It's been somewhat of a whirlwind with her as forgot just how energitic springers are. (Made that much better due to not being allowed out yet due to vaccinations) Skye has settled in well and is incredibly intelligent and playful, though she as still yet to learn that the cats are in charge.
Daisy is still trying to figure out how to dog without Duke around. We’ve been taking her for walks and the like, but...she’s off her food and very not herself. It hasn’t been a week yet, so we are not too concerned (but are watchful) but I think if it stretches beyond three weeks or so I’m going to get worried about her.
So having that stray/wanderer cat for a little bit made us realize that we miss having a cat. These two sisters popped up on a local FB page and well, they're now ours. Names TBD
As I posted in somewhat distraught fashion, we said goodbye to our pittie at the end of June. Her successor just moved in a couple weeks ago and has made herself right at home. She's 4, so none of the puppy shenanigans, and sweet as can be. It is SO good to have a dog again!
sharkhead nachos and I were adopted by this guy 3 weeks ago. He showed up and we tried to find his owners if he had any (unsuccessfully). He has made himself right at home like we are his people and he has always lived here. We named him Woodford and call him Woody.
First timer rehoming cats of this age (8 months). How long does it take for them to be acclimated? One comes out from under the bed a little but *anything* spooks her and she's gone. We have not seen the other one leave the safety of the bed other than one time when I woke up in the middle of the night and she was eating. The look on her face was pure terror and zoomed back under the bed. Is this normal?
Our cat Ponyo was like this and it really took a while for her to not be as anxious and scared. When my wife and I moved in together (when we adopted our cats, they lived with my wife at first) it probably took a number of months before she really got comfortable and wouldn't bolt as soon as we came in a room. In fact, when we first got her, she burrowed herself underneath the mat in my wife's bathroom and we just had a mobile bathmat for a few weeks. Now? She's a total, shameless cuddlebug. Most mornings I wake up, she's draped across me purring up a storm. And we would have to shove a bowl of food under our bed because she would hide when we would feed her and didn't want her sister to eat her food. Now we have the opposite problem. We have to give Ponyo a double portion to distract her long enough so her sister can eat in peace. Granted, she'll still bolt anytime I sneeze and rarely comes out when people come over, but she has exponentially improved since we first got her. It was a long hard road, but totally worth it.
GTE, you have some catching up to do, but that is normal. I had a 2 year old male cat spend his first two weeks under a chest. We were all wondering how he even fit under it. They will figure it out and then the real fun starts when you are trying to watch a game with popcorn and a kitty is trying for your attention.
My only real piece of advice is to totally ignore them. Don't make eye contact, don't try to call them over... just ignore them and let them come to you on their own. If you've ever had a room full of people, with one of them not liking cats, and then the cat seems to magically go to that person when it enters the room? Well, it's because all the other people are probably looking at and trying to interact with the cat. Play hard to get, and it will probably go faster for you.
Over the course of the first 2-3 days, one cat has slowly come out from under the bed, would let us pet her a little and head back. Starting to get a little more confident, rolls around in the living room, plays with toys etc. Still a pet only cat and not a lap cat. The other one just moved from hiding spot to hiding spot. Until last night that is. It's like she thought "Fuck this. They're not hurting my sister and I'd really like some friends" and within an hour of venturing out from under the bed in front of us, she became a total lap cat.
I'm going on 4(?) years with my cat that showed up under my Jeep one winter, and he's STILL not a lap cat. So yeah... that may never happen, and you're lucky it did. Sounds like the adjustment is going well. Congrats!
We adopted 2 brothers at 8 weeks old. They were brought to the shelter as new borns I think. We have had them for over a year now. One is such a lap cat, the other is still skiddish as all hell. Any loud noise or sudden movement he runs, most the time we don't even know where he is. I have just gotten to the point that he doesn't mind being picked up for a minute once and a while and the other night he actually jumped up on the couch beside me for a couple of minutes.
Apparently we needed another female in this house. Meet Paisley. She's super chill and is getting along great with my four year old daughter.
The cats enjoying the new cat tower. They are still very slightly skittish with any quick moves but other than that, they've really come around
It's been a rough and traumatic day for one of the cats. We got about a foot of snow overnight: She didn't take it well: