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It's a Christmas Eve miracle, y'all! After their earlier timeout I decided to try again. After I had put Hooper away earlier Twyla came out and curled up in a sunbeam in a comfy chair in the dining room. I had music on (which I don't usually do) and was doing stuff on the computer in the kitchen. I decided to go upstairs and let Hooper out. He rushed downstairs and then stopped - music is SCARY!! For the next hour I continued to do things in the kitchen and living room, Twyla slept, and Hooper would make tentative forays downstairs. He could see Twyla, but didn't bother her. I then went into the kitchen and fixed their food. Twyla came in and jumped on the island with Hooper right behind her but not pouncing. He ate on the floor. Twyla wandered the living room for awhile with Hooper keeping his distance (again, music is scary!) but eventually followed her back to the bedroom. They had a good half hour in there with me just observing most of the time. There was some playful sparring and they peacefully switched places on the cat tree (there was a barking dog outside the window). At one point Twyla was on the nightstand and Hooper was right next to it looking out the window. Eventually they started to get a little more active and Twyla instigated a flop, swat and wrestle moment. After that, Hooper backed off and left the room and I shut the door. So not totally without incident, but 2 whole hours of open door time!
There was one pretty funny moment where Twyla " hid" behind the pillar of the cat tree and they had a slap battle, which ended peacefully.
I think it helped that Twyla was already out in the main part of the house (it's usually Hooper). The distractions of music and people and dogs outside the windows also helped. I was actually able to play a bit with Twyla in the bedroom while Hooper checked out the bathroom.
There was one pretty funny moment where Twyla " hid" behind the pillar of the cat tree and they had a slap battle, which ended peacefully.
I think it helped that Twyla was already out in the main part of the house (it's usually Hooper). The distractions of music and people and dogs outside the windows also helped. I was actually able to play a bit with Twyla in the bedroom while Hooper checked out the bathroom.