Silverthorne

Ula will still ask for breakfast and not get freaked out until Foot does.

Foot will not freak out until you try and grab her to put her in a carrier. At that point, she will run under the bed and out of reach.

It's quieter in the living room than the bedroom when the alarm goes off.

The alarm in the bedroom is eardrum splitting, as is the one outside; it's possible the living room one doesn't actually have a speaker.

You can use food to bribe Ula out into the living room.

You cannot use food to bribe Foot into the living room, or even out from under the bed (although she will stick her head out far enough to grab nearby treats).

You must use a squirt bottle to herd Foot into the living room when she's freaked out. You then must take twenty minutes after the bad noise stops to regain her trust before she'll actually go eat breakfast (something neither cat is usually shy about begging for and gulping down once they get it.).

It takes Dallas FD eight minutes to show up when you call 911. Then again, I was both calm and groggy sounding.

It takes a full hour to shut the fucking alarm off.

Good morning, everyone!

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ETA: In case anyone wonders; I had two reasons for chasing Foot out into the living room. The first being that if we really did have to evac, I had a much better chance of getting hold of her and her not getting somewhere I couldn't reach her. The second being that it really was much quieter in the living room, especially once I'd closed the bedroom door. I was trying to keep her eardrums from getting as hurt as they could have been.

And yes, I made sure the building wasn't actually burning down before I tried to cat-wrangle.

Not only does she wake me up at 5am...she comes and retrieves me for bed at 11pm.

In fact, she's sitting on the couch arm looking over my shoulder expectantly.

Good night, everyone! Foot says it's my bedtime. XD.

That the vets office said Foot was in the 'ideal' weight range for her size and breed when I took her in for her chip on Tuesday. So as long as I don't let her get any chubbier, she's good to go. :)

Foot is now chipped. :)

Of course, she's on 'Home Again'...and Ula is on 'Avid Friend Chip'.

So...I guess if they stick together, I'll have a better chance of finding them both? XD

Second night in a row with two kitties on the bed and minimal fighting (there were a few hissing exchanges, and one short-lived incident where Mom threw everyone off the bed after getting tagged in the thigh by a mis-aimed paw. Everyone was back on and napping after a half-hour). But overall, not bad. I had bed kitties! :)

Yesterday, we all had a nice hour long nap on the bed together. :)

This morning, everyone willingly showed up for breakfast in the kitchen, rather than one of us waiting for Mom to bring their bowl to the bedroom. :)

( Almost sort of maybe friends. )

So I come home. I greet and pet Foot for several minutes, then go and greet and pet Ula in the bedroom (both of them are chirruping when I get home. :) ).

Then I go lay on the dining room floor for a few minutes.

Foot sits behind the recliner on one side.

Ula ventures to the door frame and then over to me. There's staring going on, but it stays relatively peaceful for a few minutes before there's an exchange of low, short growls. Ula retires to the bed; Foot relaxes and lays out behind the recliner. They can still see each other, but they're not hissing or growling.

I get up to check my mail. Ula ventures to the door again. I notice, too late, that Foot has crouched in preparation for charging. Fully fluffed out, she gives chase. They disappear into the bedroom. I expect the usual hiss growl to start up.

A few seconds later, though, Ula is chasing Foot bakc behind the recliner. Both of them are fluffed to the max. There's maybe one or two hisses, and then they switch again, and back into the bedroom they go, Ula in the lead.

They do this three times with a minimal amount of hissing and no growls (but both looking like multi-colored cotton balls) before they retire to 'their' rooms.

...is this a good thing? It's been peaceful for the rest of the evening so far.

Ula is now officially on the lease as well. :)

Also, I found out what the 'second $400' would have been for. A third cat.

...

Nope. Not getting a third. Two is enough, thanks :)

She is currently up on the towel shelves in the bathroom.

But at least she's letting me pet her and even purred a little.

Pictures later when she isn't all freaked out.

Foot is fine and on the windowsill in the bedroom. She ran under the bed for a few minutes when I first bought the carrier in, then came out after Ula got installed in the bathroom and Foot got a few treats. As of now, Foot is acting like there's nothing at all going on.

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