Well....I think Peanut has been talking to Edwina.....because I woke up at 3:30 this morning to sounds that I've never heard come from my little sweetie pie! She is a little spooked at everything now, but is only hissing and spitting this morning. And Cracker Jack? Not even the hint of a hiss back at her.

I was sitting in the bathroom with him last night with the door closed. Neither one of us knew Peanut was on the other side, Terry was up watching the blow out that was billed as a football game. So here's Jack and I, sitting quietly, he's exploring the crack under the door when all of a sudden we hear this horrendous HISSSSSSS outside the door! He jumped, I jumped and it was only Peanut, already imposing her mandate that she is still queen of the house! This morning, she was sitting back from the door, and did I mention Jack is a bit of a talker? Well, whenever he would meow, Peanut would hiss. Too funny. I did bring her up into bed with me and she settled down and was purring, so I don't think she's too terribly upset.

Cracker Jack on the other hand, wants out, and he wants it bad! He is so over the bathroom and wants out to explore the rest of the house. However, Peanut is not ready for that yet and I don't want to push it. They'll have the rest of their lives together, so I don't want to push things and make her hate him forever. Tonight when I get home, we will be letting him out of the bathroom and into the bedroom for awhile to give him a bit of a breather, and I did give him some catnip this morning and a few toys to play with. The bathroom is huge compared to the cage he was in, but it stills seems too small for him.

Oh, and we discovered an interesting thing. His previous owners were male - father(we're thinking 40-50 years old) and "slow" son(probably in mid 20's), father passed away and son went to a "home" - so Cracker Jack is so much more comfortable with Terry! Terry went in the bathroom with him last night without me, and what he was describing was not the same thing I saw when I went in with him. So we both went in together and he was so much more animated when Terry was petting him and talking to him than when I was. He even rolled over and was acting goofy with Terry! But that's ok. Bonds Terry to him that much better, and we may need that in the next few days if Peanut doesn't let up with the hissy fits.

I only got a few pictures this morning. He really made a mess with the litterbox (typical male) so I had to use my time cleaning that up instead of taking pictures.

He's been sleeping in the carrier box they gave me to bring him home in. I laid it on its side hoping he would use it as a hidey hole, and he is, so yep Phred, looks like he's going to have his own little condo.


Here he is looking cute.


Enough with the flashy box already! What's with that thing anyway?


And for lack of pictures, here are the two pictures that were on petfinder and their own website. The first one is the one that drew me in and the second one is the one that really got me.



And one more short video. No purring this time, just some skritchies. And that "spot" on his cheek is where a chunk of furr is missing. The girl at the shelter didn't even notice it until we pointed it out. We get a free check up at the vet, so we'll have to have him take a look at it.