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Vulture has continued to improve and open up more. She's discovered the fun of beating up my shoes, and is now comfortable enough to roll on her back and show her stomach. Still haven't tried directly touching her stomach out of respect, but she will allow me to stretch my arm over it to scratch at her chest, which she absolutely melts in to. Her motor control and overall movement has been making major leaps. Still not 100%, but an insane improvement I was scared she'd never reach.
War, one of my other cats, has started to really discover the joy of riding around on shoulders. He'd already done it a little bit, but it was for very brief amounts of time. Lately he's been more willing to just hop up and ride around, much to the jealousy of his sister, who has been all about that shoulder life since she was able to climb.
Still need to work with him on those jumps, though. Calli has it absolutely down, she's learned how to gauge her hops to not need to climb up. War's still kinda bad to come up a little short and need assistance. Also trying to encourage him to "ask" to be picked up so it's easier on us both. He already knows how to gently paw at someone if he wants attention or a treat, now it's making the connection to wanting up.