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When the vet picked up Caramel, she stiffened and looked like a statue or stuffed cat.

Actually, I think the best comparison to what she looked like was a pinata. She must've been terrified, but it was hard not to laugh a little at it, too.

It was a good thing she went. Some of her claws were so overgrown they were curving around and growing back into her skin. The double-claw on her left thumb was so overgrown that they had criss-crossed. The vet said she can't retract that claw - just like Nucleo, I guess.

The vets weighed both of them and Hermes did lose about a pound from the last time he was weighed. I guess the reason he didn't lose more, even though he looks thinner now, is because some of his fat must have converted to muscle.

In other news, Lady has a new favorite sleeping spot - the two cat trees that are near the dining room window. She particularly likes the ring that's in the middle (the lower ring on the tree that has two of them.) She gets into the front windows on a regular basis now. She's still a little grumpy towards the other cats, but a great improvement over what she was like just a month ago. One thing about Lady is that she is grouchy and growls a lot, but she's all talk. I've yet to see her physically attack another cat.

Lady was rampaging earlier and she jumped onto the lookout by the living room window. I don't know how a cat that big can launch herself into the air like she did, but she did it.

Mel doesn't often eat table scraps, but she likes Boston Market chicken. I gave her and Pepper some tonight. Lady begged for it, but didn't actually eat it when I gave her some. Hermes came along and ate what I had put down for her.

He has a new hiding spot and I'm not sure where it is. One night I couldn't find him anywhere and assumed he was in the laundry room. I went looking for him in there, couldn't find him, and turned around and he came running in, so he must not have been in there to begin with, but I don't know where he came from.

Even though I sometimes have second thoughts on adopting him, I think if we didn't have him, Mel would terrorize Pepper and Lady too much. Mel still likes to hide in the shadows and go charging at Pepper and Lady sometimes. She doesn't hurt them (usually she runs right by them or stops short and turns around), but it does take them by surprise and annoy them. But when Hermes sees her doing that and starts watching her, she stops because she doesn't want to play with him.

I was a little worried when Pepper was going upstairs with him up there because he does act a little territorial about the upstairs, and she's only half his size and has no claws, but then again, it seems she knows how to handle him. And he might not mind her as much as Lady, who barks and growls at him constantly, and Mel, who always tries to smack him in the face.

Pepper worries me sometimes. I was sitting on the futon to eat dinner last night and sat the plate down for 1 second and she stole a big piece of turkey off of it - I wouldn't mind, except it was still hot. I hope she didn't burn her tongue or anything else.