Mm. Cat update.

Indi suddenly began meowing and jumping at some invisible or imaginary thing she saw in the doorframe of the entry to the spare bedroom. Then her gaze darted to the ceiling on the other side of the room and then back to the top of the doorway. She actually tried to scale the door frame for some reason, but didn't use her claws, or get much higher than door handle height. Strange cat imagining things, lol.

Oscar slept the night in the bathroom, and Indi hovered at the door as though she was either feeling the need to stand guard or to laugh at him for being cooped up. I removed her from her position at the bathroom door and locked her into our room over night.

A good night's sleep was had by all!

The cats are getting along much better, day by day. It is still "tolerating" rather than "friendly" but that is better than "hostile". Indi has reduced, through persistance, the diameter of Oscar's personal space. She can now get within thirty centimetres of him without a hiss from either cat. They also slept on the bed, one on either side of Luke, on Sunday morning - how I found them when I got back from collecting my brother from the airport.

Indi is jumping on Oscar's tail quite a bit as thought she sees it and thinks "oh! little, and fluffy, and moving! it is my duty to attack!" only to leap backwards when Oscar jumps a mile out of fright. He has otherwise put up with all her antics.

I have discovered that Indigo is a greedy little cat. I will serve her food first and put her in another room with her food, but as soon as she hears food being poured out - despite having food in her mouth and in front of her! - she comes running to try and get in first on Oscar's portion! Either she drops what she is eating so she can eat his first, or she scarfs hers so fast it's like she's part Hoover. Oscar has however finally put his (big, furry) foot down. This morning she tried to muscle in on his food, and where he has previously backed away and been put off his food, he hissed and took a firm but not "serious" swipe at her and then chased her across the room. before going back to his food. Maybe she has learnt? Also a good sign to see interaction other than hissing or running away on his part, even if it is chasing and food-related territorialism.

Things are going well.