There are so many cute little things that Stripes and Panther do on a daily basis that would take a long time to describe everything. I’ll just mention the cutest things they do, but before that, a bit of an update.

Stripes has been at our house for 5 months now and has adjusted perfectly well. She’s been allowed to go outside in the yard for the past few months now and there hasn’t been any scary situations such as her getting lost or trying to go back to my parents-in-law’s home where she grew up and lived for six years. That certainly is a great sign given that cats do not adjust well to huge changes like that. She is now queen of the house.

Panther, since he’s a kitten, has obviously adjusted much quicker. Not too long after we got him, we let him out to the backyard slowly by himself with supervision and then he was allowed to follow Stripes out. Now he goes out as he pleases when we leave the door open for them, but we find he isn’t as interested in the outdoors as Stripes is. He’ll go out, browse around, watch Stripes for a bit, and then come back in looking for Andrea. Look in the dictionary under mommy’s boy and you’ll find a picture of Panther. He is so attached to her and follows her around. When Andrea is in the bathroom, he’ll sit in front of the door crying as if she left. Most nights, he’ll climb up to her, plop down on her pillow and sleep next to her head. Occasionally he’ll lick her also. He also “talks” a lot more than Stripes. He’ll be randomly walking around and he’ll make cute little meowing sounds. Not entirely sure what he is saying, but it does peeve Stripes off sometimes as he tackles him. He has grown a lot since we first got him. He’s almost as big as Stripes, but heavier.

The weight advantage helps him quite a bit when he tackles Stripes. He’s quite strong as he usually pins her to the ground. We’re pretty sure they are just playing, but they sure wrestle hard; fur is everywhere. Otherwise they actually have somewhat limited interaction. For the most part it seems as if Stripes just tolerates Panther as they neither sleep right next to each other or help each other groom, other than for the occasional licks on the head to remind Panther whose boss.

They both sleep on the bed with us at night, nearby each other but never next to each other. When they have the whole bed to themselves, Panther usually sleeps on my side and Stripes on Andrea’s side. According to my sister, when she’s at home alone, they don’t wrestle and spend most of their time sleeping.

When they are outside, they do tend to be a bit more affectionate with each other by nuzzling noses and following each other around. But once they are inside, the sibling rivalry starts again.

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