Hi Glen,

>> Do your 4 get along?  Three of mine pushed the 4th one out by
>> contantly growling, spitting, etc.  - they were all from the same

> Most of the time. Amber, my girl is 12. Barnie, my one eyed boy is 6 and the
> two youngest we adopted last year are just over a year old and they're
> brothers. Amber of course is the "Boss", although she really doesn't bother
> with any of them. She just hangs out with Mom & Dad.

I can picture that ... the wise elder.. 

>Barnie bugs her once and
> while. He's a special needs fella and my wife calls him a "Love Bug" since he
> curls up on her and sleeps.  The two youngest, M (short for Max) and Simba,
> well, they just do what all year old cats do, get into things and bug Amber

They sound like great companions, and it's really nice that Barnie likes to
curl up on your wife's lap.. I _almost_ convinced Lulu to sit on my lap the
other day ... I know that sounds strange for a cat.. We got this litter from
Ithaca's Humane Society - they were rescued at some point as 4 feral kittens
with no mom.. The first year we had them, they refused to let anyone touch
them at all.  That was a little frustrating because they were so darn cute. I
encouraged them to play at least, with string and catnip toys :)

Now, once in a while Lulu will sleep on the couch, and if you're sitting there
she actually will 'get close' and sometimes will rub her nose on you  Lola
however couldn't be bothered. She too busy guarding the house I guess.

> when they think they can get away with it. Simba usually is the one trying to
> aggravate her and gets hissed at, with the occasional swat of the paw. Just
> like human children. Thank goodness we don't actually have any human kids....
> these guys are enough, especially at my age.

:)

We laugh sometimes because when Lola gets in that hissy-mode, she sometimes
doesn't even look to see who's there that she's hissing at.  One day, one of
my pups just walked by her and she hissed at the dog.  Then she realized it
wasn't the other cat and took off fast :)

Take care,
Janis

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