Cat Update

Well, on Friday, D accidentally got G'Kar and Clementine into the same room. Now, G'Kar, not really used to "hiding" so much in his reign over the apartment, decided to hide under the end-table next to the bed, where he had no escape route, at which point Clementine beat the crap out of him for a few minutes, until D chased Clementine away.

Back to lock-up the cats went.

Today, after I emptied the apartment (with George and Mark's help) of the last of its stuff, we opened the door to the bedroom and let the cats out to mingle with D's cats. It's been...interesting.

The first hour was my cats hanging out in the bedroom where they've been staying, defending it from anyone who would come in (and by defending it, I mean simply growling a lot and scaring off any incoming cats).

Realizing my cats were entrenched, and this wouldn't accomplish anything, we lured them out of the bedroom and shut the door behind them, trapping them in "the rest of the house."

So far, a few hours later, there's been no major engagements, but a lot of posturing. My cats haven't "run" or "hid", and hers haven't beat the snot out of mine, so it would seem at face value that progress has been made on this front. They seem to be sorting out the pecking order amongst themselves. (Predictably, Bill comes out poorly in the new pecking order, seemingly beneath both Clementine and Gracie, but where G'Kar will wind up is anyone's guess at the moment).

I think this all might be sorted out by the end of the weekend. Sure, it seems there'll be some growling for a while, but I think we might be past the worst of it, knock on wood....