THE GIRLS NEW FRIENDS

Our first night with Carmen, Calypso, and Cleo: As we place the carriers in their room in front of their cage, Calypso's carrier started moving~she wanted out. We opened the door and she ran in the cage to her new bed. The other two needed some assist in leaving the carrier, but in no time they were laying in a kitty pile in their kitty bed. Throughout the evening we spoke to them in soft, loving tones, and gave them their space. We put up a baby gate so we could see them and they could see us, even though they were did their best to ignore us. Cleo was the first to explore the room, but ran back in the cage when she made eye contact with my husband. We bid them goodnight and went to sleep. When my husband woke up @3am, he spotted all three of them on the kitty condo. Despite the 5 levels of this large cat tree, they were all huddled on the second highest level (the condo is very sturdy and over 6' tall). The three of them appear to move as a unit. This morning my husband woke me and said, "They're gone". We thought maybe all three jumped over the baby gate, but did not find them anywhere. We thought we did a good job of kitty proofing the room, esp. the closet so they had no good hiding places. Ahhh, those smart girls!!!! We have a treadmill in their room and we were both sure there was no way they could fit under it. How wrong were were! Well, now the treadmill is raised off the floor on lots of hard covered books (thank goodness we don't use a Nook tablet). I noticed they ate some kibbel, and did use the litter box, though. My husband is making bacon and just took the pan to the doorway to waft some good bacon smell in there, it may not have worked for our girls but it sure made me hungry. I am going to entice our scaredy cats with a bit of wet food. Later today I'm planning on making chicken. They won't be able to resist those smells for too long. I know they will come around with patience and lots of sweet talk. I'll keep you posted Cat Daddy Mark. :) Thank you so much Happy Endings staff, and Mark and Jessica.