In which Groucho is in a bad mood

[james_davis_nicoll]

Having discovered Ibid had quietly worked his way around the bed so he was next to Groucho, Groucho threw a tantrum aimed at chasing every other entity from the bed, including me. I'm actually pretty cool on a cat growling and hissing at me six inches away from my face so I am afraid Groucho got summarily ejected from the bed.


The stupid thing is Groucho and Ibid were curled up next to each other for about 20 minutes before Groucho suddenly flipped out. And Groucho was purring right up to the point he suddenly went nuts.

This, sadly, is not new behavior for him.

Comments

[rydra_wong]

It must be quite stressful being Groucho.

[sami]

So... that's how long it took him to notice, I'm guessing?

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Groucho is much more likely to flip out at someone who isn't doing anything than he is someone who is actively pestering him. If Ibid wants to play, he just retreats to his shelf of solitude but if all Ibid wants to do is sleep on the left side of the bed....

[w. dow rieder (from livejournal.com)]

Clearly it was *malicious* sleeping. In the wrong place. Which was sneakily concealed by the wrongdoer.

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

Poor old dude.

[graydon saunders (from livejournal.com)]

Poor Groucho. Happy-place fail.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

You need to double the catnip ration?

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

Isn't Groucho a cat who Does Not Catnip Well?

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Well, it does ramp up his paranoia and territoriality.

[galestorm.livejournal.com]

Yow. Some cats just do not get on well with The 'Nip. It's almost like LSD to some. See _The Electric Kool-Aid Catnip Test_ for refs.

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

Someone apparently pissed in his proverbial Cheerios. Poor Ibid. Poor James. Poor Groucho!

[dbdatvic.livejournal.com]

Proverbial my ASS, our cat Cleophilus (inherited from the Cases who my parents knew from CWRU, or a local high school or something, before I went to college) jumped up on my lap one day, turned around, and DID EXACTLY THAT. I was almost _angry_.

--Dave

[secritcrush.livejournal.com]

Aw, Ibid is such a stalker.

[sillymagpie.livejournal.com]

I suppose Groucho can only notice Ibid when it's funny. He may be a Toon.