I'm very happy to announce that all three cats slept in bed with me last
night. Mere was sneaky. After Frank and Nikki had settled down by my
feet, she snuck up by my pillow and slipped under the covers. She slept
there all night. Nikki slept less than a metre away, on top of the
covers, and never realised the Little Annoying Hissy Thing (LAHT) was in
the same bed. Hehehe. She even sprawled on her back and purred, which
she would never have done if she's known the LAHT was so close.

Frank came up for pettin sessions in the evening and again in the
morning. He lays on the pillow next to mine, presses his forehead
against mine, and purrs loudly. In the morning, I raised my arm to reach
the good spots for proper scritching, and inadvertently lifted the
covers so that Frank saw Mere lying under them. He just continued his
purring and ignored Mere. Then when I got up, both Mere and Frank got
out of bed and ... touched noses! Not a hiss, not a growl. Yay!

Nikki still hisses at Mere in certain situations, if she comes too close
while she is playing or when Nikki is eating, but even Nikki seems to
have calmed down a lot already. Mere answers back like a proper little
hoolikitten and doesn't let Nikki stop her from doing what she wants. I
think Nikki will soon adopt her as an apprentice and teach her all the
bad tricks she (Nikki) knows.

The only thing worrying me is F&N's medication. They're not eating their
sourcream/medicine cocktails, and I've had to give them their medicines
with the syringe. But since they have to take the medicines twice a day
for the rest of their lives, I'd hoped to keep it a pleasant experience,
which it's not with the syringe. I just hope they'll start eating the
sourcream again soon. I think I'll have to confine Mere while I give
them the meds, because she is always so excited when I do anything in
the kitchen (subject of another post), and then she dances around me
while I try to give the seniors their meds, and it upsets the older
cats, and they won't eat.