Hey everybody! I recently acquired a one year old (spayed) female calico from a friend who was going to give her to the local shelter. I saw a picture of her and fell in love and couldn’t let her sleep in a cage. I renamed her Muezza (name meaning cherished in Arabic) and took her and some essentials home. I thought I had it right and everything was good. But then about a week later, her nightly “zoomies” turned into an almost all day thing. She’s constantly running around and scratching and biting me and my boyfriend. I took her to the vet and she’s perfectly fine health-wise. So I thought maybe she’s under-stimulated! I do work a lot. I bought a cat tree and a play cube and this little tunnel that has dangly feathers and bells. I bought a stationary plastic piece that holds a ball so she can bat it in circles. I bought her loads of noise making, squishy, balls bells and things. Her cat tree has three places that are scratching posts. I put catnip spray on the toys to make her more excited to play with them. I put on relaxing music when I want to sleep so maybe it will calm her. I changed her feeding schedule so that the next hour or so after she eats isn’t bed time so she can run around after she eats. I play with her and the laser pointer for ~45 minutes but as soon as I’m done, she’s biting me and running around again. I’ve tried so many things. But it hasn’t stopped. I have another friend who suggested she may be lonely while I’m at work and to get another cat to keep her company and play with her. Is this good advice? I don’t want to make the problem double! Any other ideas? I’ve been told calicos are crazy but geez! (Pic attached!)
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