Me? No, I toss and turn thanks to achy bones. At least it's not like the "sleep like a baby" joke: I cry at various times during the night and wet myself.
As you might expect with the current circumstances, I am talking about the cats. Right now, little Stella is asleep on the base of one of the cat towers...
Murphy is asleep on top of the catio...
That is now - all is quiet. Downright peaceful. That was not the case earlier: Murphy was stalking Stella all over the living room. Joan and I took turns shooing him away from her. He would get close, she would hiss, and one of us would get between them and chase him off. He never did anything to her, just got too close for her comfort.
I said, "Let them work it out." Not easy to do when you see the size difference, but little Stella can be fierce. He got too close, she pulled out the claws and took a swipe at him. Murphy backed off.
I had to take a phone call and stepped out for a bit. Joan was getting dressed and heard some commotion - she stepped out to the living room to this...
Yes, they were sitting peacefully. Together in the catio. No fuss. No hissing. Go figure.
2 comments:
Cat.... they do what they do, and it is our lot in life to try and understand the little feline brains. Murphy sees her as an interactive cat toy and she does NOT like to be stalked given her semi-wild history. Still looks very positive overall.
Hi Earl. I am pleased with how things are going. I would say we are at 80%+ all the felines in the house being fine together, and 20%- with one or the other not sure. There is the occasional paw tapping through the bars of the catio, but it looks like playing. If Stella wants, she can move away from Murph, but that is rare anymore.
Little Stella is warming up to being handled. Steph even picked her up a couple times today, with no fuss. I have to chuckle when holding her, with the "growling" she does. She also growls when playing with the soft cat toys. She likes being petted; she waits for a pet before digging in when I put her food down. We are cradling her when holding. The next step will be trying for her sitting on a lap, without being held.
She discovered the chirping bird cat toys this evening. And played with those until she wore herself out.
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