Update on Wally

We've been deliberating seeking Wally out every day, multiple times a day, just to love on him. Our goal was to help him calm down just a bit, knowing that utter calmness was almost certainly not a realistic goal. I do think our strategy is working because he's calmer and he's starting to seek us out for petting and lap time.

Wally used to climb a lot in our house in Kansas City and he loved to go down to the basement and then jump up to the duct work and squirm in there so he could explore. We don't have anything like that for him here and I think he would have loved it if I'd gotten the gigantic cat tree that stretched to the ceiling and had five different platforms for cats to leap around on.

We do have a mid-century armoire that Kent's mother gave to us. It's a bit over five feet tall and stands in our living room near the hallway to the kitchen and bedroom. I don't think Wally could jump from the floor to the top, but he was able to jump from a covered wicker basket that stands about 20 inches tall. I was impressed because the basket lid isn't all that sturdy and it gives a little even under Wally's slight weight. He stayed up there for maybe 10 minutes and then hopped down. His brother was not happy and cried while Wally was up there.