So, maybe someone here can re-assure me that my cat is going to be alright....
Saturday morning Chloe woke me up at 6am to go perch on her cat post in front of our screen door. (She pounces me every morning to go do this because she loves watching birds while being inside all day). So I let her, as usual. Sometime between that time and 9am, I heard a big thump and thought perhaps she fell off of something. Well I didn't check on her, but when I finally woke up at 9am, Chloe was no where in sight.
I found her in the spare bedroom, under the bed, hiding. (She rarely ever goes in there to hide.. she usually comes to us or under our bed). Well, then she wouldn't come out or hardly meow to us. So we moved the bed and got her out. Well she squirmed and high-talied it to our bedroom, and went straight under our bed. Again I got her out and took her to her room to calm her down. She headed straight under the desk.
When I brought out cat nip, she didn't really respond, and she just acted really scared of me and my husband. So, being the worrisome mom that maybe she had hurt herself, I took her to the Vet to be checked out. He said, physically she is fine, and she's alert, she ate a little that morning, and her temperature was fine. Plus she's not an outdoor cat so she has no abcesses or the like. There was nothing he could do. Said she seemed frightened by what I told him about her hiding.
Well, okay that's fine. So I thought, what scared her?? And I saw a telephone book by the door that morning so maybe the thunk I heard was the book being tossed on the porch. But why would my cat get so traumatited by a stranger bringing a book to our door, unless they slammed it right in front of her?? She never is THAT frightened for so long when strangers come by, although she is rather skittish.
Well, the day progressed and so did Chloe's behavior. She perched that night and last night as well. Although, when I opened the front door yesterday and this morning as well, again... she high tailed it to our bedroom to hide. She only seems to be doing this first thing in the morning, and seems fine as the day matures.
Sorry this is so long.. but do you think she could have been traumatized by something THAT bad saturday morning, like say, the telephone book person??? ANd I sure hope she will desensitize and get her "normal" perching back in the mornings. But this is just bothering me so much because I don't know for sure what changed her behavior. What does this sound like to you???
Saturday morning Chloe woke me up at 6am to go perch on her cat post in front of our screen door. (She pounces me every morning to go do this because she loves watching birds while being inside all day). So I let her, as usual. Sometime between that time and 9am, I heard a big thump and thought perhaps she fell off of something. Well I didn't check on her, but when I finally woke up at 9am, Chloe was no where in sight.
I found her in the spare bedroom, under the bed, hiding. (She rarely ever goes in there to hide.. she usually comes to us or under our bed). Well, then she wouldn't come out or hardly meow to us. So we moved the bed and got her out. Well she squirmed and high-talied it to our bedroom, and went straight under our bed. Again I got her out and took her to her room to calm her down. She headed straight under the desk.
When I brought out cat nip, she didn't really respond, and she just acted really scared of me and my husband. So, being the worrisome mom that maybe she had hurt herself, I took her to the Vet to be checked out. He said, physically she is fine, and she's alert, she ate a little that morning, and her temperature was fine. Plus she's not an outdoor cat so she has no abcesses or the like. There was nothing he could do. Said she seemed frightened by what I told him about her hiding.
Well, okay that's fine. So I thought, what scared her?? And I saw a telephone book by the door that morning so maybe the thunk I heard was the book being tossed on the porch. But why would my cat get so traumatited by a stranger bringing a book to our door, unless they slammed it right in front of her?? She never is THAT frightened for so long when strangers come by, although she is rather skittish.
Well, the day progressed and so did Chloe's behavior. She perched that night and last night as well. Although, when I opened the front door yesterday and this morning as well, again... she high tailed it to our bedroom to hide. She only seems to be doing this first thing in the morning, and seems fine as the day matures.
Sorry this is so long.. but do you think she could have been traumatized by something THAT bad saturday morning, like say, the telephone book person??? ANd I sure hope she will desensitize and get her "normal" perching back in the mornings. But this is just bothering me so much because I don't know for sure what changed her behavior. What does this sound like to you???
