Hello, I’m Dr. Karyn! Learn my introduction to study extra about me and meet my 5 hilarious cats: Clutch, Cyril, Alex, Zelda, and Zazzles.

Within the winter of 2019, for some purpose that continues to be identified solely to him, Husband determined that 4 cats weren’t fairly sufficient and that our already moderately busy family was in want of a ginger. Enter Alex, named in reminiscence of one other little ginger cat known as Axel, who was sadly struck by a automobile a number of years prior, which is simply another reason why we go in opposition to the ‘norm’ right here within the UK and preserve our cats indoors.

As you’d count on, the opposite cats have been a bit cautious at first. Properly, besides Clutch, as a result of we’re but to search out something that phases him. Whereas it took our feminine felines, Zelda and Zazzles, slightly longer to heat up, Cyril had determined by the top of day one which Alex was to be his squishy, to be cherished and cherished from that day on.

Shared Pursuits

Earlier than lengthy, Cyril and Alex found that they’d many issues in widespread, together with a deep affection for meals, a worrying habit to catnip, and a shared propensity for mendacity in bizarre positions.

Then It Will get A Little Bizarre…

Firstly, let me be clear; I’m not one to forged judgment on anybody’s gender, orientation, or who they select to like (offering each are consenting adults, after all). However Alex and Cyril’s relationship has advanced over time from certainly one of paternal or brotherly like to one thing slightly bit totally different. Virtually each night time, they interact in a recreation of chase and wrestling, which invariably finally ends up with one gripping the scruff of the opposite and fascinating in some behaviors that will ordinarily outcome within the creation of kittens. In fact, with two neutered male cats, that is extremely unlikely to eventuate.

Now, it’s common for cats of both intercourse, neutered or complete, to hump each other once in a while. It could be a type of gratification, however typically, it’s a show of dominance. What I discover unusual about Alex and Cyril’s little trysts is that they don’t present some other indicators of dominance battle and that it is a nightly occasion, sometimes culminating in a squishy cuddle. Fairly frankly, I’ve sometimes felt inclined to supply them a post-coital cigarette.

However hey, love is love, and on this Valentine’s Day, we must always be glad about love in all its many shapes and varieties.