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Lilith sitting on the microwave

It’s easy to concentrate on just the kittens, but of course there are three other cats here – Iggy, Mustrum and Lilith.  We’re still struggling to find a collective name for the three of them – we tried The Incumbents, but it didn’t seem right.  I really want to call them the Senior Cats, although that soubriquet belonged to Esk and Pteppic, who have emigrated north eastwards to live with our daughter.  I’m sure they wouldn’t mind passing on the baton, though.

The three of them have had to cope with a lot of change in the past few weeks, as the Tribe first contracted, then expanded again.  Iggy in particular hates change – he doesn’t like us even moving a bit of furniture – but he seems to be coping OK.  They keep to the study mostly during the day, although EnRon also spend a good deal of time here during the day – the kittens are generally where we are. Or eating.

However, we were encouraged to note that Lily and Iggy spent last night in the bedroom – not on the bed, but at least on the box beside it.  There was a bit of exchanging of views while they settled, but they did come to some semblance of harmony eventually.  The kittens for once stayed downstairs, which probably helped.

Mustrum seems to have forgotten that he’s not supposed to like them, and allows Henry in particular to rub noses, until he remembers to snarl a bit.

We feel that a lot of is it now just going through the motions, and things will settle in a week or so. Which will be nice.