It’s probably about time to trim Talore’s claws. She hasn’t scratched me, and never tries, but when she’s sitting on me she tends to knead, and most of her claws are about as sharp as they’ll get and pointy enough to hurt. She probably won’t mind me cutting them, but I would imagine that not being able to snag things with a single paw won’t be appreciated.
She did manage to get away with the toy on the elastic string the other day. When I put it down Talore chewed almost through the cord next to the handle where I didn’t expect or check it, then the first time she caught it after that it broke off when I pulled. That toy is now missing a significant amount of fur (the flap holding the back half on came off) and doesn’t get chased as much in the mornings.
Talore seems to have stopped picking at my furniture, or perhaps she’s careful to do it when I’m not around. At one point it seemed like she was listening for me to turn my chair and stick my hand in the cup of water, because that’s all it took for her to look at me guiltily and prepare to run. She still drinks the water out of the cup on my desk, and I’ve now had two almost empty cups of water swiped off my desk because they were so light it didn’t take much (and because they’re on the edge away from my computers). The third is about at that point now, perhaps I’ll refill it.
I finally managed to get into my apartment in the afternoon without Talore meeting me at the door. I got home over an hour earlier than usual, and both the roomba and the air conditioning were on providing a high enough ambient noise level for me to sneak in. Talore still managed to be sitting up and looking at me when I walked into the bedroom though.
Talore had finally stopped seriously trying to wake me up in the mornings last weekend, but then I had a few days when I had to get up before it was fully light to get to work early. Now Talore again insists that as soon as there’s light it’s time to get up. She’s attacked my feet a couple times recently (with sharp claws), but I promptly pushed her off the bed both times and hopefully she’ll stop that.