Just T
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Post by Just T on Aug 29, 2020 2:13:16 GMT
oor baby! I am glad she has a loving home. We got a kitten who was about 3 or 4 weeks old, she couldn’t even walk correctly, she crab hopped sideways when she first came to us. She was my moody girl but my sweetest baby too. That pretty much describes my Sunny. She walked sideways, which I thought was so weird. If I ever get another kitten, and wow, I'm not sure I will, I will make sure it is older. I had no idea that 5 weeks was way too soon until I started googling "why is my kitten attacking me." We had an awful few weeks, where I really and truly wished I had never gotten her. She was so aggressive, and attacked us, me to the point where I was covered in bloody scratches and bite marks. And not from her being playful. She is thankfully beyond that and I finally really love her. She is so sweet and snuggly when she isn't in bitch mode. LOL Now, she just seems more like a normal kitten. Thank you so much everyone for your help! She is only the second cat I have had, and the guy in my avatar was not your normal cat. He was more like a dog. LOL So this girl has been a real challenge. |
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seaexplore
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Post by seaexplore on Aug 29, 2020 3:05:08 GMT
We have 3 cats and live really rural with all the animals that come along with that. 1 loves being outside, she’s a hunter. She goes out in the morning (usually by 7) and comes in at night (between 10 & 11 usually). One of the other 2 goes out in the back yard only when I’m out and never leaves the yard. The 3rd goes out back and will stay out for the day and never leave the yard.
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Post by kels99 on Aug 29, 2020 4:16:51 GMT
We built our cat a catio that has a cat walk out to a tree with a cage in it. He accesses it from the dining room window.
His favorite thing is to be out on his leash in the backyard. His collar is attached to the leash which has a plastic ring on the end. Then we have another rope along the ground pulled tight and staked. The ring is around that rope so he has a big area he can safely explore. We check on him every ten minutes or so because he gets wrapped around the hammock or sprinkler head. He loves loves his "freedom" to catch frogs, moths, and bugs and to stalk squirrels, birds and rabbits.
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luvnlifelady
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Post by luvnlifelady on Aug 29, 2020 13:46:36 GMT
Can you get her some kitty grass? Maybe a big enough patch to roll around in? Or at least enough to munch on?
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anniebeth24
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Post by anniebeth24 on Aug 29, 2020 14:56:28 GMT
Seems like taking a cat out on a harness would make sneaking out more appealing?
I would lean toward making the outdoors "scary" with something like the spray bottle technique. Maybe "let" her go out but have someone right outside immediately bang on a pot or something else unpleasant as soon as she hits the threshold.
Good luck with that cuteness!
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artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Aug 29, 2020 15:05:39 GMT
My vote is it is because she hasn't been spayed.
I had a kitten that was abandoned by her feral mother when too young. She also liked to bite and attack a lot and was not friendly. She never really got over the not being friendly part. Every once in a while she would bite someone without warning. My dad just had his hand dangling off the edge of the couch and she bit him.
She was the love of my life. She spent every night sleeping curled up at the back of my knees and I still miss having her there. She didn't like anyone else but she loved me (usually) and I was so sad when she died at 14. I have Isabel's ashes in a wooden box that says "beloved".
I have two cats now that I love but nothing like I loved my mean kitty.
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janeliz
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I'm the Wiz and nobody beats me.
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Post by janeliz on Aug 29, 2020 15:06:00 GMT
Our cat Jeter (our neighbor found him living behind her house when he was a kitten) would loooove to go outside. We’ve had to be very vigilant about watching for him when we come in and out doors, and if he manages to escape we stay outside until we’ve grabbed him and gotten him back in. It took a while, but I will say he doesn’t try to escape as much as he used to. He has plenty of windows from which to watch the world go by, and I think as he’s grown up he’s just not as eager to escape. Oh, and he also has a little brother to roughhouse and play with now, so that helps.
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