DeeJay was the head of the clowder. He was the boss. No one (except kittens), messed with Deej. He kept all the other cats in line with a look or a growl. All of the cats deferred to the him.
Now that he’s gone, it’s going to be interesting to see the changes in the cat dynamics. Bart is now the oldest boy, but he’s too much of a softie. We can’t see him in the position that DeeJay left. Maybe Mickey. Maybe George. Brian doesn’t think George because he’s afraid of Ciara. But, like Brian said, that could change.
Maybe one of the girls. Mystie is pretty bossy, but I don’t think the other cats respect her. They respected DeeJay, you could just tell. No one was afraid of him, they didn’t run when he came into the room. There’s a series of three photos over on the family album of the way DeeJay worked. Lisa was laying on the pad in front of the office window (where the officecam is pointing). DeeJay wanted to lay there. Without a meow, he was able to get her to move. Just by looking at her. (You can see the first picture here, then go back to see the other two (316, 315). After she was awake, she left that nice cozy spot and DeeJay took it over.)
I don’t know of any of the other cats who can do that. Which is why the next month is going to be very interesting.
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