Day 6 - Friends

It appears that Tux and Virgil are becoming friends...they were playing all evening. What a relief :) Tux is so hyper right now, he went into Virgil's litter box and was investigating his food. I told him that's not his and he ran off bouncing telling me off. He knows when he is doing something he isn't suppose to. haha Virgil is hanging out in the front room now. He seems to love the fire place.

We are going to be gone for a week, so I think Virgil and Tux will keep themselves entertained.

This morning, I found both Tux and Virgil lounging in the front window. Tux came to me when I took this picture, so that's why he isn't in it. 

I think they are telling each other off here. HA 

Virgil ran Tux into the corner. 

This is what I come home to... 

Feel bad...

Well, this morning I was listening to a voicemail from Allyson on my speakerphone. Virgil came running into the room. He was crying and looking around everywhere. He thought she was there...I felt so bad. The look on his face when he didn't see her was so sad. Maybe I should play a recording for him every day.

Day 3

Today has been a pretty mellow day. I left Tux and Virgil alone together and they both seem to be in one piece. They are both in the same room, but Tux is very cautious...always keeping his eye on Virgil. Sometimes, Virgil runs at Tux, so then Tux proceeds to hide under the bed or move to higher ground. Today no hissing, which is an improvement. As soon as I walked in, he was rubbing all over my legs..it was hard to walk around..but I didn't dare touch him.

Virgil is getting used to having his food up on a table. I have to put it up so when my dog is here, he doesn't eat the food. He had trouble jumping up on the table, but once he did, he started eating while I was sitting at my computer.

Well, it is time for bed...I wonder what kind of commotion the cats will create tonight.

He would not look at me..just kept moaning. 

Day 2

I think Virgil is getting more comfortable at the Animal House. While I was at work…I closed off the kitchen and main bedroom and let him wonder the hallway and living room. He seemed to like this quite a bit. When I came home today I opened the bedroom door and hear comes Virgil running full speed thru the door … little did he know, Tux was right there. We all froze….Virgil began making some clicking noise with his throat, and then Tux decided to join in. They never did attack each other or anything, just kind of stared and walked around sideways. Then Tux went under the bed and Virgil went to the entrance of his room ...where they proceeded to stare at each other. After a while, I decided to give them a break and blocked off the areas…Tux began slowly poking around and Virgil was shaking the kitchen door. He hates! Closed doors. I went back and opened it for them.

Since Virgil hasn’t eaten his food yet, I decided to open some tuna for dinner and gave a little to Tux. I showed Virgil the tuna and put a little bit in his bowl, where he decided to hiss and slap me…I was only trying to give him some gourmet food! Maybe it wasn’t the right brand?? Who knows...but it is still in his bowl waiting for him. Hopefully he’ll eat a little something tonight.

One thing to add, I found, Virgil doesn’t seem to like feather toys. I have a toy with a feather on a long stick…he got very ticked at me…and proceeded to hiss and groan at me for a while…AND when I was in the foyer he was determined to not let me pass…so off to the water bottle I went,…I filled it up and told him I have a weapon…I don’t think he trusts that I will use it. He will be in for a shock of a life time. Well, hopefully Day 3 will continue to get better.

Day 1

Virgil moved in today, he has his own room..he likes to hide under the bed..but only when someone is in the room...sometimes he is giggling the door. Well, so I went in the room to check on him..and he snuck out..prancing all over the hallway like he owns the place. Guess where he goes...into Chris's office and straight for the closet, where he proceeded to think the boxes were his and was digging around. Knowing we can't pick him up, Chris gets a towel to use as gloves and shuts the door. I'm standing in the hallway, then suddenly, it sounds like Virgil is getting murdered...moaning, screaming..and I was like omg, I hope Chris is ok ..then I hear Chris start cracking up. Chris said, "well, I think we need to try something else...please bring the cat carrier in here." So I get the cat carrier and take it in the room..we put it on the floor and Virgil dives in there so hard he makes the carrier fly across the room. I've never seen a cat dive into a carrier with such authority! ahhaha we were CRACKING UP! Chris barely touched him and he was screaming bloody murder...so back in the room he goes. As I'm writing this up, he is rubbing all over my legs..but I don't move... I look at him and he starts to growl and hiss. So, I just say to him..dude, I'm a nice person, I'm on your side. ha-ha we need to be friends. As we speak he is sitting right next to my chair..I wonder if I'll be able to pass. We shall see!!

Tux and Virgil already met today...a few hissing back and forth but nothing major. Tux keeps trying to investigate...they both seem like they want to be friends eventually ..always looking for each other..but, it'll be a few days before that happens.

It looks like Virgil is snoozing now..zzzzzz