One of my cats, Jelli Bean, has recently become very needy. She was actually pretty aloof prior to this behaviour. When I'd go to pet her she'd pull away with a bit of an offended look on her face. Today, I was walking upstairs to get my phone from my room and Jelli ran up the tairs and stood on a step in front of me and meowed. I pet her but kept going. Then as I was walking down the hall she RAN after me and leapt up onto the railing right in front of me, meowing some more. So I started petting ehr and lvong on her and she was mewing and purring and such. She's been like this a lot recently, actually. She was pretty sweet when she was very young, but over the last six months or so, she's been kind of a snott for the most part. We DID get a new kitten. He was a poor little waif hiding in the bushes, what else could I do..? Anyway, I can pretty fairly figure out that Jelli is feeling left out, discarded, unloved, insecure, etc, etc. My question is, is there anyhting specific to do, besides just love on her more, to show her that I love her and she's still my kitty friend and assure her that she's not being "replaced"? I'm really worried about this because I DO know how she feels. I had a little brother who pretty much dominated the time an attention of my father and left me with some pretty significant emotional issues. I don't want my litle Jelli to feel the same way.