Mom's Genius Way to Keep Cat From Eating Brother's Food Leaves Him Stumped

Sometimes being a cat owner is like being an engineer — you have to solve a lot of unusual problems. Like what to do when one cat eats its fur-sibling's dinner every night. How do you get them to stop? Well one person came up with a solution, and video of them testing it out on their two cats has people cracking up online.

The cat owner had a problem — what to do about her hungry tuxedo cat Rocco Loco.

The woman must've thought long and hard about what to do about the tuxedo kitty, who had a nasty habit of reaching over and nabbing its sibling's food. So she came up with a plan: dividers. She set up a metal divider between her two cats' food bowls and around where they normal stand to eat their food.

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Then it was time to test her contraption. Success! Sorry Rocco Loco, it looks like your mom outsmarted you.

People in the comments section were so impressed. "Aw I love this. So simple yet genius," one woman wrote. "I love how he’s watching him eat and eating fast as hell so he can also eat his brother's," someone else joked. "Tuxedo cats and their audacityyyyy," a third person teased.

While someone else came up with a name for her new contraption: "Kitty stalls."

Tuxedo Cats Are Aggressive

Cats aren't exactly known for being gregarious, but tuxedo cats have a reputation for being aggressive. In fact, if you've ever heard of cattitude, many tuxedo owners call the way their cats interact with the world tuxietude.

That doesn't mean that tuxedos can't be gentle, loving animals. But on the scale from zero to full-on sass, these little guys can dish it out.

It's sort of unclear why this is the case. After all, tuxedo refers to the coloration of the cat not the breed. So the trend of these cats being more aggressive is sort of perplexing. What is known is that in a study in the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science that looked at coat color and temperament, tuxedos were overwhelmingly found to be more aggressive than other felines.

The study also found that these cats don't like doing things on human's terms. They like to do things the way they seem fit. It should be said that not all tuxies are going to be sass masters, but it's good to know that these cats have strong personalities — and aren't afraid to show it.

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