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will only sit on my lap if I put the lid to a carboard box there first. She loves to rub her head along the edge. So I've put some around the house (on chairs, etc.) and she often goes and lays on them during the day...
(not well!) but I've made up songs ("I wish a were a timber Timber kitty - ala Oscar Mayer, "You are my sunshine", etc.) and our cat seems to be calm and wags her tail during our songfest.
My kids shake their head when I'm away from home and sing to Timber in front of their friends. But it's...
Jackie,
I am certianly not an expert, but I guess you'll have to give your cat all the space she needs. When Timber came to our house, we just watched (and hoped) for several weeks. It took a really really long time for her to get close to (first) me, and only recently (and haltingly) to my...
Tru said that Little Bit had to learn a lot - including what toys are and what they're for.
Our Timber is only now getting into playing. I heard all about cats playing and it didn't happen for months. Now she plays with her lazer light; and has created running games around the TV, up the...
This is my first cat and I am stunned at how attached to her I have gotten. She was very stand-offish when first brought home but has become very affectionate. I get head butted all of the time and she makes biscuits every night before she lays down next to me.
But there are signs of fear - I...
I adopted Timber 10 months ago - she was a stray and lived in the shelter for two years before she came to live with my husband and me.
She seems to have adapted pretty well. She follows me around all of the time. She loves to be petted (more about that later). She sleeps on the bed with us...