Well Vinny did his time outside for terrorizing Daphne and now he's a big, fluffy, happy house cat again.
When Vinny, Annie, and I came to live with Michael, Daphne, and Judo "Chuckwagon" Jones, the cats didn't really blend well. Four cats with four very different personalities is quite a juggling act. Daphne hated Annie because Annie would stare her down like the creepy, smelly kid on the playground; for some reason Vinny wigged out and got really violent with poor Daphne; Annie hissed at both Judo and Vinny for no apparent reason; and Judo just wanted to play and love everyone.
When Vinny slashed Daphne's nose and bit a chunk out of her ear, he became an outdoor cat. I was worried about him since he's almost 4 years old and has never been outside. But he absolutely loved it! He got all big and fluffy, and I think he gained a little confidence. We were letting him sleep in the downstairs bathroom when it rained, and usually he couldn't get back outside fast enough in the morning. But, after the last storm, he had no intentions of ever going outside again, so we let him stay. Now that he's back in the house he sprawls himself across the middle of the coffee table, and lounges on the couches likes he's Mufasa.
Vinny was the cat that lived under my bed for the first month that I had him. He always hid when I had company, and most of my friends had only seen pictures of him. Just this weekend, he actually came out and was cruising around the house while we had Alex and Kim over for dinner. Vinny is a new man! And he hasn't touched Daphne once.
