A cat lives across the street...Margaret is her name. She goes out at night and we usually see her looking in our sliding glass door. Then she goes around the corner and helps herself to the catnip on the salad bar.

Eddie gets VERY upset. He howls, yells and carries on. Edwina just looks at him as if he is crazy.

Last night he got the screen door open. Before I could react he AND Edwina were out the door and through the fence to chase Margaret.

Then an odd thing happened. They attacked each other. Twice. (There was another PT witness...I was on the phone with her...)

Edwina came back to the house. Eddie gave chase to Margaret. My husband came home right then...called Eddie and got him back in the house.

Ever since Edwina has been HORRID. I have a nasty gash on my palm from her back claws to prove it.

She hisses and growls at Eddie. And Eddie (who can be rather thick) insists on following her around and crying. An apology perhaps?

I was up most the night with the two of them. They sit in the same room. She growling and hissing...he crying.

They seem to be getting calmer. I gave them both some catnip to eat.

Any other thoughts? We are going home for the weekend and I hate the thought of leaving them (with a sitter of course) when they are like this.