There is a stray cat (who I've mentioned before) who is really sweet and I've been feeding. She lives outside my apartment. She's become very trusting of me, and it's obvious she wants to come in my apartment. Tonight, for instance, it was raining, and the second I opened the door she comes meowing and tries to get in. I can't let her in because my roomate is allergic. Question is.. I made her this small shelter thing out of a styrofoam cooler, and it's sitting on my back porch in a little storage closet. I made it to keep her warm on these cold nights. But she won't get near it. What should I do? It's not really where she normally hangs out, but that is in the front parking lot area, and I can't put it there. I've tried tempting her around the building with food, and she will come, but unless it's raining she doesn't seem to understnad the point of it, and is scared to go in it. If it's raining, she won't come out from under a shelter to follow me to the back. And she's skittish about being picked up, so I can't carry her around. How else to get her into it? I"m worried for her because it's getting cold, but I can't seem to get her into it without forcing her, and that scares her, of course. Any suggestions on how to tempt her into it? She's a sweet little girl cat and I'm worried about her
Thanks for any info.
ps..she's got a name now..Waverly Anne
ps..she's got a name now..Waverly Anne