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Slowly. Yesterday, Tommy approached Mama Cat and she hissed in his face a few times, but it didn't progress to growling or raised fur or fighting. Sandy sniffed him cautiously, and got swatted in the face, but it ended there and didn't progress further. Today, Tommy slipped out of his room and dashed towards Callie. I intercepted him and on his part it DID progress to growling, but Callie didn't hunker down or run, nor growl back, she stayed calm and approached me long enough to get a treat after Tommy quieted down. (Tommy didn't get a treat. The idea is to reward them for not lashing out, and he utterly failed that.)

They all interact better outside than inside. That's something I never realized before, although it makes intuitive sense. Outside they have more options, and they're all used to seeing other cats around.

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