Sendhelp Posted March 2017
Caregiver's cats behaving badly.
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Does your Cat (or any pet) misbehave since caregiving your loved one?
Have you been required to take care of your loved one's pet after they have passed? Does your pet have cute antics that entertain your loved one?
And finally, has the cat or dog transferred their loyalty to your Mother?
GA - I know what you mean, my girl cat was pretty upset with me when I started staying with mom. I still don't think she's really happy. In the new year, my friend is ending his sublet of my apartment (new job out of town), and I'm going to try maybe going home for the weekends, with the cats. Not sure if that will make things better or worse for them! Better for me, anyway.
I've run out of Temptations, but my leg hurt so much this weekend I haven't gone to get more. OHHH the trouble I am in around here! Every time I make a bag crackle they are two feet away from me, staring with big saucer eyes. What do they put in those things anyway? Temptations are like kitty crack!
After reading some of the posts here, mostly the ones about cats, I think you all should write a book about cat antics.
I miss my two, now long gone. But with being gone so much to care for Dad, I really don't want to get another cat now, or even until after I move. My two were traumatized when I moved from an apartment to a house, although they eventually got used to the new space with all the places to hide and jump on.
Bernadette had quite the adventure when she got outside and promptly climbed the Colorado Blue spruce in my back yard, then was too frightened to come down. And this was just the time I had to leave to catch the bus for work.
As for the play fight with your chin and nose, say in a very stern voice "NOT NOW"... for some strange reason all of my cats throughout the many many decades knew what that meant. Usually it works at that point in time, and it's back to square one the next day :)
Pam, that is cute, ha ha! The best part of little ones is watching their excitement when they figure out new things!
Bruce is just about 4 months now and he is going through a "fighty-bitey" stage. He is being real stubborn about it too! I try to play with him with fishing pole toys, but they seem to be just boring him now. He will attack my elbow if I'm sitting on the bed, attack my fingers any old time, and the worst is (I KNOW he is just trying to be lovey) he loves to try to gnaw my chin or nose. I can avoid the chin/nose bites most times, but his favourite time to try this is in the morning, when I'm sleeping. He gets all purry and snuggly, and then makes a lunge for my face!
I'm not sure how to break him of this, he's really resisting when I tell him NO. Hissing at him hasn't worked. I've pushed him on the floor, evicted him from my room....but it doesn't stop him from wanting to "love bite" me and play wrestle. Too much testosterone maybe? Looking forward to The Big Snip come the beginning of January, if that's the case!!!
Well tonight he was trying to get her attention while lying on his side in a desk chair. Then he hissed at her, then he started coughing.... well, that's impressive, son. Lesson learned, don't hiss while lying on your side.
It's been awhile since Charlie needed to impress a young lady, so he's a bit out of practice. Couple days ago he tried a Halloween stance with Rosey, but it didn't work out very well.
Congrats, so many happiness wishes for you and your pets.
My hubs has weighed in about the squirrel, a few weeks too late!
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lol Just struck me funny, Sharyn. I'm picturing this super calm basset hound dog (no puppies are calm, I don't think lol) and your dd is supposed to be overly enthusiastic about it. :-D
FF, that is very odd about the cat adoption place. Consider adding your own negative review if you feel they warrant it. Something doesn't seem at all right that you were denied to adopt a cat that needs a home. Most adoption places can't find enough willing people, so to tell you that no, you can't adopt, seems really strange.
I want to go get a kitty. There are several great open adoption places here that I can go to and have a cat pick me out, but it's just not time yet, I have so many other things going on, but... there is no blessing quite like a fun pet for positive company. :-) I like all your stories.
Oh, that cat rescue place I posted about on the prior page, I checked internet reviews and found the reviews were all pretty much negative. Now I wonder how many of these cat rescue places that foster cats, and asking for donations, are using said donations to pay for food and vet... and the cats don't get adopted.
Many of the reviews the future fur parents were turned down for one reason or another that didn't make any sense. Plus their application asked questions that are way too over board, like if you get pregnant will you give away the cat? Really??? And if you don't follow the procedures, like letting the cat outside, the agency has a right to take back the cat. Get real, all my cats were indoor/outdoor and lived to be old enough to go to college.
You are probably correct-the explanation for why the cat is not available doesn't fit.
So they are probably not on the up and up. Hate it when they play games.
Another poster went through this looking for a dog, and just the right dog came along.
Hope you find a kitty soon. When my 12 y.o. dog was declining, I got a 9 mo. old puppy.
The companionship and exercise kept her going for 17 years and reversed the decline!
Today I got an email saying the cat wants to be an only cat in the household, plus since our other cat goes out, it wouldn't be easy to kept one in and the other one out. Serious??? Really??? I never had any problem with that in the past 40 years of having multi-cats in the household.
I wrote back the reason I had interest in the cat was that her bio said she was good with other cats, and there was no mention of her being just an indoor cat. I had to count to 10 to keep from saying anything more.
Now I wonder if this is a switch and bait theme. Hope not because the website looks like they are doing wonderful work for abandoned cast. Or maybe the foster parents want to adopt the cat.
Oh well, I always believe that if I loose something that means something better is coming along. Tomorrow is a cat adoption at our local PetSmart, so maybe we will find our special someone :)
Good luck Pam! Hey I wonder what would happen if you took a pad outside when you take her out? Maybe she would associate "outside" with "bathroom"?
Well, Bruce had his rabies vax today, and I booked him for The Big Snip at the start of the New Year. He also has belly button hernia that has to get fixed at the same time. I worry about the hernia so much - it's about an inch in diameter - but the vet says it's fine as long as you can still push it back in.
He "disappeared" his harness, so I couldn't find it before going to the vet. But when we got home, I discovered it beside mom's walker. Maybe he is giving her a hint??? He would probably look adorable riding around in the basket....
What a good idea chasing the males out at dawn!
The female squirrels are through building their winter nest up in the trees and they are ready for fattening up for winter to keep warm. Oh my gosh, they are getting very possessive over the food items. Chasing each other to a point that they aren't getting much to eat they are so busy running each other off. It's like I want to yell at them "settle down guys there's a enough to go around". Nope, over goes the water dish, the bird seed bowl is now on the porch floor, and one is frantically eating the apple down small enough so he/she can carry it off :P
Squirrels normally don't have babies this time of the year. And some males don't build nests as the female squirrels will allow them to spend the night in their nests, thus more squirrels in the nest, more heat on very cold nights. The males are usually chased out at sunrise.
Now THIS is reality TV :)
(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
A beautiful Calico cat, whose name was later changed to Samantha when the kittens arrived.
Cannot imagine what you would do if that happened to Bruce! Lol.
California winters are not that harsh, wondering if there will be any hibernating at all.
He splayed himself out on the porch, while purviewing his kingdom from the top of the ramp. Relaxing, his back legs shot out from under him, and he plops himself down, waiting, waiting......for his next peanut, amazingly taken from my fingers, just at the front door.
He cleans himself, scratching for possible fleas....or something.
I sprayed the Cedarcide after he left.
I love my new pet. Should I put a bowl of water out?
What do ya think, Luckylu?
He tore the box up, threw it a ways on the porch, even though he had enough peanuts!
Bad squirrel, AND he is getting fat! Mean, fat, and possibly violent!
He is due for rations now, at least at my house. I don't know who else has fed him and trained him. Only one peanut per day for you, Rat!
Anyway. BFF and I laid on the floor for awhile trying to persuade Bruce and the dog to play with each other. Or at least to get them mellow around each other. The dog is part whippet and REALLY wants a cat to be her friend. Bruce is not convinced this is a good deal.