{"id":7434,"date":"2012-09-22T06:50:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T10:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/?p=7434"},"modified":"2012-09-25T08:42:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T12:42:05","slug":"the-yin-and-yang-of-sibling-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/the-yin-and-yang-of-sibling-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yin and Yang of Sibling Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0I always find the study of genetics particularly fascinating, especially in the feline world. Zoey had four kittens that were born relatively within minutes of one another and we know without a doubt who the father was. Yet these siblings are as different as the Yin and Yang of night and day, despite that they were virtually impossible to distinguish from one another since birth and often still are. We kept three of them – Mia, Peanut, and Rolz, so all things considered equally at their current age of three, they live in the same environment, eat the same food, and get the same stimulation and care via human interaction.<\/p>\n

So, how is it that Peanut is so loving and needy for attention, that it borders on obsessive, yet if you try to touch Rolz or pick him up, he will recoil in horror at the thought\u2026 Peanut is a very tactile kitty \u2013 she will cradle in your lap and touch your face with her paw as a way of communicating with her. She also jumps up on Dan\u2019s shoulders and likes to take walks with him. Friendly and social is an understatement.<\/p>\n

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Rolz and Peanut<\/p><\/div>\n

Rolz does not mind an occasional pat or brushing with the FURminator<\/a>, but YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PICK HIM UP OR SNUGGLE WITH HIM. He will grace us with his presence by sleeping at our feet on the bed and occasionally sit with us on the couch, but that is the extent of it. And it\u2019s not like he is anti-social. More times than not, when I am in the office, I will look down at the rug on the floor and see him happily staring at me or napping near me. He is also an extremely talkative cat and likes to keep us abreast at all times where he is with his loud conversational meows. It’s just that body contact is off limits…<\/p>\n

Mia is our enigma and the most difficult to figure out. She is a sweet, friendly,\u00a0and happy girl, but also very shy and reserved. She has the most adorable chirping kind of meow and will follow you around like an excited little puppy, but,\u00a0for the most part she does not want you to pick her up. Occasionally you will find her in your lap, almost like she accidentally landed there and it is best not to make a fuss over it and just enjoy her company before she realizes where she is!!<\/p>\n

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Mia and Rolz<\/p><\/div>\n

She loves to snuggle on the couch at night, but not so much for human companionship, but because Zoey religiously naps on my extended legs while I watch TV and Mia wants to be near her Mama. Ironically, Peanut who is like a human stalker during the day, wants no part of couch snuggling, other than an occasional reminder that she would like some exercise and will bring DaBird to us!<\/p>\n

The one thing they all have in common, is that they LOVE one another to the ends of the earth. They are all best buddies and you will find them napping together as a trio, or as a revolving duo, which is the paradox of Yin and Yang – how polar opposites or\u00a0seemingly contrary forces are\u00a0\u00a0interconnected in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn in relation to each other.<\/p>\n

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The Trio - Peanut, Mia, and Rolz<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0I always find the study of genetics particularly fascinating, especially in the feline world. Zoey had four kittens that were born relatively within minutes of one another and we know without a doubt who the father was. Yet these siblings are as different as the Yin and Yang of night and day, despite that they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[175,449],"class_list":["post-7434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cat-behavior","tag-personalities"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/The-trio.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7434"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7479,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7434\/revisions\/7479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}