn't bother him. But i think I've fixed the problem by putting double sided tape on to bits of cardboard and putting those on the table ... sticky side up. They hate sticky stuff on their paws. I saw that on one of those animal behaviourist programs.