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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

1398.0. "How married life affects kitties" by MRESS::FEASE (Andrea Midtmoen Fease, newly married.) Mon May 23 1988 17:07

         Just thought you guys would like to know how married life has
    affected our boys!
    
         The night before last, we went to bed and took Loki with us
    (we are now *both* sleeping in my, oops our, room in a nice big
    queen-size bed).  Then Fluffy decided to join us.  No problem, right?
    Well Loki decided to eat and, after finishing his meal and going
    to the bathroom, he tried to come back up on the bed.  Hiss, scream,
    growl, splat!  Fluffy said "no way!".  Woke both of us up.  We kicked
    Fluffy out (figuratively, never literally) and closed the door for
    a few minutes, putting Loki on the bed with us.  We then opened
    the door and tried again.  The whole night was snatches of sleep
    between cat fights.  Not fun, believe me!
    
         Last night, for some reason, was completely different.  Loki
    came in with us while Fluff and Bigfoot were out in the back room
    looking out the window.  Loki ate, then came back on my pillow.
    Fluffy came in and curled up between Howie and me at the end of
    the bed.  No confrontation.  I heard Loki go to eat and said to
    myself "Here comes a battle..." but, guess what?  No battle.  Woke
    up in the middle of the night to find Loki on the pillow, Fluff
    between us at the foot of the bed and Bigfoot between my legs at
    the foot of the bed.  Territorial establishment, perhaps?  Cat "logic"?
    What a nice night it was - no fights, plenty of sleep.
    
         Who knows what'll happen tonight ... ?  Two people and three
    cats can be a bit of a tight squeeze ... !  Cats can sure be in-
    teresting!
    
    P.S.  Oh, yes.  Thanks for all the litterbox/litter-problem
    suggestions.  We now have two boxes, and Bigfoot doesn't seem to
    be messing the bathroom rugs.  No one has had an accident on the
    bed yet, though we have a waterproof mattress cover to protect the
    brand new mattress.  So far, so good!
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1398.1Got any room to move ?FDCV03::FRANCISCOWed May 25 1988 12:373
    RE: -1
    
    Sounds like you need a king sized bed !
1398.2Nothing like having 3 chaperones!ICEBOX::FEASEAndrea Midtmoen Fease, newly married.Wed May 25 1988 16:005
         Either that or an air conditioner!  Two people and three cats
    make for a lot of body heat, especially with the weather conditions
    the past few nights!
    
    
1398.35 cats on the bed21002::RAYMONDThu May 26 1988 19:514
    Try a queen-size bed and 5 cats--two of which are approximately
    16 lbs. each!!!  We have a turf problem occasionally, but just pick
    up the troublemaker and move him to another spot and everyone goes
    back to sleep.
1398.41 dog + 2 cats + 2 people = togethernessSTAR::BARTHThu Jun 02 1988 21:117
    Or try a *LARGE* dog (30 inches tall at the shoulder, 80 pound 
    borzoi) + 2 cats on a standard full size bed with 2 people!  
    That's togetherness!  ;-)
    
    Ours each have their own spot, so don't battle (often).
    
    Karen and Ed, Tristan and Tenzing (and Aisha)
1398.5Ours tooMRESS::FEASEAndrea Midtmoen FeaseFri Jun 03 1988 12:056
         Finally a truce of sorts.  Loki takes my pillow, Howie's pillow
    or both of our pillows.  Bigfoot takes the foot of the bed, either
    on my side or between us.  Fluffy sleeps on the dresser (we have
    jeans, etc. so he has something soft to sleep on).  Bigfoot and
    Loki can tolerate each other; Fluffy and Loki can't.