On reading the pet of the day article by Julie, it sounds as though Ally was a completely different cat back then, i certainly could not believe she was writing about the same cat,so maybe introducing connor did have an effect, but you would not think it would be so drastic would you?
Well, yes, but I also found some posts by her saying that Ally was acting aggressive; obviously she bit Julie several times, and in one post, in which she reported that Ally bit her mother-in-law, she considered putting Ally to sleep. She was worried about Cali, too, with a cat like that around. But I'm not sure if all this happened after Connor moved in; maybe Ally was really happier as a single cat...

Kirsten