Yeah, I remember back when we brought Daisy home, yes Link was a bit of a miserable poo and just didn’t want to engage, but Navi actively wanted Daisy dead for the first few weeks. She settled quickly, though.

With Cinnamon and Hopper, it’s an aggression the likes of which I have never seen before and it’s now been consistent for 5 months.

They were rescues, so we’re not 100% on their history, but when we had them neutered, the vet said that Cinnamon had likely been used for breeding. She actually severely herniated as soon as we got her home and she needed immediate emergency surgery. Her abdominal muscles are just in tatters, from the suspected repeated litters.

It almost feels as though, as she’s had every litter she’s ever had taken away, she’s now stuck with this one kid and she doesn’t know how to deal…

Maybe I’m anthropomorphising to a degree, but it’s just such a weird, stressful situation.

The plan was to have a trio, but it’s clear that, even with the addition of Biscuits, he’s not enough of a distraction to take the pressure off their relationship. They show no agression to Biscuits and he shows none to the girls. Also, when Cinnamon is out, we have to block off access to Hopper’s pen, otherwise they just fight through the bars, but when Hopper is out, she just goes and lies as close to Cinnamons’ pen as she can get without being bitten or boxed through the bars. Hopper very clearly wants and needs that bun companionship, but Cinnamon just won’t.

We had thought that we might have to simply rehome one of them, but that’s a decision I don’t know how to make. They’re both just so different. Hopper is very sociable. Sits on my lap, gets up on the dining table to be in my face if I’m sitting alone, and actively seeks out company. BUT, she despises our older cat, Bubblegum and just goes on the aggressive whenever she see’s him.

Cinnamon on the other hand, she’s not so friendly, will come over for treats, but is otherwise quite aloof. And if the cats are around, she will go and give them a sniff and then ignore them.

Then Biscuits, he actively likes the cats, follows them around, sits with Bubblegum and even binkies over and around him if Bubblegum loafs anywhere near him.

They’re all so different.

I’m thinking, as Hopper clearly craves the company, that Biscuits and Hopper should become friends at this point, then Cinnamon can move upstairs for the time being. As we work from home, there’s always somebody either upstairs or down, so it’s not like she’d be isolated from company, just from buncompany.