Polynomial made it over 24 hours before she made a mess in the house. Mom was cleverly out of the house at the time. Polly started off with some pee on the rug. I got that cleaned up and she looked like she was taking a nap, but then she starting making choking sounds so I put her down on the floor, in time for some light barfing. I got to work on that, trying to convince Corwin to help with Polly enough that she woudn’t walk through it and track it all over the house. In this middle of that clean up, Polly escaped Corwin’s eagle eyed vigilance and pooped a couple times on the front rug, an amount that would have been impressive even for Alice. Luckily over half of it was solid.
In happier news, Polly seems to be getitng used to us and the house. The floors are a bit of a problem for her as she’s not heavy enough for her pads to get a good grip. As a result she tends to slide down when trying to sit upright as her front paws glide out in front of her. She was also frightened by Charles. He crashed out on the couch and his snoring cause Polly to become concerned. It did, in fact, not infrequently sound like some sort of unpleasant yet hungry animal, and other times like something in distress.
Alice was originally both fearful and fond of Polly but the fear has now lost out to the extent that I fear for Polly. Alice has taken to giving Polly big hugs, which involved smothering her with physical Alice affection.
You can see from the picture that Corwin is bonding wth Polly as well. Corwin has been reasonably good with helping out, although the first few days are not indicative of long term behavior. He did get to impress his friends at school with a picture of Polly, and his soccer team with Polly in person.