Recent studies suggest that cats develop complex and fluid matriarchal hierarchies.
For years, 'experts' have told cat owners that domestic cats are solitary creatures who dislike the company of other cats. No doubt cat owners have viewed the communal sleep heap on the armchair with puzzlement, wondering whether it is the cats or the experts who have their facts wrong. Many form close attachments to other cats and even to other domestic animals. It has been suggested that keeping several cats in one household forced them to become more sociable due to the unnatural conditions. Other cats simply tolerate their fellow lodgers and work individual territories within the household.