Update on Milton and Wanda

Milton, first day I met him. Very shy.

Wanda, not very shy at all. = )

I had emailed K and R about a week and a half after they adopted the two cats, but never got a response. I will admit I was a little worried - how do you know the people who seem so nice in person aren't really animal torturers??? It's definitely hard to trust people you've only met once and talked to a couple of times, because even when you think you *know* the people, they can turn around and surprise you with actions and words you wouldn't have thought they were capable of. Fortunately, in Wanda and Milton's case, the owners seemed to have accidently skipped over my email.

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I emailed again about two weeks after not receiving a response, and got one about a day later. Both are eating well, and Wanda's stools seem to be staying normal. K wrote that they are still timid, staying mostly downstairs, but will come upstairs at night. Wanda has even started sleeping at the foot of their bed. Both cats seem to be fine with their two beagles. It works out quite well for the cats, actually, because the two dogs are afraid to go down the stairs and need to be carried if it is necessary for them to go down. So the cats have as much time as they want to get used to their new house without much interruption from people and dogs.

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Milton is a bit shyer than Wanda (not surprised) but will let K hold him for about a half hour each night before he takes off. She says he'll meow at the top of the stairs until someone peeks around the corner. Then he'll just stare at the person and start creeping around the house slowly, as if he needs permission. "He is quite the character," she wrote. That he certainly is.

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I'm so glad to know that they are doing well, especially knowing that they are getting along fine with the dogs. Also especially that Wanda is continuing to have normal stool. I was really worried that she would start having diarrhea when switched over to a new diet.

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Yay! = )