Well, the war has mostly deescalated to border skirmishes. As I type this, I’ve got Pixel laying on top of my leg and Signal on the couch a few feet to the right. That seems like a good thing. <\/p>\n
They’re still generally unhappy with each other’s presence though, especially when one of them surprises the other. They have a habit of walking into rooms without looking around a bit first and then suddenly they realize that the other is only a few feet away and must be “attacking” the other one. Dumb cats. <\/p>\n
The other day when I got home, I began to pet Signal and then Pixel showed up wanting some attention too. I managed to get them within arms reach of each other so I could pet them both at the same time and they were mostly OK with that. Later I played with them both and at least while they were playing, the seemed to forget they hated each other. When playtime stopped, it was all growling, hissing and chasing though. <\/p>\n
Signal seems to have mostly forgotten what they were fighting about in the first place. A few times he’s tried to play with Pixel and was quickly reminded that this was not appropriate behavior.<\/p>\n
Something interesting is that Pixel seems to have regressed a bit in his personality, like to when we didn’t have Signal. He’s more playful and needful of attention. I guess that’s because before his “toy” was Signal. Now that he can’t get his aggressions out on another live cat, a feather on a string or a twist tie will do.<\/p>\n
They’re not playing or sitting together yet, but it seems like the worst of the hostilities are over. Best of all, there’s been no more bloodshed. I expect all will be back to normal in another week or so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, the war has mostly deescalated to border skirmishes. As I type this, I’ve got Pixel laying on top of my leg and Signal on the couch a few feet to the right. That seems like a good thing. They’re still generally unhappy with each other’s presence though, especially when one of them surprises the …<\/p>\n