Scaredy cats
May. 7th, 2011 09:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The adjustment period with the kitties is not going well. They pretty much hide while we are home. Sophie hides in the furnace vent. -_______- Idek where Mazy goes. They come out to eat and stare at us a couple of times during the evening.
They are destructive. I suppose, it's Mazy just being a kitten. I come home from work, and stuff is scattered, knocked over, and broken. Also, someone is not covering her poop.
Sophie gets another week of hiding in the furnace, then a citrus air freshner is getting put near the vent. I really don't want to take away her "safe space", but I don't think her hiding there is good for her or the furnace.
We're going back and forth about trapping them. We haven't been able to give them a health check or even a good look over. Trapping them will freak them out, though, and erase all the minor gains we've made. idk, idk.
They are destructive. I suppose, it's Mazy just being a kitten. I come home from work, and stuff is scattered, knocked over, and broken. Also, someone is not covering her poop.
Sophie gets another week of hiding in the furnace, then a citrus air freshner is getting put near the vent. I really don't want to take away her "safe space", but I don't think her hiding there is good for her or the furnace.
We're going back and forth about trapping them. We haven't been able to give them a health check or even a good look over. Trapping them will freak them out, though, and erase all the minor gains we've made. idk, idk.
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Date: 2011-05-07 03:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-07 04:13 pm (UTC)I don't know if that works for all cats, but it worked wonders for him. It might work with your two, if you have a room that'd be okay for that.
(Stevie's now one of the most affectionate, loving cats I've ever known. He's still afraid of most people beside me, and he's 100% indoor kitty, but his recovery's kind of remarkable considering the state he was in when I adopted him.)
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Date: 2011-05-07 07:25 pm (UTC)