Just a bit of advice :-)
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 4:33 pm
Hi everyone
I am new to this forum and just wanted a bit of advice. We sadly lost our cat in October 2019 after 13 and a half years. She was a lovely cat, temperamental at times and feisty but she loved cuddles and was a lap cat, we had her from a kitten
Just before Christmas we rehomed a rescue cat, Poppy. She’s just turned 2 and has been with us for about 7 weeks now. She’s settled in well enough. She’s eating well, drinking well and is now going out a bit more each day.
She’s affectionate as in she likes to be stroked etc and some mornings she will jump on the bed and give kisses and headbutts (sometimes for food sometimes not) but she won’t sit on my lap and she’s not keen on sitting next to us either
She’s started sitting right at the other end of the sofa or sleeping right at the end of the bed but she won’t get any closer. If I move to sit near her she seems ok with it and doesn’t move etc
Do I just need to be more patient with her and hope that this changes in time? I don’t really know much about her background so it’s hard to know what she’s been through although I know the foster mum who had her for 5 months and she said she was quite affectionate but not a lap cat
I just wondered if anyone had any similar stories that they could share?
Thank you
I am new to this forum and just wanted a bit of advice. We sadly lost our cat in October 2019 after 13 and a half years. She was a lovely cat, temperamental at times and feisty but she loved cuddles and was a lap cat, we had her from a kitten
Just before Christmas we rehomed a rescue cat, Poppy. She’s just turned 2 and has been with us for about 7 weeks now. She’s settled in well enough. She’s eating well, drinking well and is now going out a bit more each day.
She’s affectionate as in she likes to be stroked etc and some mornings she will jump on the bed and give kisses and headbutts (sometimes for food sometimes not) but she won’t sit on my lap and she’s not keen on sitting next to us either
She’s started sitting right at the other end of the sofa or sleeping right at the end of the bed but she won’t get any closer. If I move to sit near her she seems ok with it and doesn’t move etc
Do I just need to be more patient with her and hope that this changes in time? I don’t really know much about her background so it’s hard to know what she’s been through although I know the foster mum who had her for 5 months and she said she was quite affectionate but not a lap cat
I just wondered if anyone had any similar stories that they could share?
Thank you