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Hi everyone! I'm new here - and desperately in need of advice!!!
About 3-4 months ago, we took in a stray who'd been lingering for months (and sleeping in our greenhouse!)
We've taken her to the vet to be checked out and all seems okay physically. He said she's about 2 years old by the way.
The only thing is... Her behaviour isn't something I recall experience with previous cats (I was quite young when we had them at this age though!)
She's extremely nervous, for starters. We think she might have been from a nasty home, hence becoming a stray. She's warming to us swiflty, and pretty much owns us... lol But she HAS to be around us at certain times. e.g. Sometimes, if I leave the room, you can guarantee she'll be under my feet - seemingly not wanting to be alone. I don't mind it but I've nearly done myself some damage!
Also... I know young cats love play... But WOW she needs serious wearing out. You can put her out for half hour with 5 mins of playing with a rope lol but she's really annoying my mum during the night, playing with things on the bedside table and even tapping my mum. Not to mention trying to get into the bed between my mum and dad! haha
She also loves doors. She'll hang off handles to get in... Put her paw underneath doors where someone's in a room with closed door, she tries getting into wardrobes that are slightly ajar, and - the biggie - she attacks hinges and the bit that comes out by the handle to go into the frame to keep it shut!!
On the window of the room I'm in, it basically has three panes of glass - two being ones you can open. One is really small at the top - she's tried climbing out of it! And just now she's been on her back legs banging against the window with her front ones?
She doesn't seem to understand no - it took literally pushing her to get her away from the wardrobe she was attacking... And she's even just jumped on the desk despite me keep saying no to her putting her paws up to look at what I'm doing.
And a not worrying point but really amusing as I've never seen it before... She chases her tail? LOL!
I just wonder how normal she is? How can I wear her out? How can I get her to understand no? Can I make her more independant/less nervous?
Also, we think she may have had kittens already (she's seriously big and my mum's convinced because of her nipples (that's the right word for cats right?) being disctinct!) - could this affect her behaviour? We've not found any kittens (or, heaven forbid, kitten remains) but we don't know if this, if true, was while she's had an owner before.
I probably sound very boring, possibly stupid! It's just been so long since I've had a cat this young... Our previous cat passed away last summer aged 23, so you can imagine she was nowhere near this active... lol
xx
About 3-4 months ago, we took in a stray who'd been lingering for months (and sleeping in our greenhouse!)
We've taken her to the vet to be checked out and all seems okay physically. He said she's about 2 years old by the way.
The only thing is... Her behaviour isn't something I recall experience with previous cats (I was quite young when we had them at this age though!)
She's extremely nervous, for starters. We think she might have been from a nasty home, hence becoming a stray. She's warming to us swiflty, and pretty much owns us... lol But she HAS to be around us at certain times. e.g. Sometimes, if I leave the room, you can guarantee she'll be under my feet - seemingly not wanting to be alone. I don't mind it but I've nearly done myself some damage!
Also... I know young cats love play... But WOW she needs serious wearing out. You can put her out for half hour with 5 mins of playing with a rope lol but she's really annoying my mum during the night, playing with things on the bedside table and even tapping my mum. Not to mention trying to get into the bed between my mum and dad! haha
She also loves doors. She'll hang off handles to get in... Put her paw underneath doors where someone's in a room with closed door, she tries getting into wardrobes that are slightly ajar, and - the biggie - she attacks hinges and the bit that comes out by the handle to go into the frame to keep it shut!!
On the window of the room I'm in, it basically has three panes of glass - two being ones you can open. One is really small at the top - she's tried climbing out of it! And just now she's been on her back legs banging against the window with her front ones?
She doesn't seem to understand no - it took literally pushing her to get her away from the wardrobe she was attacking... And she's even just jumped on the desk despite me keep saying no to her putting her paws up to look at what I'm doing.
And a not worrying point but really amusing as I've never seen it before... She chases her tail? LOL!
I just wonder how normal she is? How can I wear her out? How can I get her to understand no? Can I make her more independant/less nervous?
Also, we think she may have had kittens already (she's seriously big and my mum's convinced because of her nipples (that's the right word for cats right?) being disctinct!) - could this affect her behaviour? We've not found any kittens (or, heaven forbid, kitten remains) but we don't know if this, if true, was while she's had an owner before.
I probably sound very boring, possibly stupid! It's just been so long since I've had a cat this young... Our previous cat passed away last summer aged 23, so you can imagine she was nowhere near this active... lol
xx