Kaku finally made a permanent reappearance today. She clamoured for loo pets twice and then again in the kitchen. I was surprised that she even abandoned breakfast after a few bites to follow me back to the bedroom for some more pets. After a while, she seemed to realise that everyone else was eating (the clang of the bowls) and ran off.

Overall, she seemed a bit more confident, looking at me and meowing back at me, but then I saw that she had been gnawing at the base of her tail. Buffy and Tux sniffed curiously at the spot. Fur was noticably gone. I felt like such a terrible mother leaving her for 2 weeks. It must have been so traumatising for her.

I tried to make it up by talking to her and petting her even more. She seems a little better now, sitting atop the fridge. I petted her some and she watched me make soup curiously.