Here's the long story...
A few months before I moved into my new home last year with my two cats (and my husband), I began nightly play therapy sessions with the kitties to give them a fun routine that we could continue during those first few stressful nights of being in a new place. I can't say if it truly helped or not, but they enjoyed it, and we continued with the play nearly every night. When Norville passed away due to kidney failure, I continued the play therapy with Pfeffa - and it became a nightly thing. She loves it and looks forward to it.
I read that you should continue the play "...until the cat is finished." Pfeffa never seems to finish. She plays and plays until finally I decide we're finished (we usually play for 15 - 30 minutes, depending on the night) and give her some good pats and kisses and put away our toys. But she then cries and chirps and follows me wherever I go - she obviously would keep playing. If I move toward the toy basket, she becomes very excited and thinks I'm going to play some more. Even in the morning - she's crying at me. Some of the crying could be attributed to her wanting attention - she seems pacified if I hold her in my lap and pet her, or groom her, but she is ALWAYS ready to play.
Am I not playing with her for a long enough time? There is a plan to adopt another kitty, that's just a matter of the time being right. Do you think that could help? What is going on in her little head?
A few months before I moved into my new home last year with my two cats (and my husband), I began nightly play therapy sessions with the kitties to give them a fun routine that we could continue during those first few stressful nights of being in a new place. I can't say if it truly helped or not, but they enjoyed it, and we continued with the play nearly every night. When Norville passed away due to kidney failure, I continued the play therapy with Pfeffa - and it became a nightly thing. She loves it and looks forward to it.
I read that you should continue the play "...until the cat is finished." Pfeffa never seems to finish. She plays and plays until finally I decide we're finished (we usually play for 15 - 30 minutes, depending on the night) and give her some good pats and kisses and put away our toys. But she then cries and chirps and follows me wherever I go - she obviously would keep playing. If I move toward the toy basket, she becomes very excited and thinks I'm going to play some more. Even in the morning - she's crying at me. Some of the crying could be attributed to her wanting attention - she seems pacified if I hold her in my lap and pet her, or groom her, but she is ALWAYS ready to play.
Am I not playing with her for a long enough time? There is a plan to adopt another kitty, that's just a matter of the time being right. Do you think that could help? What is going on in her little head?