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Okay, so this is a weird problem hopefully you all can help me get to the bottom of. Just to condense the background story of my cat and I:
Zissou was found by a friend and came here at about 2 and a half months old. Once her various parasites had been taken care of, and she trusted us (took about two weeks) she began sleeping either in my or my roommate's bed. Usually mine, I would go to bed first and as soon as I went she would jump in with me. When she was spayed, she quit sleeping on my bed until she was all healed, and then went back to sporadically sleeping on the foot of the bed, whereas before she slept snuggled in my arm or on my lap or whatever.
Now, the month before she was spayed she stayed with my sister over winter break, as I went to visit my parents and then to New Mexico and Arizona. So I was gone for awhile. My sisters other two cats sleep on the bed, but she would play attack them all night, and thus my sister and her husband didn't let her on the bed at night. When I got back (I sort-of live in her attic) she slept on my bed right away, under the covers and everything. When we got back home, she slept on the bed, but then after the spay she stopped.
About a month after the spay, she started sort-of sleeping on the bed, less and less. She would come and go whenever, but I had no problem with that.
Now, she sleeps in my room but never on the bed, usually on my computer chair (she's wholly my cat now, pretty much ignores my roommate). When I wake up, she will jump on the nightstand and tentatively get up on the bed and then run right back off, almost like she is scared of being on the bed. She will fall asleep on the bed if I am awake watching tv or whatever, and then leaves when I fall to sleep.
Okay, so it is a twin bed. I am afraid maybe I hurt her or something in my sleep, but when that happens (like if I step on her in the dark- happened once
) she forgives by the next day. But also she used to sleep on it all the time during the day too, and now won't. Her favorite blanket is on it, too. I did change the sheets from purple/blue/green plaid to white. Same detergent, same place, though.
Any ideas? I greatly appreciate if anyone has really taken the time to go through this, I tried to answer as many questions as I could think of. Thanks!
Zissou was found by a friend and came here at about 2 and a half months old. Once her various parasites had been taken care of, and she trusted us (took about two weeks) she began sleeping either in my or my roommate's bed. Usually mine, I would go to bed first and as soon as I went she would jump in with me. When she was spayed, she quit sleeping on my bed until she was all healed, and then went back to sporadically sleeping on the foot of the bed, whereas before she slept snuggled in my arm or on my lap or whatever.
Now, the month before she was spayed she stayed with my sister over winter break, as I went to visit my parents and then to New Mexico and Arizona. So I was gone for awhile. My sisters other two cats sleep on the bed, but she would play attack them all night, and thus my sister and her husband didn't let her on the bed at night. When I got back (I sort-of live in her attic) she slept on my bed right away, under the covers and everything. When we got back home, she slept on the bed, but then after the spay she stopped.
About a month after the spay, she started sort-of sleeping on the bed, less and less. She would come and go whenever, but I had no problem with that.
Now, she sleeps in my room but never on the bed, usually on my computer chair (she's wholly my cat now, pretty much ignores my roommate). When I wake up, she will jump on the nightstand and tentatively get up on the bed and then run right back off, almost like she is scared of being on the bed. She will fall asleep on the bed if I am awake watching tv or whatever, and then leaves when I fall to sleep.
Okay, so it is a twin bed. I am afraid maybe I hurt her or something in my sleep, but when that happens (like if I step on her in the dark- happened once
Any ideas? I greatly appreciate if anyone has really taken the time to go through this, I tried to answer as many questions as I could think of. Thanks!