Bobbi, I am so sorry you are having to deal with this ..... it just happens sometimes when there has been an "only cat" for a length of time. I would just leave Lydia in the crate a couple of hours, then move her back to her room. I know you have grown to love Lydia, but I also understand that you loved Miss Briggs first! It's a tough call, but I would at least give it some more time ... I agree that a month is not long enough.

This is just a sudden thought that entered my mind ... don't know if it would work, or terrorize both cats. Hmmmm. I was thinking, what if you put both cats in two separate crates, right beside eachother? So... neither of them could flee, but they would have to get used to being near the other one? Like I said, it might terrify Miss Briggs ... so you will just have to be the judge of whether or not to try this?

Kim