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We seem to have become the local cat hangout …

Meanwhile, at home …

You have to remember that originally Duchess lived with Drew and Shadow lived with me, and that when Drew and I decided to move in together, the two cats had to learn to get along.  For the most part they do, but there are moments …

I mean, these two chase each other, swat at each other, stare at each other…

This week was “jealousy week”.

Let’s start with Duchess.

I buy cat food for Shadow and feed her on the schedule we established when it was just the two of us.  Duchess gets food that’s specially formulated for her delicate stomach  very expensive, and she eats at a different time than Shadow does, and in a different room (in part because Shadow would eat Duchess’s food if left to her own devices).  Duchess seldom  goes into my office, which is the room where I feed Shadow.  Yet the other day Duchess asked, no, demanded to be fed while Shadow was eating breakfast. Think she knew Shadow was eating?

And then … Shadow.

The four of us were in the living room, watching tv.  Duchess curled up next to Drew and he started petting her.  Shadow stared at Duchess for a few minutes, then very deliberately walked across the room and jumped into my lap, as if to say “I have a person, too…”

But then there are times … like when Drew and I were eating bagels and lox, and both cats were clamoring for a taste …

Someone was feeling grumpy.

A bit judgmental…

They learned to share!