It has been a very "interesting" weekend!
I still have Connor isolated in two rooms - bedroom and bathroom. I "swopped" them for a while - put Connor in the Kitchen (the laundry room next to the kitchen has Ally's bed and litter box), and gave Ally the run of the rest of the house (including the two rooms Connor has been in). She wandered around and sniffed, hissed a bit, and then walked out again! Connor spent a happy hour sitting on "Ally's" chair watching birdies out the window (I'm afraid his room doesn't have much of a view)
Later in the day, I wedged my kitchen door open a couple of inches (it's a glass sliding door), and placed one of them on each side of the door. Connor looked on with an amused expression whilst Ally swatted, hissed, growled, bared her teath and was generally VERY unladylike!
Last evening, Ally was sleeping on my bed next to me (she is alternating between sulking in the cupboard and being velcro-cat), and I told my son to let Connor out of his room to see what he would do. He wandered through the house, and eventually walked into the bedroom, straight past Ally to explore the bathroom. Ally opened her eyes and went NUTS - (I had left her harness on from her walk outside, so I had no problem controlling her). She didn't attack Connor - she attacked me! I have bites and scratches all over my arms (a couple of the bites drew blood, and I am all bruised too!)
SO now we are back to step 1 again. Connor in the "guest suite", Ally acting like a prima-donna. I rubbed them down with the towels again, hope this will help.
One other thing, Connor has ZERO reaction to ANYTHING that goes on - so I think we can safely assume he is deaf. This is causing a bit of a problem with Ally also, because he is so LOUD, and I think she is freaked out by the noise level in the house.
Any ideas??? Or does this sound normal - after all it HAS only been two days
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If Ally likes catnip, you may want to "drug" her with that. 
And keep in mind something I've alwys read: Pay MORE attention to your OLD cat. This does 2 things. #1)Gives Ally the sense of belonging that she has always enjoyed. and #2)Forces Connor to make friends with the CAT (vs. just relying on the humans for companionship). Keep you cooing of Connor to the times that you are alone, out of Ally's sight. Have fun.
I'm referring to the males when I say that. My girls are NASTY when it comes to anybody new! They are loaded with catatude!! The poor newbies usually get hissed at, growled at, and smacked around a bit before they seem to find their place. Two of my three girls still growl and smack anybody that gets in their space. Maggie Sue is my worst one! She is so loving to me, but boy oh boy, any kitty that gets within range is smacked! I've given up fussing at her for it because she is never going to stop. So everyone knows to stay out of paws reach of her. It just worked itself out in the end. They all got smacked enough to know she is a BAD kitty! Occasionally the two nasty girls meet up and have a knock down drag out fight. Fortunately it doesn't last too long and rank is somehow determined. If your guy is a very relaxed cat then this may be how it works out. He will get swatted enough to realize that he just needs to stay out of her space. They usually come to some kind of an agreement. It is tough to watch but no matter how much you intervene they still do it their way!!
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