Miss Phoenix has discovered the Magic Spring that goes Whoosh and brings cold, clean water to the bowl. Saw hr drinking from there for the 1st time today.
Yesterday afternoon, Miss Phoenix had First Lap Time with my Mrs.
The little princess has been laying on the arm of Anita's chair once in a while.
Yesterday, she let here bottom slide down and sat there for about 15 minutes.
Miss Phoenix has picked up a new habit from watching Mr. Buff. She is now burrowing under the couch throw and taking a nap. Today's session was the longest yet, almost 1/2 an hour.
A HUGE happening about a month ago I can report, as I now have the key to posting pictures.
Phoenix and Buff sitting near each other atop the bookshelf near the computer desk. This lasted about 10 minutes before Buff jumped down.
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Miss Phoenix is much more at home now. She is sleeping out in the open much more often, AND once in awhile, on her back.
Happy Birthday to Mistress Phoenix Grace of the Ford, who turns 5 today.
Both Buff and Cooper have accepted she is a member of the family. Buff is more tolerant of her, seems to like having a little sister to play chase, and to be chased.
Been quite a while since a Phoenix update.
Little Miss has free run of the house, still a little contention between her and the boys.
BUT, it doesn't look like they are trying to hurt her, just let her know that they ARE the big brothers and she IS the little sister, not the Boss.
Miss Phoenix and Mr. Buff are definitely the 2 kids squabbling in the back seat during along car ride now. She and Cooper ARE coming closer to an armed truce.
We did get her to the vet for her annual well kitty check a couple weeks ago, Gabapentin ear cream helped. When we tried in January, it was like we had a bobcat 4 times her size on our hands.
Looks like Phoenix and Buff are at the junior high school "I like you, so I'm gonna hit you" phase. They are touching noses much more often, and she sneaks in social sniffs, too.
It is getting better between Phoenix and Cooper. He still chases her, but no longer tries to catch her.
Also, yesterday, found out Phoenix likes cooked bacon, as long as it is not too crispy.
Things are going along with 3 steps forward, 1 step back, 2 steps back...
Cooper is still being a tire iron upside the head insofar as trying to approach Phoenix.
I really think he is as afraid of her as she is of him.
Many more peaceful to neutral encounters between her and Buff.
A bit of a while since I posted an update. Will upload pictures.
It looks like Phoenix is almost ready to tolerate Buff. He got up on the bureau with her a few days ago and was eating out of her bowl. She looked very displeased, but did not try to drive him away.
The day after, she was on the sill of the big window over the large soaker tub in the main bathroom. She hissed only once, when Buff tried to join her. She settled down as he lay atop his favorite tote (use the tub for storage).
Cooper, reviews are mixed. While he does not seem to be trying to catch her, he is still chasing her a few times a week.
(Got a 500: Internal server error when I tried to upload the pictures. Will try again later and post the URLs in a comment.)
I had a beauty of a cat that never got over 6 lbs and I took her in as a stray! She had a terrible urinary problem and went all over the house but I think along with the problem, my two male cats bothered her just them being around. It took 4 years before they all laid on my love seat with me . But we dealt. It takes awhile
Miss Phoenix has, hesitantly, exchanged nose touches with both the boys, then bops them.
A little update, these 6 months after Gotcha Day.
It was funny, last night.
Phoenix came into the people bedroom.
Cooper then went into Fort Fenix.
She was looking under the bed to see if he was there.
He was doing the same in the other room.
She spent time sitting atop the taller bookshelf next to my bureau.
He spent time sitting on the blanket covered box by the window, where she naps.
She jumped down, and was peeking around the solid door at him.
Cooper got bored, I guess, and went down the hall to the crows nest at the head of the stairway.
Phoenix went back into the "nursery."
All in all, about 30 minutes.
Buff was oblivious, sleeping under his blanket on the downstairs couch.
The visits are getting longer, with fewer complaints. There has been no flying fur or blood droplets. The times she has bopped Buff, claws were in. The times the boys have chased her, they stopped short of catching her.
Yesterday's episode of the Phoenix and Buff Show...
He was lounging on her captured ball toy. Phoenix rushes at him from where she was watching him by the other corner of the bed. She stopped with about 2 inches between their noses. Buff stayed, calmly laying there. She did reach out, bump noses and then scampered away.
Mistress Phoenix is definitely no longer scared of the boys, getting very comfortable with "contact" at the screen door. She is no long immediately hiding during chaperoned visits. Yesterday's, with both Cooper and Buff, lasted almost 20 minutes.
Here she was posing pretty: https://
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Here's the 3 of them: https://
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She actually moved closer to get a better look at Cooper. When Buff tried to get in a social sniff, she turned and bopped him on the forehead, claws sheathed.
Progress report: Missy is becoming quite and explorer and IS becoming used to the idea she has brothers.
Buff had a chaperoned visit, while Cooper sounded plaintive on the other side of the screen door. Missy was sitting only a few feet from the doorway and di not move when Buff came in, even though she was hissing. She did not go under the bed until he was past her.
Buf was most interested in the catnip on the cardboard scratch pad by the foot of the bed. The longer he was in Nip Ecstacy, the closer she moved, still under and still grumbling.
The grumbling ceased a few minutes before I shooed him out.
She has been exploring the other bedrooms, when I'm able to gate off the boys.
Last night she had a lengthy explore of the walk in closet in the people bedroom, ended up climbing one of my sweatshirts to gain the shelf above the clothing rack.
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Miss Phoenix has been with us 3 full months now. Chaperoned visits with the boys are going a bit easier. She is staying out longer before hiding under the bed. She is less vocal about her complaints and takes much less time to come out from under after they leave the room. In fact, last evening, she came out as they were crossing the threshold back into the hall.
The boys are getting better at not trying to get under the bed for a look at her.
I think she'll likely warm up to Buff first as when he's outside the screen and she comes to look at him, he flops over into an almost submissive pose. Cooper is rearing up like a bear less and less. She also seems to be mewing at them, as they have been at her.
2 new pictures...
In the 1st, Miss Phoenix giving me a nose bump on 21 March.
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In the 2nd, Mr. Buff tried to visit, but she his under the bed. However, she was only a few feet away, and her complaints were not as loud
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Miss Phoenix explored outside of Fort Fenix for close to an hour and a half on Wednesday. She was in the people bedroom again, for close to an hour. She even spent about 20 - 30 minutes napping on the pillows atop the bed.
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Tomorrow will make 9 weeks that Mistress Phoenix has been with us.
She is going up to the screen door many times a day either looking for Cooper and Buff, or to flirt a little. Yesterday she did the kitten hop turn when Cooper was by himself out there, almost like she was inviting him to play.
Bigger news, last night Phoenix let me pick her. The cuddle only lasted a couple minutes, but I'll take the small steps.