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Surviving Hurricane Lola Pt 3 - Everyone hates Lola

post #1 of 4
2/12/11 at 9:56pm
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Nothing's ever easy in a multi-cat household.

I'm seeking new ideas to keep Lola busy. Any ideas?

We rotate a wide variety of toys, play w/ the wand toy 2x/day (6 different wand toys rotated). We don't play laser light might as she gets fixated on it. Despite being incessantly hungry, she's not food motivated. Won't "hunt" for hidden food/treats, nor does she 'get' treat balls. There are bird feeders outside two different windows & we play some of her favorite movies for her to watch on TV.

The other cats hate her. She's annoying, always trying to play w/ them. They used to have a safe haven up high, she couldn't get up/on things - but now she's figured out how. I keep creating new hide-outs for them & she figures them out quickly! She spends much more of her time awake than most "normal" cats - she rarely sleeps I swear! When she's awake she's always moving, oftentimes moving after other cats to get them to wake up & play!

Another companion for her is utterly out of the question, I have about a dozen more cats in my house than I should. (OK I have a dozen cats in my house.) Gumby is 4 months younger than Lola, yet vastly more mature. Now that we've got her dose of Pheno worked out, she's not so "drugged up" acting....although I think the other cats preferred her when she was!
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post #2 of 4
2/12/11 at 10:16pm
Help me again Nat - how old is Lola and how long have you had her?

You are describing how my Koko was when she was younger. She's going to be 8 this April and finally grew out of it probably 2 years ago. She took it out most on her brother Muddy, and I swear Muddy would run to me and hide from her when he got frustrated by her. My (OTB) Oscar was terrified of her and would run and hide. I will say that most of the cats put her in her place and it wasn't too long before she stopped trying to "play" with them. Muddy and Oscar took the brunt of her antics with Spanky close behind.

I tried to separate her from the others for a while, but it only made her that much worse when she was let loose in the house. So that doesn't work, unless she is separated with another cat that can tolerate her antics.

What eventually happened with Koko is that she figured out who would tolerate her and she just played with them. Wand toys and lazer pointers are great toys for cats like these. Now she has outgrown it.

There aren't a lot of easy answers for you. You might try other toys like ping pong balls in the bathtub as added stimulus for her.
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post #3 of 4
2/13/11 at 6:45am
I don't have an answer for you, but I just wanted to commend you for all that you've done and continue to do for Lola. She's really come such a long way with your love and patience.
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post #4 of 4
2/13/11 at 9:42am
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Lola will be 2 years old this April. I took her home to foster Dec 2009 when she was 8 months old.

Unfortunately, no one will tolerate her antics, even Dory's annoyed by her. I tried her w/ Squishy & Ophelia in the office, thinking she'd avoid Ophelia & play w/ Squishy. That was a no-go.

I've been trying to rotate her between going upstairs & downstairs to give each group of cats their "time off" from her. But Margo is becoming increasingly upset with her, as Lola seems particularly fascinated w/ Margo.
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