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Long story short, my husband had a major medical emergency, wasn't expected to survive and was life flighted to a better hospital an hour from where we live. I have been gone since January 15th and just got back home today. My husband is currently in a rehab facility.
My two cats are tamed up ferals. I had my neighbor downstairs come up twice a day to feed them, scoop the litter boxes,and pay attention to them. Mostly they would just run and hide when he came.
He had to break up some fights occasionally. My two cats have never been real friends but they usually tolerate each other.
But now? I can't even sleep because they started a fight on my bed. One cat was super clingy when I got home and wouldn't get off my lap for an hour (and she has never been a lap cat,) the other is super skittish and wouldn't leave the bathroom cabinet until I took a bath. This caused the clingy one to call frantically through the apt for me and she found me in the bathroom. Well the skittish cat wouldn't have her usurping her space and time with me.
So I go to bed leaving my door open because I know that they would tear it apart if I didn't. Two hours later I awake to a cat fight ON MY BED because skittish kitty wanted more time with me and was there first, and clingy cat wanted up too. There's plenty of room for them both and before I left they were sharing the space.
So now I can't even sleep or pay attention to either of them because if I do, they end up going to antagonize the other. I hope things will calm down when they realize that I am staying home (I don't think that I should even visit my husband in the rehab center tomorrow because I am afraid that they will feel abandoned again)
I just want to be able to sleep without nearly getting my face clawed off like earlier...
My two cats are tamed up ferals. I had my neighbor downstairs come up twice a day to feed them, scoop the litter boxes,and pay attention to them. Mostly they would just run and hide when he came.
He had to break up some fights occasionally. My two cats have never been real friends but they usually tolerate each other.
But now? I can't even sleep because they started a fight on my bed. One cat was super clingy when I got home and wouldn't get off my lap for an hour (and she has never been a lap cat,) the other is super skittish and wouldn't leave the bathroom cabinet until I took a bath. This caused the clingy one to call frantically through the apt for me and she found me in the bathroom. Well the skittish cat wouldn't have her usurping her space and time with me.
So I go to bed leaving my door open because I know that they would tear it apart if I didn't. Two hours later I awake to a cat fight ON MY BED because skittish kitty wanted more time with me and was there first, and clingy cat wanted up too. There's plenty of room for them both and before I left they were sharing the space.
So now I can't even sleep or pay attention to either of them because if I do, they end up going to antagonize the other. I hope things will calm down when they realize that I am staying home (I don't think that I should even visit my husband in the rehab center tomorrow because I am afraid that they will feel abandoned again)
I just want to be able to sleep without nearly getting my face clawed off like earlier...