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Post by Joffar on Oct 28, 2001 10:32:53 GMT -5
Well, as some of you might know, i have recently moved and our cat has moved with us, and although the ride was only about 1km and 40 seconds long, she was scared as hell and made the most awfull sounding miaughs,
now she has been here for about two days and is a little bit more comfortable but she's still scared as hell when there is sudden movement or loud noises
we moved most of the stuff she sits in without cleaning it to make her feel at home and i think it's working because she sits in those
but i'd like to know if anyone else knows some things that would make her feel at home
btw: my cat is by nature very scared and it took her for about two months to show herself to us when we first got here, and about a year before she allowed us to pet her.
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Post by Reeka on Oct 28, 2001 12:44:26 GMT -5
Joff, I have never had a cat. But is she is a nervous type already, maybe just time holding and soothing.
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Post by Aradia on Oct 28, 2001 13:16:40 GMT -5
yay! something that three years of professional pet sitting and a year of being a veterinarian technician might help with! If your cat is feeling nervous and scared in the new location, try restricting rooms at first. That is, let her stay for a day or two in your bedroom with the door shut. Then when you are not in the room, she will poke around and explore the room to her heart's content. This will end up being her "base", and when she's scared or nervous she'll likely retreat there because she knows it so well, and it was nice and shut off and silent for a bit first. Make sure when she explores the rest of the house it's during low traffic times at first. Like let her out of the room at night to poke around when there's not much activity to scare her off. Also, make sure to make her entry into new rooms pleasant if possible. If she is nervous about being in one room, try to make it rewarding to go there....by laying out catnip or her favorite canned food treat or whatever makes her happy. Make sure nobody startles her, follows her around the house or otherwise makes her jittery if possible. Whatever you do, make sure the location of the litter box in the house is in the least travelled area you can, to prevent accidents from occuring. If she's this nervous about the new location, she'll avoid the liter box if you put it where a lot of people make a lot of noise or travel through there regularly. Try to keep any of the rest of her routine as regular as possible. If you feed her at the same time every day, continue it...etc. Any more questions, ask   |
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Post by pedro2112 on Oct 28, 2001 20:57:22 GMT -5
Or you can do what my buddy had to do to his cat earlier this week... have all his teeth and all his claws surgically removed..
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Post by Joffar on Oct 29, 2001 15:30:32 GMT -5
thanks for the advice(although i'll skip the teeth and claw removing) we kinda did the room restriction, although the room she's in is the largest one in the house :-) we leave all the doors(except mine and my brother's bedroom) open at night and she does explore(which we can notice by the pawmarks on top of our freezers today we got her to accept the fireplace, by petting her for about half an hour close to it :-) she's becoming more spoiled everyday  |
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Post by Krezack on Oct 29, 2001 20:26:24 GMT -5
I swear pedro you are sick.
our cat goes into hisding whenever guests arrive at the house he hisses at them and stuff and hates us for a few days then he gets over it so mayber your cat will just accept it after a while, of course im not a vet.
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Post by Falkirk on Oct 29, 2001 21:08:44 GMT -5
Great advice from Aradia!
Remember dogs are people-oriented, cats are location-oriented. If you go on holiday, a dog will be upset if you leave it home alone; a cat will be upset if you take it along. Your cat will be okay in a few days, once it gets accustomed to the new location.
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Post by Bex on Oct 30, 2001 1:37:09 GMT -5
we moved with our two cats in september, and i'd have to agree that aradia's advice is excellent. we did very much as she said, and they were settled after a few days. your shy little girl may take somewhat longer based on her personality, but it sounds like you're caring and patient enough to help her through it.
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Post by pedro2112 on Oct 30, 2001 9:08:14 GMT -5
Hellus, it wasn't my cat, it was my buddies. He had a history (over several years) of attacking and biting people (mostly adult male humans). The last straw was a few nights ago when the cat, without provication, launched a massive attack against my buddies left forearm. He tore out a mammoth chunk of flesh and the blood gushed forth like a swollen river overflowing it's banks. They were going to have the cat put down and the vet suggested as an alternative removal of all its teeth and claws.
Strange, the cat is much more subdued now...
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Post by Zoras on Oct 31, 2001 5:00:32 GMT -5
I would have SHOT the cat myself if it did that against me... Yeah I know. I'm not a cat person.  |
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Post by Krezack on Nov 3, 2001 23:48:17 GMT -5
geez poor cat it was merely copying its owners personality |
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Post by pedro2112 on Nov 3, 2001 23:53:37 GMT -5
geez poor cat it was merely copying its owners personality How do you know my buddies personality? |
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The things we do to the people that we love...
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Post by MasterD_Evil on Nov 4, 2001 3:14:15 GMT -5
You're his buddy, that could reveal a lot to us...
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Post by Belecthor on Nov 4, 2001 3:26:25 GMT -5
How do you know my buddies personality? His name is Norman, he works in the sewers and lives upstairs from you. |
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Post by Falkirk on Nov 5, 2001 12:13:55 GMT -5
His name is Norman, he works in the sewers and lives upstairs from you. I think you mean Ed Norton. And we all know his personality, Pedro, from watching him on TV---some of us live, most of us on reruns. |
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