Mapping the New Territory

The beasts continue to adjust well to their new home. It helped Imogen that she was the first explorer; in a way, she claimed the other rooms before the rest of the group showed up, and hasn’t been reluctant to go anywhere since. In the apartment, she was less willing to venture into the sitting room than other spaces, perhaps because she felt cut off from a retreat; though the other cats didn’t threaten her, she simply disliked being near them. She still does, but is more willing to put up with it.

Brazil, too, travels everywhere, though he is much more cautious about it. Indigo and Moxy don’t go into the sitting room much, but I think it’s merely because they feel no need for it. And old Neville is still comfy in the bedroom, where there is a bowl of water, a small hard-food bowl, his soft-food is hand-delivered and a litter-box is near by. But he has explored elsewhere, including the basement, which shows that he isn’t afraid of the new spaces.

But, like me, the cats like to adapt old habits to new environments.Toward that end, Imo has decided that the house’s refrigerator is as good as the apartment’s for lying on. She can’t see well out a window from this one, but it does provide her with that superior feeling toward her fellow felines. As with the previous residence, she is not allowed on the kitchen counters, though, if she is swift, she can use one as a jumping-stone to the top of the refrigerator. She’s learned that that is permitted here, too.