relations between the cats have been improving pretty steadily lately. there's still a lot of Bitchy Interactions (Charlie often feels defensive and pre-hisses at Tia when she hasn't even tried any shit yet, Tia continues to reinforce this by unpredictably either giving him a respectful amount of space or smacking him on the noggin with her little goblin paws) but yesterday they had a snack about this distance apart from each other. THIS photo is from when they were both in the room and i went (anime ojousama laugh) OHOHOOOOO FOOLISH ANIMALS now you have to stay in here and tolerate each other a bit!!!! which they managed for a solid half hour without a fight, and i decided to let them quit while they were ahead lol
they also almost played together. i have this knockoff Nerf gun that shoots pingpong-ball-sized foam balls that i got on clearance at Walgreens a while ago and they're obsessed with it. the best place to shoot it is our very long hallway that runs almost the entire length of the house, which forces both of them to deal with each other if they want to play Blast Popper Fetch lol
