Thank you all so much for taking the time to write such thoughtful responses. Unfortunately I'm unable to use treats as positive reinforcement because Marigold doesn't respond to them at all unless I put them in her bowl and have her eat them with her regular dry food. She responds much better...
I've noticed that when I pick up my cat, no matter what the reason is (which is always either moving her to another place or just petting/cuddling her) she gets really nervous and even outright bites at my hand until I set her down. Normally she loves being pet but I worry that picking her up is...
Ooh, that award-winning cat is gorgeous!
As for Marigold, she's either a chestnut classic tabby or some other sort of mix that causes this non-pedigree coloring.
I've looked everywhere on the internet trying to figure out what coloring my gorgeous domestic shorthair tabby is, but she doesn't seem to match any of the established colors/terms that breeders use to describe cats. Her fur is too golden to be brown and too silvery to be anything in the reds...
Hi everyone,
I posted on some other forums a few days ago but I figured I should formally introduce myself here. I'm Dany and I just adopted my first cat ever! Her name is Marigold and she was from a local rescue shelter. She's a complete sweetheart and has adjusted to me/my home surprisingly...
She started using her bed! I'm so glad, she seems so enjoy it too. I guess it just took some time for her to get used to it, I've had her for less than a week so I figured she'd use it eventually.
Her name is Marigold and she's a brown/grey tabby and I love her.
She's about two years old and the shelter said she was a stray when she was brought in to them (poor baby). She's adjusted to me/my home surprisingly quickly (I've had her for only 2 days now), and she's extremely affectionate...
I've tried putting her favorite toys, treats, and even my sandals (which she loves to rub her head on/lie on top of) in her bed to get her to use it, but she won't go inside it. She'll either take the toy from the bed or just stare at it and meow at me. It's not that big a deal that she isn't...
I adopted my first cat ever on Wednesday (the gorgeous tabby in my profile pic), and she had apparently been at the shelter for 1 month before I adopted her. Her belly is shaved because she was spayed by the shelter's vet clinic upon arrival, and I was wondering how long it would take for a...