Tuesday, November 29, 2011

I didn't see that coming...

So now something unpleasant seems to be going on between Click and Little Bear.

Long-time readers know that LB may as well be the issue of Click's own womb, as far as she's concerned.  She has, I'm happy to say, ceased to bring him rabbits of the dead kind for consumption.  But other than that she's his mother and he's her personal monster.

Until last night.

He was lounging on their communal bed, and she was by the door looking out her transparent little cat door, and nothing apparent was wrong with their world, when out of the blue and for no discernible reason he lunged at her and snapped.  Twenty minutes or half an hour later he did it again, sending her flying under the oven, which has become her current hidey-hole of choice.  I don't know what it was about, but she was taking it seriously.  He didn't murderously attack her or anything, but something had him not wanting her near him.  I scolded him severely both times, and both times he looked ... not very contrite.

Later she crept toward the water dish, watching him very carefully.  And he was eyeing her, and I spoke sharply at him, and he turned his head away but things were not right between them.  She's taken to sleeping on the big chair nights, so I wasn't too worried about anything happening overnight.

This morning when I came down they were playing together as if they'd never had a harsh gesture.  I'm confused as to what that's all about.

5 comments:

Don said...

Joel,
LB and Click may have just got on each others nerves. I've seen similar behavior from my own menagerie. Click did something that LB didn't like. Later, everythings good. Until the next time.

Joel said...

That's probable, Don. LB did something like that once before, when he was much younger. He chased her with violent intent, she ran like her life was truly on the line, and it turned out on investigation that she had clawed his nose bloody. I'd have chased her too.

So it was probably something like that, though I've never seen him hold a grudge that long.

Anonymous said...

I think the opening volley was when she shat in his bed that one night last week.


I'd snap at her, too.


Buck.

Joel said...

In fairness, Buck, he shat on the bed the very next night.

Anonymous said...

Basie said he and click were smooching in the corner. Maybe LB saw...