Cat in the Cradle

It has been called to my attention that I have not shared Minnie's moving story.

Let's just say, she is a total trooper, but the war is starting to wear her down.

Remember how it was 97 degrees the day we moved?  She was seriously freaked out when I put her in her carrier and hauled her off to the car.  She started open-mouthed panting and then I freaked out because I didn't know if she was too hot or just panicky.  I tried to give her some water in the car, and then she escaped under the seat, and it was all cat hair flying around and me on the verge of a breakdown.

When I got her over here, I thought for sure she would just disappear for a few days.  That's what Bruce's parents said would happen.  I showed her the basement where her food, water, and litter box would be.  Then I took her up to Bruce's and my room so she would know where she could hang out.  She was all curious, looking around at everything, and not particularly scared anymore.

She's been (mostly) fine ever since.  It's the other cats who are having the problem.

She gets chased, hissed at, growled at.  When she tries to go down to the basement the other cats get quite territorial.  That's completely understandable.  They are much older and set in their ways.  But Minnie just wants to play!

Funny, she has no issues with the dog.  She prances right by the dog without a care.  And the dog doesn't mind her, either.

She's taken to sleeping in odd places.  She's decided that Emmie is her friend, now that she knows what an enemy is.  I've found her in the crib, on the changing table, and she likes to hang around us almost all the time.

Bruce and my mother believe in old wives' tales and so I promptly removed Minnie from the crib - after I had taken this photo!

Poor Minnie.  We think her esteem is starting to wane!  Last night she curled up next to us on the bed, and I swear she was feeling sorry for herself.

I hope that the other cats change their tune, or at the very least, get used to Minnie soon.

If humans had as hard of a time adjusting to change as cats do, everyone in this house would be very uncomfortable, indeed!