HouseOfPurrfection

I never thought that another cat could cool Pooka’s hostile jets, but it’s actually happened. His name is Preacher, and he’s been a force to be reckoned with for the past 18 months of the 26 months of his life. Preacher started showing dominant tendencies before he was a year old, jumping on the backs [...]

How can such a hugely naughty and mischievous cat come wrapped in such an adorable little cat? I’m not sure how Mother Nature works that out, but it’s certainly happened in Preacher’s case. It’s very easy getting lulled into a false sense of adoration for this miniature hellion with his sleek gorgeousness and unique gray-green [...]

It’s difficult to tell exactly when a cat’s position within a social hierarchy changes because it’s almost imperceptive until the change is established. Each time it happens in the HOP I’m not aware of it until a certain cat’s relationship within the clowder has changed. I think that Toby has lost his grip on his [...]

Elaborating on the last post, which certainly warrants it, I’ve decided to finally to post the current social positions of the cats. Due to all of the changes that have occurred in the HOP over the last 15 months, several cats have changed positions in the social hierarchy. The deaths, adoptions, and new living conditions [...]

For the past several years Zoe has tasted freedom from the front bedroom, and despite peeking inside once or twice with a look of longing, she hasn’t looked back. She’s carried her alpha aura from the bedroom to the rest of the HOP, free to roam and wreck her vengeance upon her nemesis, Pooka. Well, [...]

The social structure of the HOP Clowder has changed once again, leaving one of the cats in a freefall from alpha to omega. I knew that a change was going to take place after Onni passed away a few months ago. And, unfortunately, Tiny Pea, once an alpha, is the cat that has fallen to [...]

Along with Pasha, Michette is the only other cat allowed in the front bedroom territory with Zoe and Smudge. By expanding a cat’s territory, especially in a multi-cat household, the stress levels are lessened for a cat that reacts negatively to the situation. Once we added the outdoor enclosure for the cats, the amount of [...]

For the past couple of months, I’ve been allowing Pasha to spend some time in the front bedroom with his sisters, Zoe and Smudge. This is because he’s proven to me that he can be a good boy and not terrorize his sisters. As a result, his indoor territory has expanded by approximately 100 sq. [...]

As a result of living in a multi-cat household, I’ve noticed that the rankings in the social hierarchy of the clowder change over time. Just how much time varies greatly since there are many factors that influence why and when this takes place. For example, Michette was once an alpha. But this was when the [...]

I’ve noticed a little game that my cats play with one another. I call it a game because that’s how I see from my human perspective. It’s also a game since it’s done when the cats seem to be bored. But the cats don’t see it as game. For them, it’s a way of communicating, [...]