How close are your cats?

[JorisBonson]

Girl cat has just gone on one of her 24 hours jaunts (home now), which unfortunately coincided with DH and I on long days. Boy cat is a sociable fellow and doesn't do well on his own. He's been clinging to my leg since I got in. It makes me think that when girl cat sadly leaves us (she's an old girl), there's no way we could leave him without a friend.

Are your cats close? Do they miss each other?

Boy cat enjoys holding girl cat down for a good aggressive bath.

Mother and son here, they hate each other.

Brothers. Very close of a night they groom each other and cuddle up. Don't bother with each other of a day.

10 years (F) and 18 months (M).
She claims to hate him when we are around, but if I'm WFH and sneak upstairs they are cuddled up together.
We adopted him from the RSPCA after we lost our older boy. Our girl would wander round miaowing so we thought she needed a friend. I'm not totally convinced she did - she might have been shouting "hurrah, house to myself" - but they are sweet together now.

Brother and sister. Its a love hate relationship. Boy takes things too far and beats his sister up. Not really but just very boisterous. They do snuggle up a few times a week but they both really crave human cuddles so are more likely to be snuggled up to us. But quite often both on us at the same time!

I had sisters. The rescue said they were inseparable. But were very surprised when I said that they didn't like each other. They would sit together only if frightened or in a new place. Remaining cat gets on much better with the. At I got when her sister died. Mainly because for the first time in her life, she's the boss. She's very protective of her. And will go and find if if I can't find her.

Mine are litter mates - they do everything together . I dread the day one goes.

Our last little tribe of 5 were very close. The oldest two were a year apart and very much "Mum & Dad" to the younger 3 boys (one 2 years younger than "Mum" and 2 years older than the youngest two, who were brothers) - they were quite protective over them at times, and less bothered by their antics at others. When we lost one of the two litter-mates, "Mum & Dad" pined for a while... then threw themselves into being around the remaining two (who had been plagued by the deceased twin something chronic as they grew up - he was 3 when he died from a calcium block in his urethra, so very much a teenage thug, whilst the other two were more placid and easy-going). "Mum" died, next and "Dad" stepped up (I should probably add that "Mum & Dad" were adoptive parents, not biological - all 5 were foster kittens who never left!) for a few years, during which the two boys looked after him more than he did them. Especially the remaining twin. As "Dad" aged (he was 22 when he died), the youngest boy (who was 11 when we lost "Dad") became akin to his carer - he'd sleep between "Dad" and the edge of the bed/sofa, he'd stand next to him whilst he ate, he'd just generally follow him around, where the older boy didn't. At all. We lost the two remaining boys last year, 4 months apart. The remaining twin was the last survivor and he became quite depressed towards the end - not eased by the arrival of two kittens in our midst, sadly. He was 13 when we lost him, unexpectedly, to a saddle thrombosis, a year ago tomorrow.

His loss upset the little boy kitten, who strove to be just like him... and sort of is. He and his sister aren't close in the slightest, sadly. To the point where, the girl is going to leave home when my daughter moves out... because I know she'll flourish as an "only" cat. The boy kitten has my dog for company for most of the day - he adores my dog to the point where I'm pretty sure he thinks she's his actual "Mum", and he's part-dog. As I'm typing this, they're curled up in a heap together on the end of my bed, boy kitten cuddled up to his dog Mama's belly, snoring their heads off. Girl kitten, meanwhile is probably still hiding beneath my son's bed, waiting for him to come home from college...

I have no clue as to why our first tribe were so close... and the brother/sister duo aren't.

My first two kittens didn't seem to pay much attention to each other but they were always in the same room.
My current two are half siblings born ten days apart. They are six months old so play together a lot. They sleep next to each other and the female grooms the male, but they don't usually cuddle up.

We have three - old girl is 17 and then we have brother and sister who are 6. They all hate each other, though I think they'd miss having each other to hiss at. They are more likely to sit on the same sofa as the dogs as each other, in fact I can't think when the brother and sister were on the same sofa. Old girl largely pretends everyone else doesn't exist, and we are merely here to open her food so she can distain it.

We have a boy and girl who are litter mates. They are like the US and the USSR. At best, the cold war is in force. Sometimes they have flashes of growling and walloping across the face with a paw. Especially if the boy has sniffed too near or too long, or a whisker was brushed against.

We say that if we came home with another cat or kitten, it would probably introduce China to the mix.

Three sisters, glued together. One old fella who was here before them: they all worship him. He hated them initially. Very happy with them now, though pretends indifference when he knows we’re looking.

I have a boy cat and his littermate sister. She's very indifferent towards him. Mainly hisses when he so much as looks at her but occasionally I find them curled up on the same bed / sofa. He likes to 'play' with her but it's a bit rougher than she would like most of the time.
I think he'd miss her if she wasn't there but she wouldn't miss him.

Our cats hate each other. I regularly have to separate them for fighting - last night it was at 2am! It's quite stressful and we're looking at possibly rehoming one.

Mine were allegedly a bonded pair when we got them but they don’t seem keen on each other. They occasionally sit on the same sofa or bed. But not next to each other. Boy cat sometimes tries to groom girl cat. Which she tolerates until he starts getting bit enthusiastic and bites her neck, then he gets a hiss and a swipe. I often think they’d be happier apart than together but one is DS’s and one is DD’s so one of them would be upset if it was their cat that left.

Also where are the obligatory pics on this thread? Isn’t that the rule?

HoundofHades

I really enjoyed reading about the relationships between your tribe of 5. So sad to read that they’ve all passed away now but sounds like they had a lovely life together.

I hope your girl cat settles in her new home when she moves with your daughter. And that boy cat and dog live happily ever after. ❤️

So sweet.

We had a boy and girl cat years ago. She loved him but he pretended she didn’t exist most of the time. He did let her sleep next to him eventually after about 2 years of her trying daily....that was good of him. 🤣
When she had to be put to sleep, he barely ate for a month and would look around the house for her. So he did love her afterall. He was happy as an only cat after that though for another 9 years, he was 19 when he died. I think she’d have really struggled without him, if he’d have died first.

Now we have dogs, they love each other so much. But one is very, very dependent on the other.

We have three unrelated cats (male 6, female 5, male 1) - all black moggies and they all get along fine.

They share litter trays and food, wash each other, cuddle up together on the sofa etc.

That being said I'm not sure they'd miss each other if one went out for a long period of time or anything, they're all fairly independent most of the time.

2 males aged 7, littermates. Very bonded, hang out together all the time, including outside. Wash each other, share a litter tray, sleep curled up in a heap. They play fight and occasionally too rough but within a few minutes cuddled up washing each other’s ears. They’re very sweet,

Ours are nine year old litter pair (girls). Nothing like each other in looks or personality. They tolerate each other. When they were younger they would snuggle together to sleep but that's very rare now. OTOH they used to hiss and swipe at each other a lot and that's rare now too. They spend a lot of time asleep in separate rooms, if they do share a sofa or bed they tend to sleep about a metre apart.

We have mother with 4 kittens. We did have 5 kittens but one went missing. They are 2 years old.
Mother hates ALL the kittens and 2 of the kittens hate each other 😁
The others like each other and occasionally lie together on the bed and groom each other.
They all love humans more than other cats though.

I have siblings, a boy and a girl. They did snuggle together as kittens, but aren't close in adulthood.

Boycat is quite possessive of me, if his sister sits anywhere near me he will bite her or try to sit on her. They both sleep on our bed at night, but have to be apart at all times or they squabble.

Boycat once went missing for 2 weeks and Girlcat was like a different cat. I do feel bad for her that her brother is such a bully. When he came back, she hissed at him and slapped him in the face with a paw. I don't blame her really.

14yo and 2yo cat. They tolerate each other most of the time. 14yo will occasionally go mad and box the ears of the younger one if he’s annoyed her too much.