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Let's not play!
Tommy still *wants* to play with Eli, and he tries frequently, but all Eli
wants to do is pin Tommy down and give him a bath! It's starting to look like Eli has a strange compulsion to groom all the other cats. No one is safe from his tongue anymore. Any cat that walks past him gets grabbed and licked half to death. And in spite of this, Eli almost never tosses up any hairballs! At first it was mainly Beatrice and Baby Eyes he concentrated on but now he's doing it to everyone (except me - for some reason he won't wash a hoomin). What does it mean? Has he been bitten by a love bug? He's the only one who won't chase the red dot greebling. It seems like he gets impatient when the others are chasing it and and don't stay in one place long enough for him to get them clean. |
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Let's not play!
I had always understood that this kind of head-grooming was asserting
the groomer's dominance over the groom-ee. Could it be that Eli is maintaining his position as the dominant boy-cat in the household? Tish Pat wrote: Tommy still *wants* to play with Eli, and he tries frequently, but all Eli wants to do is pin Tommy down and give him a bath! It's starting to look like Eli has a strange compulsion to groom all the other cats. No one is safe from his tongue anymore. Any cat that walks past him gets grabbed and licked half to death. And in spite of this, Eli almost never tosses up any hairballs! At first it was mainly Beatrice and Baby Eyes he concentrated on but now he's doing it to everyone (except me - for some reason he won't wash a hoomin). What does it mean? Has he been bitten by a love bug? He's the only one who won't chase the red dot greebling. It seems like he gets impatient when the others are chasing it and and don't stay in one place long enough for him to get them clean. |
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"Tish" wrote I had always understood that this kind of head-grooming was asserting the groomer's dominance over the groom-ee. Could it be that Eli is maintaining his position as the dominant boy-cat in the household? Wow, I didn't know it.... I'm sure - assuming your information sources are correct - that must be what's going on. He certainly is the dominant cat here lately. I'm just glad he gave up (knock on wood) spraying indoors. |
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"Pat" wrote in message
.. . Tommy still *wants* to play with Eli, and he tries frequently, but all Eli wants to do is pin Tommy down and give him a bath! Otis grooms Chester to show Otis' dominance. Could Eli be asserting himself? Susan M Otis and Chester |
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"Susan M" wrote "Pat" wrote Tommy still *wants* to play with Eli, and he tries frequently, but all Eli wants to do is pin Tommy down and give him a bath! Otis grooms Chester to show Otis' dominance. Could Eli be asserting himself? It probably is what's going on, although Tommy is the dominant one as well as a peacemaker. Tommy is a very secure cat, while Eli is quite the opposite. I've posted before about how Tommy was letting Eli win fights, I think to help calm Eli down, so he may now be allowing himself to be the groomee for the same reason. Anytime Eli goes after Lily or Abelard (which he still sometimes does, although with much less vigor than in the past), Tommy comes running and gives Eli a look that says "Hey, buddy, you lay off of those smaller cats, or else!" |
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On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:59:44 -0600, "Susan M"
yodeled: "Pat" wrote in message . .. Tommy still *wants* to play with Eli, and he tries frequently, but all Eli wants to do is pin Tommy down and give him a bath! Otis grooms Chester to show Otis' dominance. Could Eli be asserting himself? Susan M Otis and Chester Grooming was always one-way between Mimi and Stinky. Mimi would pin him down and clean his ears. She didn't show any other signs of liking him in the least. It was as if she was saying "Look, someone should clean you, smelly boy, and I'm afraid it has to be me." Stinky was not allowed to reciprocate, on pains of headbops. Dante edges towards Stinky and tries to clean his ears, but Stinky chases him away with hisses and baps. They have such an interesting relationship. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War |
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Let's not play!
Tommy still *wants* to play with Eli, and he tries frequently, but all Eli wants to do is pin Tommy down and give him a bath! Otis grooms Chester to show Otis' dominance. Could Eli be asserting himself? Nocturne won't groom Kumani any more because Kumani won't put up with Nox's biting and general bitchiness. Kumani protests, and Nox slaps her...now they just don't groom. Nox and Kumani keep a distance from one another, and Nox will run Kumani off the pillows if she catches her there. Nox grooms Tyche, interspersing nips in between licks and Tyche just lies there taking it...so Tyche is allowed on the pillow with Nox, etc. Kumani and Tyche groom one another, though Tyche prefers to be the groom-ee. --Fil |
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Enfilade wrote:
Nocturne won't groom Kumani any more because Kumani won't put up with Nox's biting and general bitchiness. Kumani protests, and Nox slaps her...now they just don't groom. Nox and Kumani keep a distance from one another, and Nox will run Kumani off the pillows if she catches her there. Nox grooms Tyche, interspersing nips in between licks and Tyche just lies there taking it...so Tyche is allowed on the pillow with Nox, etc. What a butt-kisser! Kumani and Tyche groom one another, though Tyche prefers to be the groom-ee. And a do-me queen, too. Joyce |
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What a butt-kisser! Kumani and Tyche groom one another, though Tyche prefers to be the groom-ee. And a do-me queen, too. Tyche's a tongueslut. Sad but true. Anything to get licked. She'll even let SMOKEY lick her. I'm sure it must make Nox ill. --Fil |
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Enfilade wrote:
What a butt-kisser! Kumani and Tyche groom one another, though Tyche prefers to be the groom-ee. And a do-me queen, too. Tyche's a tongueslut. Sad but true. Anything to get licked. She'll even let SMOKEY lick her. I'm sure it must make Nox ill. Nikki used to go plop herself down in front of Frank, saying, 'lick me!' And Frank always did. Mir and Cali have a much more equal relationship. I guess neither wants to admit that the other one is the boss. They have long mutual grooming sessions, though I'd say Miranda does more of the licking. Funny she should be the dominant one, what with being about half Caliban's size. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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