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It's where K eats now, because she gets irritated if T gets near her when there's food involved (although K has no problem cleaning off T's plate...). So to avoid any possible problems or food-related issues we decided to build this little hutch for her, and we installed a microchip door so that...

Hello! Long time no talk! So, two things: I wasn't getting notifications so I had no idea there was more conversation happening on the thread!! I'm so sorry! And the other thing is that I suddenly got SWAMPED with things so I haven't been able to update. I'm sorry about that too!! But I guess...

That's amazing! I hope that they do become friends! Now whenever I hear about non-bonded cats being friendly to each other I get double the fuzzy feelings, because I know that a lot of cats have to work at it. Oh, interesting, that's true. I didn't think about that. I dunno if it's K sharing...

Hello everyone! We have not set up the gate today and things seem normal, but they have both started to only really get active in the evening. HOWEVER a MAJOR update is that, I've mentioned that K has been venturing back upstairs now to look in at T. Yesterday, she actually WENT INTO T'S ROOM...

T actually doesn't jump very much, I can't imagine that she's not capable of it but she prefers to jump up only partway and then scramble up with her front paws on whatever ledge she can grab. And, both of them somehow do not knock anything over...they don't jump up where they're not supposed to...

I think you're right, and they're slowly trying to work out how play will work now that they have access to each other. Since I last wrote, I don't think we have had any worrying chases but they haven't interacted much at all. T has been keeping her distance for the most part. T, I think, is...

No, it's understandable to want to give everything a try. It's not a bad idea but there are pros and cons, and we've both listed many things in either category! I'll keep thinking about it and if there's a time when it makes more sense then I can give it a try. Maybe K is being more curious...

Yes, it's like she is sensitive about her own bubble of "territory". And only sometimes. For example, today, the sun finally came out again, and K happily laid down in the living room. And T was in the living room too, at one point lying down with her (two feet away). And that was fine... K...

It's hard to know with K. I don't really think it has to do with me, she's run past me before to get to T. I just get the feeling that it used to be about territory, but now it's not (or less so). It's more that K's personal bubble for T has an extremely large radius. For example, the kitchen...

Context for this video (all the rest are GIFs because there's no sound, but this one has K's hissing): K was in the middle of "zoomies" which is not very usual for her, but she was making a ruckus on the stairs down to the front door. T got curious and went around the gate and waited for quite...

Ah, yeah, there's that (neutral reinforcement). We taught T not to use claws around us, even accidentally, by putting her into her room and shutting her in for a time-out. She has been much more gentle lately. With K we say NO firmly and then leave her, which I think might be less effective...

It's so hard to tell with K if she is playing or not. She is never gentle even when playing with toys - it's zero to a hundred instantly with her. But it really depends on T. Sometimes T will come right back, that's when I think they are playing. But T will sometimes run away in a more panicked...