Found a weird solution! I tried leaving the harness around and even carrying it around with me but she didn't care. So now when she hides i pretend to do dishes until she gets fed up and yells at the door for walks! Then if she hides again i just repeat that until she doesn't
She used to have no problem with the harness and would stand proudly as I put it on her. But then six months ago she had a scary encounter with another cat while outside and ever since then she's acted like she's afraid of her harness. She still demands walks twice a day but now I have to run...
I'd say cats definitely live routine too! Maybe I can get her settled in to eat while we're gone. That would be a pretty good distraction!
Cat paranoia: the fear that some cat, somewhere, has something that you might want!
CBD oil might work! I'm also curious about those pheromone diffusers.
Thank you very much for your responses!
Their 5th birthday is in 2 days and they usually don't act very bonded. Except when one of them needs a bath! Then they get very worried about each other. And ArtNJ, your two cats sound exactly like my Cayman and Mobay! Cayman almost never initiated...
Kali sometimes cries loudly at the door the whole time I'm walking her sister and littermate Sekhmet. It's loud enough that I can hear her from outside and she always sounds heartbroken even though Sekhmet gets 2 walks a day and they never go beyond 30 minutes. I've tried taking Kali on the...