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Originally Posted by meadowrue
She may be feeling better and wants to play. You said you've been ignoring her. We adopted a foster cat in August and she was quiet for the first week or two. I think everything was new then so she was content. Now she meows whenever she wants to play (which is whenever she's not sleeping). I think she gets bored easily because she's not good at self-entertainment. She will also attack because it's her idea of play, so I never play hands with her. I hope the person who adopts her understands she'll need a high level of playful interaction and can tolerate the meowing when she's bored. It's not much different than entertaining a toddler. We have a spinning bird toy that has been a God-send.
Oh no, I wasn't ignoring her, I was trying to GET her to play/cuddle on my terms (meaning all the time, really) and that's when she seemed to flee... so I flipped it around and applied cat logic to her. You know, the same reason cats are attracted to the ONE person in the room who is allergic or doesn't like cats, because that is the person who won't look them in the eye when the other obnoxious humans are trying to pet and cuddle the cat. She was very affectionate at first but suddenly changed, that's when I changed things up too.
So I started ignoring her unless she approached me first and that seems to be working well. She hasn't been fleeing and yesterday spent the entire day curled up behind me on the couch. If she is on the other side of the room clearly trying to "be invisible," I don't even look at her. But if she comes over to me, I smother her in pets and scratches and she seems to respond really well to that. In fact, she's been pretty clingy since I started giving her space and letting her dictate when and how she gets affection/attention from me.
She is very fearful of toys on a stick so those are out for now but she loves to play with fabric mice - on her own, only, she won't play "fetch" and runs away if I try to play mice with her. So far the best I can do is pick some mice out of the toy box for her, toss them on the floor, go back to what I was doing and let her play by herself. But she does love the laser so we can play that together!
Location: the wrong side of the tracks Richmond, VA
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Update: my little lady has found her forever home! References pending but I have no doubt given that this woman works with special needs kids and nothing about her potential new mommy sets off red flags after our home visit today. Home visit went wonderfully, the little sweetheart did great with the dog and vice versa. So happy for her, she's going to get spoiled rotten and both potential mommy and cat immediately fell in love.
YAY!!!!! We'll take it slow the next few weeks; I have to put a few more pounds on this skinny street girl and preparations have to be made at her new home (which I'll be helping with) but I feel really really good about this match. I am so happy for both of them, they are clearly meant to be and I just feel honored to have been a small part of it <3
Update: my little lady has found her forever home! References pending but I have no doubt given that this woman works with special needs kids and nothing about her potential new mommy sets off red flags after our home visit today. Home visit went wonderfully, the little sweetheart did great with the dog and vice versa. So happy for her, she's going to get spoiled rotten and both potential mommy and cat immediately fell in love.
YAY!!!!! We'll take it slow the next few weeks; I have to put a few more pounds on this skinny street girl and preparations have to be made at her new home (which I'll be helping with) but I feel really really good about this match. I am so happy for both of them, they are clearly meant to be and I just feel honored to have been a small part of it <3
Update: my little lady has found her forever home! References pending but I have no doubt given that this woman works with special needs kids and nothing about her potential new mommy sets off red flags after our home visit today. Home visit went wonderfully, the little sweetheart did great with the dog and vice versa. So happy for her, she's going to get spoiled rotten and both potential mommy and cat immediately fell in love.
YAY!!!!! We'll take it slow the next few weeks; I have to put a few more pounds on this skinny street girl and preparations have to be made at her new home (which I'll be helping with) but I feel really really good about this match. I am so happy for both of them, they are clearly meant to be and I just feel honored to have been a small part of it <3
So glad to hear this news! Thanks for keeping us updated!
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When Sophie & I moved across the country, it took her almost three weeks to adjust. She literally spent the first three weeks hiding under the bed. I imagine all of the upheaval of the plane ride, noise of the movers & just the whole ordeal of moving affected her a great deal. She has always been shy, but I was very worried about her. In time, she returned to her old affectionate purring self.
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Hi I am so upset about my female cat when she was neutered simply because she isn't the same cat,she is less playfully doesn't take much notice of me and in general just doesn't really want to know where as before she ran to me when I called her name now she ignores me,less playful and just sleeps she was neutered 8 days ago please any advice .
Your cat had a hysterectomy 8 days ago. It's major surgery. While kittens and young cats bounce back very quickly, older cats may take some time.
She may still be in quite a bit of pain. Animals in pain often withdraw from things. Check the incision site to make sure it is healing nicely and that there are no signs of swelling or infection.
Your cat make also be having some difficulty with the anesthesia used. Sometime a little too much can make a cat feel out of things for some time until it fully clears their system.
Give her another week to get over the procedure. If she still then seems withdrawn and out of it, take her back to the vet to see if anything is going wrong. Your cat is probably OK, just needs some more time to
recover.
Hello... found stray cat, about 8 months old and pregnant. Tues she was fixed so local pet finder would take her, the unborn kittens removed and she was given a 24 hr pain injection. She has been eating fine, using the litter box, and drinking milk. But, it is now late Friuday nite and still, all she is doing is sleeping. Have no idea her energy level before, so cant compare. Called vet and he told me to wait till Monday. Has anyone experienced this before? Stitches seems Ok
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Hello... found stray cat, about 8 months old and pregnant. Tues she was fixed so local pet finder would take her, the unborn kittens removed and she was given a 24 hr pain injection. She has been eating fine, using the litter box, and drinking milk. But, it is now late Friuday nite and still, all she is doing is sleeping. Have no idea her energy level before, so cant compare. Called vet and he told me to wait till Monday. Has anyone experienced this before? Stitches seems Ok
Since she's eating fine and using the litter box, I'd be comfortable waiting until Monday.
Hello... found stray cat, about 8 months old and pregnant. Tues she was fixed so local pet finder would take her, the unborn kittens removed and she was given a 24 hr pain injection. She has been eating fine, using the litter box, and drinking milk. But, it is now late Friuday nite and still, all she is doing is sleeping. Have no idea her energy level before, so cant compare. Called vet and he told me to wait till Monday. Has anyone experienced this before? Stitches seems Ok
Congratulations on the rescue! Her little body is just worn out, that's all. As the other poster said, as long as she is eating and eliminating normally, I wouldn't worry. Sleep is what she needs to recover.
Don't give her any more milk. It can give her diarrhea. Give her water and canned cat food.
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