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My baby gate was supposed to arrive today. Amazon says its been delivered, but its not here. This happens semi-regularly and it always turns up- I bet someone else in my building has it or another neighbor close by- but I'm annoyed because I had wanted to use it tonight!!!!!! Grrrrrrrr.
I think Squeak is hissing somewhat less at Gracie and that it takes more in general to get a hiss out of her. But it could be my imagination. (BF thinks it is, but he's not home enough to tell.) Today, I also found Gracie with her face under Squeak's door meowing. Assuming she indeed couldn't see Squeak, I think she was either wondering if the other kitty had left or perhaps was asking for company/playtime. (I still think Gracie occasionally tries to play with Squeak, though Squeak hisses and bats her away.)
I just strung together two ends of a da bird toy and put one in one room with Squeak and the other in the other room with Gracie, cause someone mentioned doing something like that would allow the cats to play with each other. Yeah, right; just like human children, each decided she needed the other side of the toy too, and Squeak eventually pulled it over to her side. I have since taped it down- preventing one cat from moving the string and thereby making the other play too, which was the entire point- just to see if it helps or not. Gracie was at one point successful at pulling Squeak's purple feather onto her side as well, without even affecting the tape, but I put it back and she hasn't done it since. Maybe this will help them work out their issues. Or maybe it will exacerbate them.
My baby gate was supposed to arrive today. Amazon says its been delivered, but its not here. This happens semi-regularly and it always turns up- I bet someone else in my building has it or another neighbor close by- but I'm annoyed because I had wanted to use it tonight!!!!!! Grrrrrrrr.
I think Squeak is hissing somewhat less at Gracie and that it takes more in general to get a hiss out of her. But it could be my imagination. (BF thinks it is, but he's not home enough to tell.) Today, I also found Gracie with her face under Squeak's door meowing. Assuming she indeed couldn't see Squeak, I think she was either wondering if the other kitty had left or perhaps was asking for company/playtime. (I still think Gracie occasionally tries to play with Squeak, though Squeak hisses and bats her away.)
I just strung together two ends of a da bird toy and put one in one room with Squeak and the other in the other room with Gracie, cause someone mentioned doing something like that would allow the cats to play with each other. Yeah, right; just like human children, each decided she needed the other side of the toy too, and Squeak eventually pulled it over to her side. I have since taped it down- preventing one cat from moving the string and thereby making the other play too, which was the entire point- just to see if it helps or not. Gracie was at one point successful at pulling Squeak's purple feather onto her side as well, without even affecting the tape, but I put it back and she hasn't done it since. Maybe this will help them work out their issues. Or maybe it will exacerbate them.