These kittens . . .

In a moment of desperation yesterday, we bought baby gates. The idea was that they could see and smell each other but not be able to attack. Unfortunately, the store only had two gates so there was still a large gap at the top. We knew this was not anything more than a very temporary solution but, like I said, we were desperate. It did take the kittens a couple hours to realize they could climb the gates but then there was no stopping them. At first, Zoey's plan was to squeeze out through one of the holes in the gate. See the second picture below if you're curious about how well that worked for her.

Zoey loves to hide and then spring out to pounce. As soon as I realized that she was using her litter box as a hiding place (gross!), I supplied this cardboard box as an alternative. She loves it.

It's hard to tell in the picture, but Eric is not really supporting any of Loki's weight. Our little man is holding himself up.

Taking a little nap with Cowtopus as the pillow.

We are still working hard at getting Loki and Zoey to accept each other. Major progress was made last night when we were able to have them in the same room without them attacking each other. They were fine as long as we kept them distracted with their toys. We have a vet appointment this afternoon so I'm interested to see how they are around each other in a neutral environment. I'm also very interested to hear what the vet has to say about their behavior.