Nathan T Cat

Nathan el diablokitty.

I haven't been on good terms with Nathan lately, I didn't really understand him. I began to wonder if Natalie was dominating him. We can trust her a lot more, and so she's the cat that gets to sleep on our bed in the mornings, sit on our laps as much as she likes and generally be as near us as she pleases. This is because she hasn't done piss/spray droplets on us or our floors. As far as we know.

Poor Nathan. It can't be much fun being an undersized male cat (although he's not even one year old yet) and having your smaller sibling own you whenever she pleases. His rodent ulcers/eosinophilic granuloma has got a lot worse over the last 48 hours too. I'll try to get a picture. I read in Cat vs Cat by Pam Johnson-Bennett that when a cat is ill, it instantly loses any dominance. Poor poor Nathan. No wonder he's been feeling a bit sorry for himself.

I decided to buy him a new scratching post, for the room he prefers when they're in the house. I've done this and hope he gets to enjoy it. Natalie definitely scratches more than him, and does so at the foot of the stairs at least twice a day. I'm not sure what that means in terms of territory and boundaries, but she's a very scent-marky cat with her face and the whole house, and us, must just stink of her to Nathan.

I was really pleased with a spot purchase though. It's a dog blanket for cars for wet dogs to sit on so that they don't ruin the upholstery. But what else would it be perfect for? Allowing a cat to sit on one's lap without the fear that piss/spray will end up on your clothing. I've already had him on my lap twice today and he got so excited he dribbled! I love it when cats dribble, you know they're really happy then. So, we'll persevere with that, and the great thing about it, that as we'll only use it with Nathan, it'll smell of him and hopefully reduce his desire to "mark" us with urine (well, that should be ME really) when he's on our laps. Win win all round.

Not such a diablokitty after all.