That's a good idea. Now if I could only make Mere eat. She ate a little
cooked seith for dinner, and I gave her some Nutri-cal to augment it.
She also ate some of my pasta (like a half penne rigate) with tomato,
basil, parmesan and mozzarella on it (yes, Deb, it's your recipe). My
niece warned me that she orefers any kind of people food to kitten food. :o/

I wouldn't mind giving her big-cat food, but she has shown no interest
in Frank's kidney diet food (Waltham pouch) or Nikki's senior food
(Nutro pouch).

Well, it's been more than a week, and Rita and Topaz simply will NOT
get along.  There's less chasing, but only because I'm trained to
*carry* Topaz from the bedroom to the living room couch, and back,
during certain times. She's not allowed to wander the floor at
will, not if Rita is loose. Rita (my cat) will attack and chase
Topaz (my sister's cat), and at 17, I don't want Topaz to go through
that kind of stress. My sister will be so mad at me if I manage to
kill her cat!

At least she's eating okay, and using the litter box.  
Here's our schedule:  At night, I lock Rita up in the bedroom with me,
and Topaz gets the run of the rest of the apartment. This is when she
uses the box and eats, I imagine.  In the morning, they swap - Topaz
gets locked in the bedroom with food, water, box, and a nice sunny
window. Being 17, she mostly sleeps anyway.  She likes to hide in
the closet, but if I left the door open, Rita would seek her out and
chase her, snarling and sniping the whole way (saw it *twice* on
saturday, before 7am!)  In the evenings when I'm home, I carry
Topaz out to the couch, and as long as I'm in the living room with
them, and as long as Topaz doesn't get off the couch, they just
look and hiss, but no chasing.  

I've got 3 more weeks of this.  Should I just endure, or is there
some way to make them get along better?  

Jane
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