I’ve been meaning to make more posts to update everyone on Stripes and Panther’s progress. The good news: they are getting along with each other more and more everyday. When we first brought Panther home, Stripes was not liking him at all. Over time, she started warming up to him and even on a few occasions have actually licked his head and paw. Most of the time Stripes seems to enjoy chasing Panther room to room and across the living room. Most of the time Panther manages to avoid being caught by Stripes, but on a few occasions, Stripes has cornered him or actually tackles him which results in some wrestling. It’s cute to see Panther being chased, but we usually break it up when Stripes has the obvious advantage of being on top of him or he is cornered.

Stripes and Panther have now reached a point where we are allowing them outside in our yard. It started off very slowly with Andrea taking them one at time outside for 5-10 minutes while holding them to let them get the scent and lay of the land. That progressed to slowly letting them walk around for 5-10 minutes during lunch time. Then we let them both out at the same time for limited periods of time. They are now at a point where they can both come out and we crack the door so they can come back in when they like, but they are usually supervised and not left alone. Stripes, as she has always been, only likes to stay outside when there are people to watch her. She has explored a bit and checked out our two ajoining neighbor’s yards. Panther on the other hand has done a lot more exploring and has even ventured into one of our neighbors garage. We are obviously a bit more worried about him.

One of the major problems that we have been unable to resolve is that Panther keeps eating Stripes’ food. Panther, when he eats, he devours all his food in one sitting. Stripes on the other hand likes to space her eating out. She’ll eat a little bit for breakfast and come back 15-30 minutes later to eat a bit more and so forth. The problem is that after Panther is done eating all his food, he seems to be still hungry and finds Stripes food to which he devours all of also. It’s not like we’re starving Panther, he just seems to like to eat. So now we have to put Stripes’ food away when she walks away so Panther doesn’t eat all her food or overeats.

Panther also has been getting braver. In the beginning, he was quite scared of Stripes. A simple stare by Stripes would cause him to bolt under the coffee table or under a bed. As of late, he has no fear in sneaking up on her and tackling her; although Stripes returns the favor.

So that’s what our two cats have been up to as of late.

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