Is it a insecure thing? She seems to be the boss cat around here. If our older cat(age10) eats maggie is right there and the other cat will move out of the way for her. She lives up on her climbing tree. The other cat isn't allowed anywhere near it.. Maggie will be 3 soon so this is kinda odd for me to understand that she seems to be more diminate over the more aggresive older cat...