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Hi everyone,
I have many animals and have gotten alot of good advice for my dogs at a similar forum.
One of my cats, Beebs (don't ask that's just her name), is about 2. She like all my other animals was rescued. She's always been more shy than friendly. She's never been aggressive. She is particularly warry of me because when she first came to me she had ear mites and I had to clean them which she hated. However, she loves my husband.
We've had her since November (about 7 months). At first she spent all her time under the couch or behind the toilet. We were patient and slowly but surely she came out into the house more and more. While she was still nervous and prone to darting under the couch if I got too close, she was getting better and allowing me to pet her. Again, she loves my husband and lets him pet and hold her.
So that's the background. Last week my husband went away for 10 days. She started not coming for dinner, spending hours under the couch, running as soon as she saw me, and also not eating. A couple times I felt so bad that I brought her her food, which I know I shouldn't do b/c she'll never come into the kitchen anymore.
Well my husband came home yesterday, but she still wouldn't come out from under the couch for dinner. We put both dogs outside and put the other cat in a seperate room. That didn't make a difference so it's not them. It's like she becme depressed when he went away.
How do we snap her out of it? How do we help her be comfortable in our house again? She was doing so well. I'm so sad for her. Any advice would be great. Thanks in advance.
Caralyn
I have many animals and have gotten alot of good advice for my dogs at a similar forum.
One of my cats, Beebs (don't ask that's just her name), is about 2. She like all my other animals was rescued. She's always been more shy than friendly. She's never been aggressive. She is particularly warry of me because when she first came to me she had ear mites and I had to clean them which she hated. However, she loves my husband.
We've had her since November (about 7 months). At first she spent all her time under the couch or behind the toilet. We were patient and slowly but surely she came out into the house more and more. While she was still nervous and prone to darting under the couch if I got too close, she was getting better and allowing me to pet her. Again, she loves my husband and lets him pet and hold her.
So that's the background. Last week my husband went away for 10 days. She started not coming for dinner, spending hours under the couch, running as soon as she saw me, and also not eating. A couple times I felt so bad that I brought her her food, which I know I shouldn't do b/c she'll never come into the kitchen anymore.
Well my husband came home yesterday, but she still wouldn't come out from under the couch for dinner. We put both dogs outside and put the other cat in a seperate room. That didn't make a difference so it's not them. It's like she becme depressed when he went away.
How do we snap her out of it? How do we help her be comfortable in our house again? She was doing so well. I'm so sad for her. Any advice would be great. Thanks in advance.
Caralyn