Fred

 Fred is one of the oldest cats I have.

Fred

He's also a pain in the neck.

As a kitten, he got attacked a lot by the other cats, including his littermates. This has made him rather standoffish with the other cats and led to a lot of fights.

He is now going through a phase, and I really hope it's just a phase, of being very needed!

In the other house, we could separate the cats at night so they didn't fight. Here, we don't have enough rooms or doors that can be locked. This leads to me jumping out of bed every few hours because the cats are fighting, usually Fred is in the middle.

The other week I gave up and let Fred in my room, I have locks on my door as I don't want the cats in my room.

This has led to Fred demanding to be let into my room almost every night!  

He sits outside my door crying, like his heart is breaking. If I let him in, he jumps on my bed, purrs and cries at the same time, and starts making biscuits. He'll head butt me and try to get as much attention as possible. I wouldn't mind, but he ignores me the rest of the day!!

He curls up in the middle of the bed, on top of the covers, making it very uncomfortable for me to sleep!

I try not to get angry with him, but he is driving me crazy! I want to sleep!

Still, he can be cute and makes me laugh!

The other morning, I was trying to have a lie-in; I didn't get to sleep until 3am, so after making breakfast, I decided I needed another couple of hours. Of course, Fred wasn't having this and started to cry and scratch at my door. I let him in, but he didn't want to get on the bed. Instead, he lay down by the door. I closed my eyes, but was a bit worried about him, so I opened one eye, and he was a bit closer to the bed. Closed my eyes again, then had a peek. He was right next to my bed, I screamed and he jumped!! He had creeped up on me!

Fred as a kitten, Steve is the white cat, and Alan the black one

After one bad fight, he had to wear this to stop him from licking a wound he had

With a toy he found