What makes Rhett so mean?

Rhett, 15 lbs. of Maine Coon Cat, is full of devilment.  When we are not home, he drags articles of clothing and blankets from room to room.  At night, he jumps on our other cat,  Mozart, pins him down, and bites him on the neck.  At all hours he will unexpectedly tear around the house in pursuit of some imaginary prey.  

We had a cat tower  in the kitchen and came home one day to find that Rhett had jumped from the top of the tower to the top of a massive breakfront, made the top of the furniture with his front feet but missed with the back, which crashed through the glass of the cabinet door.  (Not a scratch on the cat!)  I guess he wanted to be near the ceiling.  When our two Chow dogs get into a squabble, Rhett stalks into the fray yowling and hissing and chases the dogs until they quit whatever they're doing wrong.  

The cat has no fear of anything.  He delights in scraping things off the kitchen table onto the floor and watching it fall.  If something comes up missing, we look to Rhett as the perpetrator.  When people are in the kitchen, his game is to be floor-hockey puck, just daring us to shoot him across the floor with our feet.  But watch out!  

Rhett fancies himself a computer wizard and has to jump on our laps and then onto the keyboard.  Apparently he feels he has a lot to contribute.  

Photo submitted by: Bud & Chris
Date last updated: 10/25/05