My apologies for not posting any pictures or videos this post either but they will be forthcoming once my homework lets up a bit! But there is new news about Ani!
Padme ("Paddy") is feeling mostly better and, being the curious girl she is, she took it upon herself to come into Ani's room and introduce herself. Ani was in love the moment he saw her! As we'd hoped, he began mewing, mrring, and making all sorts of other cute kitty noises. (He still hisses at us sometimes but at least his vocabulary has been expanded!)
We let Paddy visit a few times a day, whenever we go in there with him. We want Ani to associate anything enjoyable with us, haha.
Unfortunately, the only way Ani knows how to play is somewhat aggressively. He likes to pounce, stalk, swat at Paddy's face or bite her tail. Luckily, she is very laid back and will growl or hiss at him in warning, only smacking him back when she feels she needs to defend herself. At one point she play-pounced him when his back was turned and he FREAKED OUT and spat, hissed, then ran away. haha Looks like he can't take what he dishes out. I don't think they're going to be cuddle buddies, but perhaps Ani will learn how to play nicely one of these days.
But Ani really does like Paddy. Tonight, when she left the room, he followed her out! Which caused a slight panic since we don't want him wandering around the house until we can handle him safely. We don't want him climbing under or inside furniture or someplace where we can't reach him. He was quite panicked himself once he realized he was in unfamiliar territory. Luckily we were able to escort him back into his room without incident. But this was a big step for Ani since previously, he's shown absolutely no interest whatsoever of leaving his room since the outside world is scary. The fact that he is becoming braver is a good sign, I think. I am hopeful that if he is less fearful of his surroundings (and the people in it), he will be more accepting of being petted and perhaps one day held.
Speaking of holding, we are going to attempt it tomorrow night. Hopefully I will have time to post the videos and photos soon and give more updates! Thanks for reading!
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