Getting better...

I hope all is well with you guys!!!!

We are seeing a little more and more of Pepe, which is awesome. Since we closed off her old hiding spot by closing the door of her bedroom hideout, she's got some new spots, but nothing as secluded. She is either under the back of the LaZBoy or behind the couch upstairs behind the curtain. Tonight, I was doing some stuff in the kitchen and she came in and was looking at me and meowing in her tiny tiny voice (so cute!) and walking around the kitchen and dining room. I gave a her a couple treats (which happened to be nearby in a drawer) and she took them and forgot she was scared of me. So that was good. We've also seen her a couple times just walk nearby and then going back into hiding. She's doing better!

Millie is in her usual spots upstairs on either one of our couches. When I feed them, her and Biscuit are always lined up one behind the other for their turns. So cute. Millie has headbutted M a few times and has not minded being brushed by me. She's shedding a bit so I used a soft boar bristle brush on her and she seemed to like it. Sometimes she comes downstairs with us and hangs on on the back of THAT couch. I think she has a thing for the backs of couches.

It's not her, it's US

Although Millie seemed very comfortable the day after she arrived, she seems even more so now. She walks around more, checking out what M and I are doing downstairs, scratching the post down there, sniffing things out a bit. She loves attention in the morning and purrs so loudly in the morning, it sounds a bit like a squeaky car belt. This morning she came in our room around 8 and squeezed into the drawer under our bed. Biscuit has done that too...it really is a super tight squeeze, I opened the drawer and let her out because I didn't want to hear her struggling to try to get out again!

Pepe is still under the bed downstairs :(. Friday night she came out and was in the hallway staring at me while I was sitting at the computer. Biscuit was nearby, on the other side of the wall. Saturday she was under the bed all day, and a bit of progress, that night I came upstairs to go to bed and heard a racket and it was her running down the stairs! She had sneaked up at some point without us noticing. Sunday I thought I would find out if she liked treats, so I gave her one near the bed and that got her out! She liked that a lot and looked like she wanted to be pet because she was raising her head and shoulders, but after about 3 strokes, she hissed and hid back under the bed, like "oh yeah, I miss that...wait! I don't know you! Aaahhh!". She still growls sometimes and makes the beeping/squeaking sounds.

M and I had to go out for a couple of hours tonight and when we got back I saw a little cat face looking out the window onto the street and I assumed it was Biscuit out of habit because she does that. Then I realized it not Biscuit but Millie...but not even! It was Pepe!! We were shocked! So we came in quietly so we wouldn't scare her and there they all were! Upstairs in the living room! So cute...but Pepe looked terrified and ran to our room to hide and then ran back downstairs :(.

So, it seems she's not a total chicken, she gets along great with the girls, it's us she's afraid of.

Looking good...

Pepe is looking at me as I type this! Awesome! Let's hope it lasts. Biscuit is in between Pepe and I as well, which does not seem to phase Pepe, or Biscuit for that matter.

Meanwhile, Millie is becoming part of the couch upstairs...

Days 2 and 3

Day 2 was pretty much the same except that Pepe must have decided to either 1) explore or 2) needed to use the litter because M went to washroom and she was curled up in the shower, beeping and growling. She must have got out from under the bed and chickened out. Poor thing, I really hope she feels better soon!

Last night, Day 3, Pepe was still under the guest room bed but this time when I went to say hi she rolled onto her side and yawned! A little later I was watching TV on the couch and looked back to the bedroom and saw two glowing eyes, she had come out of hiding and was sitting on the floor at the end of the bed. Progress!

Millie looks cozy, still on the couch. This morning she did something new...I think she wanted to come to our room after my alarm went off because there some hissing since Biscuit was on our bed. I got up and Millie was meowing and wanted to be pet lots. Cutie!

Biscuit doesn't seem fine, I thought she would be uptight but she doesn't seem phased at all. She likes the new cat tower and hung out on the top level last night.

The first 24 hours

Biscuit is acting normal, maybe a little more stuck to our side than usual...she slept against my arm all night (unusual unless we've been away for a week). When we went to bed last night, Pepe came up the stairs quickly but ran back down when I looked at her. Now she is hiding under the guest bed downstairs, and growls deeply and almost inaudibly when I try to coax her out. Millie looks good, she was at the top of the stairs all night, on the couch upstairs sleeping when I left for work and on the dining room table when I came home!!! Now she is back on the couch sleeping and looking all nestled into the cushions. Biscuit thinks she should sleep elsewhere if she's not actually going to look out the window, but won't actually tell her that.

Hoping Pepe will feel comfortable soon!