Hi All,
Heres question somehow mixed in with a grand observation.
So i've recently moved to a new place...that allows for my 4th month old kitten to roam freely in the house (my old place...with an anti-pet roomate, so had to keep him regulated to 1 room when he was at home)...
So all is dandy, except NOW I have a new BED. It's actually fairly old (but just bigger), and has a few rips under the base cloth. Which means that the kitten can climb onto it and roam around in the springs area of the bed. sure the kitten is always one too climb underneath beds, but USED to come out just a few minutes after being ignored. Now, unfortunately they're thi swhole new world of walking around underneath there. So now my worry is that I'll unknowingly lay down, with her inbetween, and could get her caught in the bed springs?? And, I have no idea what's underneath there...maybe she could get caught in there anyhow!
So of course I chase her...and like a kitten, when you're trying to get them, they run away, and stay for even longer. So now I manage to get her out via some kind of "cat" sound effect that I've figured out -- I pull her out then scold her, and she goes on her way running out of the room.
edit*A simple solution I guess....I will simply keep my bedroom off limits to her.
1) Will this scolding damage our relationship?
I'm worried that she doesn't really understand what she's doing wrong...though her scolding always follows her going underneath there. This morning after grabbing her, had to yell at her (in her ear loud of course so she knows it's bed)....so loud that she leaped out of my hand. She went into her spot, and sat there (like a kid would when sulking). I kept trying to pet her and all, and did successfully. She didn't run away, swat, or try to bite (so far so good I guess in teaching her that fingers aren't for swapping, even when she's sad/angry), just sat there as if to say "You yelled at me". Of course I had to leave to goto work so I gave her her food, and picked her up and all to make sure that she wasn't planning on attacking me or anything 'next time' I pick her up.
2) This "cat call" that I've discovered to get her to come to me (when in vicarious spots)..consists of me putting my bottom teeth underneath my bottom lip and breathing in...making a strange "squeeling" sound. Hard to describe...but the only way I could why it "always works" is because maybe it sounds like a bunch of cats meowing/crying?
Anyone know what I'm talking about, or have any other similiar observances?
Heres question somehow mixed in with a grand observation.
So i've recently moved to a new place...that allows for my 4th month old kitten to roam freely in the house (my old place...with an anti-pet roomate, so had to keep him regulated to 1 room when he was at home)...
So all is dandy, except NOW I have a new BED. It's actually fairly old (but just bigger), and has a few rips under the base cloth. Which means that the kitten can climb onto it and roam around in the springs area of the bed. sure the kitten is always one too climb underneath beds, but USED to come out just a few minutes after being ignored. Now, unfortunately they're thi swhole new world of walking around underneath there. So now my worry is that I'll unknowingly lay down, with her inbetween, and could get her caught in the bed springs?? And, I have no idea what's underneath there...maybe she could get caught in there anyhow!
So of course I chase her...and like a kitten, when you're trying to get them, they run away, and stay for even longer. So now I manage to get her out via some kind of "cat" sound effect that I've figured out -- I pull her out then scold her, and she goes on her way running out of the room.
edit*A simple solution I guess....I will simply keep my bedroom off limits to her.
1) Will this scolding damage our relationship?
I'm worried that she doesn't really understand what she's doing wrong...though her scolding always follows her going underneath there. This morning after grabbing her, had to yell at her (in her ear loud of course so she knows it's bed)....so loud that she leaped out of my hand. She went into her spot, and sat there (like a kid would when sulking). I kept trying to pet her and all, and did successfully. She didn't run away, swat, or try to bite (so far so good I guess in teaching her that fingers aren't for swapping, even when she's sad/angry), just sat there as if to say "You yelled at me". Of course I had to leave to goto work so I gave her her food, and picked her up and all to make sure that she wasn't planning on attacking me or anything 'next time' I pick her up.
2) This "cat call" that I've discovered to get her to come to me (when in vicarious spots)..consists of me putting my bottom teeth underneath my bottom lip and breathing in...making a strange "squeeling" sound. Hard to describe...but the only way I could why it "always works" is because maybe it sounds like a bunch of cats meowing/crying?
Anyone know what I'm talking about, or have any other similiar observances?