I woke to the lamentations of Ibid.

[james_davis_nicoll]

Aged tomcat Groucho has worked out a new way to reinforce who is in charge by sleeping in the dry food dish and bopping Ibid on the nose when he tried to eat.

Comments

[timgueguen.livejournal.com]

I wonder how long that will work. Ibid may decide to start licking Groucho because his fur smells like cat food.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Ibid already grooms Groucho. It's one of Groucho's gripes. Not so much the grooming as the fact Ibid does it so forcefully he lifts Groucho off his feet in mid-groom.

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

You gotta watch out for those old dudes. They turn Conservative.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Even when he was a kitten, Groucho loathed any change in his environment. More OCD than conservative, though.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Once I gave Joseph a large slice of ham. It was too thick to get his mouth at the correct angle and too thin to snag with a claw and flip to a better position. I have never heard a more mournful howl from a cat.

(I tore it into smaller pieces and he ate happily.)

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

The obvious solution is two dry food dishes positioned > 1 Groucho length apart.

[graydon saunders (from livejournal.com)]

And too heavy for Groucho to move. Groucho is smart cat.

[ticktockman.livejournal.com]

...thus reenacting the fable of the dog in the manger.