Many of you read my previous post in SOS about a stray I'm fostering. I need some advice. His name is King Louie
I've come to realize that Louie is absolutely miserable at my house. Friday, he went out of town to an adoption day at a petstore. A family fell in love with him, but it didn't work out b/c he sprayed every where. The family had other cats. I picked him up, and went to my sisters house before taking the 2.5 hour trip home. She doesn't have any animals. The whole hour he was at my sisters house, he didn't make a peep. He chilled out in the middle of the kitchen floor, he enjoyed belly rubs from my 3 young nieces, it was like he'd always lived there. AND he didn't spray at all (he does at my house) The car ride was uneventful. He softly snored virtually the whole trip. We get home, get him into "his room" (which is a large finished basement) and it's immediate howling, digging at the windows and doors and acting very unsettled. Although he gets along with other cats, in their presence, I think he can't stand the strange animal smells and it's upsetting to him. I completely cleaned and sanitized "his room" and my cats are not allowed in there.
I did buy him a brand new litter box, bowls, bed, even his own bag of cat food, to hopefully give him some peace from the smells. I'm continuing to use Nature's Miracle. I'm by no means calling it quits with him. But it does break my heart to see him so unsettled, after the perfect day at my sisters. (I already tried talking her into taking him, but she can't right now, her husband is very ill). I have a potential family for him, who have no other animals and I think he'd be very happy there. I just need to keep him a few more days until I can't work it out with the (hopefully) new home.
Anyone experienced this before?
I've come to realize that Louie is absolutely miserable at my house. Friday, he went out of town to an adoption day at a petstore. A family fell in love with him, but it didn't work out b/c he sprayed every where. The family had other cats. I picked him up, and went to my sisters house before taking the 2.5 hour trip home. She doesn't have any animals. The whole hour he was at my sisters house, he didn't make a peep. He chilled out in the middle of the kitchen floor, he enjoyed belly rubs from my 3 young nieces, it was like he'd always lived there. AND he didn't spray at all (he does at my house) The car ride was uneventful. He softly snored virtually the whole trip. We get home, get him into "his room" (which is a large finished basement) and it's immediate howling, digging at the windows and doors and acting very unsettled. Although he gets along with other cats, in their presence, I think he can't stand the strange animal smells and it's upsetting to him. I completely cleaned and sanitized "his room" and my cats are not allowed in there.
I did buy him a brand new litter box, bowls, bed, even his own bag of cat food, to hopefully give him some peace from the smells. I'm continuing to use Nature's Miracle. I'm by no means calling it quits with him. But it does break my heart to see him so unsettled, after the perfect day at my sisters. (I already tried talking her into taking him, but she can't right now, her husband is very ill). I have a potential family for him, who have no other animals and I think he'd be very happy there. I just need to keep him a few more days until I can't work it out with the (hopefully) new home.
Anyone experienced this before?