My Furbabies Are Switching Personalities...

Well, these 2 guys have proved to be a definite challenge. Before these 2, I had a 21 year old female that passed away. I had had her for soooo long, she had spoiled me. At 21, she didn't do a lot of anything but sleep & eat & poop. She passed & I adopted 2 6 week old males. They were like holy terrors at first. I awoke every morning to them hissing, scratching & fighting all up & down my hallway from the bedroom to the den. Not too long ago, the one guy would jump onto my surge protector & turn it off. My computer, printer, speakers were all plugged into that power strip. Fearing that he would eventually fry my computer, I bough a plastic box big enough to fit over the strip & sturdy enough that when he jumped on it, he couldn't possibly hit the off button. I was feeling pretty dayum secure in my efforts when...POOF....my computer, printer & speakers all go off again. One thing I can say for these guys is that when I ask who did that, it's NOT hard to tell who the culprit is. It's the one looking up all sweet & innocent!!! This particular time I could see the one always guilty of cutting off the strip so I knew he was safe. Then the other comes walking out of the area with his tail held high & his head cocked to one side looking all innocent...so, I knew something was up. Of course I never dreamed it would be the plug removed from wall. It is in a tight location & extremely hard for me to unplug. I looked at him & asked How did you do that? He meowed, flipped his tail & sashayed on down the hall....all pleased with himself. I'll be watching him to see if I can figure out how he did it...that's for sure!!! I'm glad you're getting soooo much pleasure from my misery!!!

Hmmmm...hadn't thought about him receiving less attention with the other suddenly demanding more!!! No, no toys around that area. It is a very narrow area between my computer desk & the wall. I have a very hard time plugging & unplugging in that area myself. I did check the cord while it was unplugged & found no teeth marks (thank goodness). I just might add a piece of foil to the cord to discourage him from biting the cord & so I can hear him when he's working on it!!! My boys have been soooo predictable since I adopted them last July that I am finding it challenging (to say the least) to keep up with their newly found personalities. I have done my best to raise them thinking I am the alpha female & it has worked well!!! Now I need to adjust my alphaness!!!!

So far, I don't get licked in the middle of the night, but my bad boy does like to get on something over me & jump on my stomach. The good boy is laying across the room sleeping. I hope they don't switch on this habit as the bad boy weighs several pounds less than the good one!!!

Mine are trying to be manipulative...but it doesn't work very well with me!!! They aren't brothers...they just don't know it!!! They were cell mates at the shelter & I didn't have the heart to take one & leave the other all by itself. Soooo, now I have 2!!!

Both of mine are males & black. One is a shorthair & the other a longhair. The bad boy is the alpha male & pushes the good one all over the place. The bad one usually demands the attention & the good one is willing to wait his turn. You're the resident expert on cats. How did he unplug a plug with a tight fit from the wall??? Even more, how did he know which plug goes to the computer if it was just his way to get attention??? I really hate to see my good baby change into my cat from hell!!! It's kinda nice to watch my bad boy turn good though!!!

Before, the boy from hell would jump on the surge protector & cut it off. I did a discussion on how I was fighting the urge to kill him. After he did that several times, I bought a cover so when he jumped on it, he couldn't hit the switch. That has worked for over a month. I was just getting started in myLot the other morning when...poof...the computer goes off. I can see my bad boy sleeping soundly on the hutch over the computer desk. I look up & my good boy comes from around the side. I assumed he had moved the cover & hit the switch. So, I go to turn it back on & the cover is in place, but the cord has been unplugged from the wall. As I said, I have a hard time unplugging it myself. It had to have taken him a while to conquer it & HOW did he know that was the plug that cuts off the computer??? When it comes to food, they tend to tag team me. One will do something cute just to get my attention while the other tries to grab the piece of meat that they want. How they decide who looks cute & who eats is beyond me!!!

You may be right. The good boy normally gets most of the attention as he's usually good. Plus the other never craved much attention. Now that the bad one is getting some attention, the good one may resent it!!!