The editor’s chairs and territorial issues

This is an ongoing story, with new developments happening on a daily basis.

We all know that poor Tabs doesn’t really have a place in our highly hierarchical Bunny’s Place.  She’s so mild-mannered, she has repeatedly failed to establish a spot to call her own.  All the Cows see her as an easy target and she gets bullied all the time.  Her only friends are Tiger and Indy.

So it was a cause for celebration when Tabs discovered the editor’s chair.

All was well and she enjoyed that privilege for many months.

Until…

Bunny decided he wanted it too.

And we had to get a garden chair for Tabs, at the pantry.

Bunny tried to wrestle that away from Tabs as well…

Then, we had two editor’s chairs, sometimes placed like so (as above).

Bunny tried to take that away as well.

And this sometimes happens.

Bunny, at 6.15kg (last weighed), gives me pins and needles and I would have to take a break every few minutes, by placing him on the sofa-bench.

But it breaks your heart having to do that…

And this also happens…but it means Indy is protecting Tabs, so this arrangement cannot be disturbed at all. But it also means I have no chair…

So I have to use this plastic stool instead.

Or I have to stand, under different chair-circumstances.

It’s all about playing it by ear and reading into the situation at hand. Not an easy task, being the only human in an all-cat environment.

Cats rule.

Meanwhile, poor Tabs…

We are thinking of installing a shelf above my table for her…

But how can we tell the other cats (especially the Cows) that the shelf is exclusively for Tabs?