Spotty ginger is back

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After twelve days... He walks in, skin and bones, like nothing had happened. He is now asleep on bed. Kids and dh over the moon, me too.

But then there's his brother, stripey ginger. For twelve short days, stripey got to be the boss. Who knew that the only reason stripey didn't hang out on our bed, or cuddle up with us on the sofa, was that he wasn't allowed. Spotty now curled up next to me while his poor LOYAL brother has been relegated back downstairs

Hanging out. Stripey was in the very same spot this time yesterday

Yeah for the return of the prodigal cat!!

What would Spotty the bold one do if you went and brought Stripey upstairs and cuddled him?

We already did that on the sofa Spotty jumped up and then stripey jumped off to sleep on the floor. Dh was having none of it and put stripey back on sofa where they both snoozed cuddled up. It's funny isn't it, we assign such meaning to it but cats probably just accept the hierarchy. Feels like messing with nature to interfere.

How old is Spotty the Bold?

He looks young but lime he's going to be massive.

Born may last year, so just over a year. Spotty is the small one. His brother is twice the size! Their mum was some fancy Russian forest cat. Dad the local ginger tom

Your DH is right to fight Stripey the Loyal's corner. Many moons ago I did a super exciting study of the effect of hierarchy in animals. Where there's a definite alpha the lower ranking ones are stressed - this is immunosuppressive. Though Spotty would need to be a big meany for that - still best to stand up for Stripey's place in the sofa world.