Photos at the end…

May 7

Cali was out from under the bed for 48 hours which turned out to be because she puked under there. Ha! I cleaned it up and back under she went. I tried adding an actual cat bed, it remains to be seen if she’ll use it.

She also came down the stairs (halfway) in the middle of the day! This is the first midday venture of hers that I’d seen. She eventually came all the way down, checked out fresh food I had just put out, and ate! Great news for moving eating down to the kitchen eventually. I put dinner on the first floor and Cali came down. We had churu on the first floor!!

May 8

Cali ate downstairs a couple of times overnight.

May 11

Henry jumped up on my bed and laid down on my feet. When I woke up, Gwen came up and joined us. Henry actually let me give him one pet before the warning paw. And then Cali jumped up on the bed!! She nuzzled Henry a second, but then he bapped her and she jumped down.

May 12

During morning churu, I was sitting on the bottom stairs and Henry jumped in my lap! Of course it was just to get closer to the churu, but still. I’ll take it.

May 13

Cali came down the stairs for churu. And sniffed my hand while I was giving some to Henry. And she stayed on the stairs after. Then came down and had some breakfast in the kitchen!

May 18

A small jump in updates because I went to visit my mom in Oregon. My daughter was home from college and was able to take care of the cats. It seems like things were pretty routine. Cali came down once a night to eat downstairs as well as at least once during the day when my daughter was there. They had churu time. And Gwen wasn’t nearly as clingy when I got home as she has been when I’ve left her in the past.

Cali came down and ate while I was in the kitchen making my dinner. I swear Henry goes and tells her to come down. I had just put some tuna water in a bowl and he had some. Then he went to the stairs yowling. Then that’s when she came down. Like “Hey they’ve got new stuff and it’s good, come down!”

May 19

Cali scared me as I couldn’t find her anywhere. Finally found her behind the tub. Not sure if it was the AC being on for the first time (it’s kind of loud and also cold, obviously) or the vacuuming I did or the combo. Or just that it’s very hot today, so maybe that’s a cool spot. In any case, I lured her out with a churu and she ate it off my hand!

During dinner churu, Henry let me pet his head!! He didn’t seem to love it, but he didn’t duck away either.

Cali was downstairs quite a bit in the evening. Gwen and Henry were playing with toys and each other. Poor Cali stayed under the chair and watched. I tossed a couple of toys her way, which she did sort of bat around a few times under the chair. She’s trying!

May 20

Breakfast churu happened in the living room (we’re creeping closer to the kitchen). And Henry again allowed a pet on the head. I tried a couple of strokes on his back and he moved away so I let him be.

May 21

Cali definitely doesn’t like the AC. Not sure if it’s the noise or the cool air, but she goes in the bathroom when it’s on.

Twice now I’ve seen Gwen grooming Henry and it’s the cutest thing ever. They sniff each other, then she moves to his back and licks a few times. Then he gets annoyed/confused and walks away or they “fight”.

May 22

Cali came downstairs and I didn’t even notice. Gwen and Henry were about to fight so I put out the double stick toy. Cali went over to watch while they played! She wants to be a part of things, but is still not ready to join in. So she comes and watches from the sidelines.

May 23

Henry tried my iced coffee this morning. I didn’t think he’d try it and I definitely didn’t think he’d go back for more. I guess I have to guard my coffee now.

Cali sat with me on the stairs after breakfast churu. She usually has it and leaves, but this time she sat there. So cute and I’m so proud of her.

May 24 – 3 months!

We did it! The three month milestone. When normal cats are confident, comfortable, and acclimated. I think Gwen has acclimated to her new roommates. Gwen and Henry definitely have their play fights, but I think they both enjoy them. They spend much of their time together. Henry is very much confident, comfortable, and acclimated. He doesn’t run away over loud noises or when he sees me coming. Usually Gwen and Henry are wherever I am. He’s very curious and likes to see what’s going on. He very much knows the routine and comes to the kitchen when he hears cat food cans opening. I think Cali is comfortable and acclimated. We’re still working on confident, but she’s so improved over where we started. She comes downstairs and explores occasionally. She is still very cautious when she explores. She seems more comfortable with me. I’ll hold out my hand after churu and she doesn’t hiss or run away. She does still spend a lot of time under my bed (at least in the cat bed I put under there), but again, she seems happy there. She bathes herself, naps, etc. She isn’t cowering under there. I think it’s just her safe happy space. I hope she’ll find more of those around the house as she gets braver. She seemed to be doubled for the other milestones, 6 days instead of 3, and 6 weeks instead of 3, so I won’t be surprised if it takes her 6 months instead of 3.

Here’s Henry. He likes the little cat cave. It’s under a chair and he likes to hang out there. He also likes the chair itself. And one day even joined me for a nap on the couch.

As I said, Gwen and Henry hang out a lot together.

I think Gwen was trying to prevent me from leaving.

Cali on the chair upstairs. Cali venturing downstairs. And Cali “hidden” under the chair downstairs. Also playing with a toy mouse, while the other two were playing together.

There are actually three cats in this pic! Henry and Gwen playing with the toy, and Cali closely observing.

Lastly, Henry and Cali on the stairs, post-Churu. They’re so cute. I love them so much.