Another cat post! This one mainly for Patches’ owners, so they know how she’s doing. A few days after Grey passed away, Patches became very talkative and cuddly. I was surprised at the quick change, but she went back to hiding and growling only a week later: one evening, she suddenly stopped purring and meowing in her tracks, crouched down, looked around everywhere, and then snuck off to her favorite hiding spot for another week, until this Friday. Were I to anthropomorphize, I’d say it seemed as if she realized, “wait a second, I don’t know this woman or this other big furry cat… where am I, again??” She would only come out to nap on the towel her owners had left — I kept it in a nice spot on purpose, figuring she’d want their familiar scent. She still sleeps on it every night.

Compared to her still-nervous extroversion two weeks ago, this week she now behaves as if she were “at home”, having adopted some spots on the patio and by the big living room window. I took the photo above today — she closed her eyes just when I snapped it! She hadn’t dared go on the patio two weeks ago, but she sauntered on out as if it were perfectly natural this Saturday.

Kanoko and Patches have an entente cordiale, occasionally pouncing on one another. Kanoko’s very careful around her, since she’s so much smaller he seems to recognize that she’s no real threat to him. Patches is quite comfortable asserting herself with Kanoko; it’s good that there’s a balance.

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