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Hey guys,
In 2012 right after hurricane Sandy, an adorable long hair tortoise shell cat appeared on my block and my father befriended it. Ever since then we have all made HUGE progress in gaining trust with this animal. Long story short, it jumps right in my lap and kneads and then goes to sleep. And does this with all of my family. We have a nice little house for it outside that heats up and keeps her warm. Especially now i have it totally winterized and its covered like an igloo. we feed it and its clear she loves us and we love her too. Now my problem is that I want her to come inside my house. She follows me everywhere when I'm outside, almost to the point of following my car when i drive off. But she doesn't seem to want to come inside. I leave the door open wide and she will sit on the mat right outside the landing but she just won't come in. There were two occasions where she came inside almost completely but one foot still out the door. I know I could just pick her up and bring her in kicking and screaming but that would kill me emotionally and I would never do that to her because I respect her and her space, especially if I don't know if she doesn't truly want to come inside. I really want her to come in because she deals with other cats that hurt her or attack her and eat her food and harass her. I really like all cats but this one truly is mine. Not to mention, right now its like 25 degrees out. And while i believe her little igloo is very warm, I don't want her to have to deal with that. She is such a good cat and the biggest sweetheart. Is there any tactic to get her inside of her own free will? Ive tried leaving the food on the inside and things like that but i don't know what else to do. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
In 2012 right after hurricane Sandy, an adorable long hair tortoise shell cat appeared on my block and my father befriended it. Ever since then we have all made HUGE progress in gaining trust with this animal. Long story short, it jumps right in my lap and kneads and then goes to sleep. And does this with all of my family. We have a nice little house for it outside that heats up and keeps her warm. Especially now i have it totally winterized and its covered like an igloo. we feed it and its clear she loves us and we love her too. Now my problem is that I want her to come inside my house. She follows me everywhere when I'm outside, almost to the point of following my car when i drive off. But she doesn't seem to want to come inside. I leave the door open wide and she will sit on the mat right outside the landing but she just won't come in. There were two occasions where she came inside almost completely but one foot still out the door. I know I could just pick her up and bring her in kicking and screaming but that would kill me emotionally and I would never do that to her because I respect her and her space, especially if I don't know if she doesn't truly want to come inside. I really want her to come in because she deals with other cats that hurt her or attack her and eat her food and harass her. I really like all cats but this one truly is mine. Not to mention, right now its like 25 degrees out. And while i believe her little igloo is very warm, I don't want her to have to deal with that. She is such a good cat and the biggest sweetheart. Is there any tactic to get her inside of her own free will? Ive tried leaving the food on the inside and things like that but i don't know what else to do. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks