Friday, February 5, 2010

Why Can't We Be Friends

(Biggify the pic for full scratch effect)
Tensions here on the creek are high. Not sure what happened, but the once best friends, Maggie May and Chevelle are total enemies now. One theory is that Chevelle is jealous of how close Maggie May and Saylor are. Maggie May and Chevelle cannot be out in the common rooms together because Chevelle attacks Maggie May. See the scratch on Maggie's nose?

We've purchased a product called "Let's Be Friends" from an online store. It supposed to be good for aggression. We've got our paws crossed. Really hope it works!

Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

56 comments:

Cheyenne -Millie said...

I do hope you can be friends again! Of course I don't like my brothers and sisters!!

Anonymous said...

Oh noes! That's NO GOOD. We hope things work out and we're purring for Maggie May's nosie to heal. We don't get along too well here sometimes but not so much as to give scratchies!

We love Luna said...

oh so sorry , it's so wonderful to be all friends.I hope things can back to the normal way soon!
Beautiful shot!
purrs
Luna

Parker said...

I hope that works, I am sad to hear that tensions are high!

Bruce said...

So sorry to hear about the friction in your house. I hope it gets resolved quickly.
your pal,
Bruce:)

Marg said...

That is too bad. Poor Maggie May. We all get lots of scratchies on our noses because there are just too many of us here. Our Mom is going to look into that Lets be friends product. One of us named MewMew is very mean to everyone. Mom loves her but it ticks her off that she beats up on everyone.

The Island Cats said...

We're sad to hear this...we hope this product works...please let us know if it does because right now we are having HUGE problems with not only Wally and Zoey not getting along, but now Wally and Ernie are fighting...and everyone is having to be separated and it all makes mom really sad....

Happy Cat Family said...

Oh no!
We hope the peace there is restored real soon!

Catio Tales said...

Oh no no no! Äiti has had to stop me rushing out of the door to run to Maggie May's rescue (she says it is too far away and I would need to jump on an airplane!).

I am really sad to hear my sweet little girl is having trouble. I have Tuomo-veli who bashes Aila-sisko (she has had nose scratches too).Äiti uses something called feliway, and this helps. She also uses lots of love and cuddles and tries to make sure that is Aila sees Tuomo get a tickle then Tuomo has to see Aila get one too.It is hard though becuase sometimes I get annoyed and I will biff Aila too (she is an irritating girl cat!). Our friend the vet says it is natural that we cats have to sort out a hierarchy, but it is not nice at all......

Äiti is also wondering if you would be kind enough to send your postal address as I want to send a card to Maggie May.....? karincparker[a]googlemail.com

Lots of nuzzles and headrubs to everyone! But especially to Maggie May xxx

Cindy said...

Not good at all. I hope they straighten things out.
cindy

My Mind's Eye said...

Maggie May we are so sorry your sweet little nose got scratched. We hope and pray the new product works. It must be very hard to keep everyone sequestered in their own space. Lots of rain mixed with sleet in Raleigh. We have a flood warning until late evening.
Stay warm and dry,
Madi and Mom

The Florida Furkids said...

We don't know anything about that product, but we sure hope it helps calm things down.

Tamir wanted to thank you for stopping by on his birthday. You helped make his day extra special!

Sniffie and the Florida Furkids

Cory said...

We will purr long and hard for the tensions to settle down...seems there is a lot of that going on the in the CB.

Peace and purrs, Cory

The Monkeys said...

Oh that is too bad! Please let us know if it works, so maybe Deli and Sweet Pea can start getting along too!

Everycat said...

This is very sad. We have experienced similar things over the years. Not just between us cats but I got jealous when I came to live here because Mum and Angel were so close and I snubbed Mum for ages. We reckon you are probably right about the jealousy, empathic pairs of cats are easily upset if friendship dynamics change. We hope the Flower Remedy really helps Maggie and Chevelle make up again. Hope Maggie's pretty nose heals up soon too.

Whicky Wuudler

Your Daily Cute said...

OH no! That is sad news. I hope you two can be friends again. Is that one of those air things? There is supposed to be some calming air freshener (I don't know exactly what it is) that is supposed to help. I've seen it at pet stores.

SASS....Sammy Andy Shelly Sierra said...

We have our paws crossed also, that they will be friends again......smoochies on Maggie May's cute lil' nosy. xxxxxxxxxxxx

Angel, Kirby and Max said...

We hope it works too. Having aggressive behavior is not good!

Anonymous said...

Poor Sweet Maggie May! Why the sudden aggression? We're purraying that stuff helps. Keep us posted! Sending healing smooches to Maggie's nosie!

Meadow said...

Good luck in calming the tension! Hopefully it is just a passing phase :)

Your Daily Cute said...

Oh, good! Let me know how it works!

Anonymous said...

Oh no--we hope the tension clears soon! Hopefully the spray will work it's magic!

CCL Wendy said...

Poor Maggie May! I'm sure she was quite taken aback. It's really difficult to tell what might be bothering Chevelle, I guess.

Maybe Chevelle just needs some extra loving right now so she doesn't feel left out or anything.

It's sort of like little kids when a new baby is born or something.

JB's Big and Small Worlds said...

Oh noes! You are having trouble like we did at our house. We hope it gets better for you. It got better here and mom thinks we are all good together now. We will go check out that product.
--JB

JB's Big and Small Worlds said...

WE looked at the product and my mom laughed. It reminds her of when she bought some proudct called "Good Cat" which had flower escences in it too....she bought it for PooPoo when she was still with us. It did not work. We hope this product works for your CatHouse!
--JB

JB's Big and Small Worlds said...

Have you tried Feliway?
--JB

Tigger, Munchkin, Jigsaw and Patches said...

Oh, noes! Dat's not furry nice, Chevelle! We haz da same proglem wif da Tigger an da Jigsaw, but dey neffurr was all dat good of furriends to starts wif.
Dey will nappy together, and den all day, Jigsaw chases Tigger an' attacks him. Tigger cowers, hisses, an hides. Mai goodness!

Fanks you fur stoppin by our bloggie an fur your good wishes. Iz appurrciated.

Tigger, Munchkin, Jigsaw and Patches said...

P.S. ... Sounds like Chevelle is bucking for a NKC badge! :-O

Gemini and Ichiro said...

Oh your poor nose. I hope things work out.

Milo and Alfie said...

Poor Maggie May ~ that's a nasty scratch. We guess there is some re-shuffling of loyalties/jealousy going on. We really hope that "lets be friends" potion helps.

meowmeowmans said...

Oh no! We're so sorry to hear about the discord in your house. We hope the "Let's Be Friends" product works; please let us know.

Maggie, we hope your nose isn't too sore, and that that scratch heals quickly. Poor girl!

GLOGIRLY said...

We're so sorry to hear about the trouble at the Creek. I've not heard of that product... I sure hope it works though. It sounds like something Glogirly would slip in my treats... she thinks I like Gloman better. I'm just messing with her though.

Good luck... keep us posted.
(I LOVE that beautiful photo!!!)

Happy Superbowl Weekend!
Katie
(Glogirly's SuperCat)

Cats in trees said...

Ooh. Poor Maggie May. She looks so beautiful, who would not want to be friends with her?
We really hope they get back to being best friends soon.

Raymond and Busby said...

We know that you will be friends again soon. We are purring for you both to get along. xoxo

Brian's Home Blog said...

Ah, poor sweetie, maybe that new product will help you out some. Our Dad is our boss cat and he makes sure we get along...or else the boss cat gives us what for! I hope y'all have a calm weekend...and let us know how that product works in case we need to tell others!

Angel Junior, Orion and Sammy said...

Oh goodness. We certainly hope that everyone can get their differences settled. We will be purring for it to happen.

Amy & the house of cats said...

Oh that is too bad that they don't get along now - we hope the lets be friends stuff works - be sure to let us know! We need something like that at our house too.

Have a wonderful (and calm) weekend!

Whimpurr said...

Oh no! Scratches are not good and we sure hope that things are all patched up between them soon! Sending *purrs*!!!

Catline Crew said...

Poor Maggie Mae. We hope the "Let's Be Friends" works and there will be peace in the house.

loki said...

Poor Maggie Mae! I can see that you're sad! I hope you guys will work it out!

Big extra hugs to you Maggie Mae,

Loki

snippetgirl said...

Oh no, i am so sorry for the chaos! Cats certainly aren't predictable. They sure do keep us on our toes. It's amazing how one cat can throw off the balance, but hopefully time and that product will help heal the rift.
Hope you guys have a good weekend!
Purrs, C

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

Oh no! We hope you can kiss and make up again. Maybe you are all getting restless waiting for Spring.

Laila and Angel Minchie said...

Oh noes! We hate to hear that! Guess everyone needs to chill out.

BeadedTail said...

Oh Maggie, we're sorry to hear that you got scratched by Chevelle. We hope that stuff works so you can be furiends again.

dArtagnan Rumblepurr/Diego Hamlet Moonfur said...

Paws crossed that the new stuff works!!

Bengal Duo ~ Zulu and Deene said...

we're crossing our paws for u~! =^_^=

Jans Funny Farm said...

OUCH!

Daisy said...

Oh dear! I hope everybuddy can get along again soon!

Anonymous said...

Embarressed to admit it, but sometimes we dont get along too well. We both have little scratches from being a bit hissy wif each other.

We been fussin wif each other since LC left... So we unnerstand.

Anonymous said...

Maybe you could stand them in the corner! Hee Hee!

Shelly said...

I hope they get back to being friends real soon!

Quill and Greyson said...

Maybe you could let Maggie May and Chevelle hang out alone together to reconnect.

Teri and her Stylish Adventure Cats said...

Sorry bout the tension in your cathouse...sometimes one just has to "juggle cats" and sometimes anxiety meds help, but sometimes there are kitties that are happier just being bedroom cats...

Anonymous said...

We change our friends all teh time - any little thing will make one of us not like the other. It usually wears off over time and things settle down again!

Whitey said...

O mai goodness! Mom thinks Grayson, who iz normally very mellow and likes everybuddy, duz not like me because he iz jealous of mai closeness to Gandalf. Let us know if it works. Pleez.

Beth said...

Love your blog! Thanks for stopping by Gracie's birthday party!
Beth and Gracie

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