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It's been awhile since I have posted, here is my original post about me and Kat, Kat: The Rescue cat (A long love story) | TheCatSite , but we've run into a bit of a situation I need some advice on.
Just to let you know, Kat wandered into my life in August of 2012. She literally walked up to my backdoor one night and has never left.
She is a loving girl. Never gets angry. Always seems content. She was 4-years-old when we found each other, and will be 13 in May.
Anyway, in December of 2020 my landlord told me I was going to have to change apartments in the complex where we were living. They were doing renovations, and I had no choice but to either leave or move to another unit within the complex.
I said OK, I'd like to stay just don't put me on the the cornfield side.
The complex is surrounded by cornfields on two sides, with no fences between the property and the field.
This means wild animals often come onto the property, particularly worrisome are the coyotes.
My apartment featured a sliding glass door, which I often left open so Kat could look out.
During the day, the birdfeeders I put up attracted dozens of birds, squirrels and rabbits which she enjoyed to watch.
While at night, we'd get rabbits and she just seemed to love to look out to see what was going on.
So when the time to move came, they gave me the address of my new unit, and it was right in the middle of the cornfield.
Obviously, I was not pleased and they said, there was no other option, my unit was the last to be renovated.
I decided that after 20 year there for me, it was time to move. You also have to know, the quality of the neighborhood has deteriorated as well having attracted some drug dealers and other ner-do-wells. A gas station two blocks away recently had a clerk shot in a robbery.
So, I decided to find an upgrade..
Unfortunately, while the footage is about the same it is only one floor compared to the two we had at the old place.
It's been a year almost to the day, and she still hates it.
We're on the bottom floor, and hearing the people above us move about seems to irritate her and have her on edge.
In the old place, she was all over the place.
Here, she spends 95 percent of her time in the back of a large closet or in the door to my bedroom seemingly waiting for someone to walk by.
I also think she misses the squirrel circus. I have bird feeders for her to watch, but there is not nearly as much activity.
Fortunately, there have been no escape attempts. But every time she hears a noise, she seems on the verge of freaking out.
At 12, she is an old cat. And in almost every way, she is still the loving, friendly cat she has always been. But is there any way I can help come to accept this place as home.
Just to let you know, Kat wandered into my life in August of 2012. She literally walked up to my backdoor one night and has never left.
She is a loving girl. Never gets angry. Always seems content. She was 4-years-old when we found each other, and will be 13 in May.
Anyway, in December of 2020 my landlord told me I was going to have to change apartments in the complex where we were living. They were doing renovations, and I had no choice but to either leave or move to another unit within the complex.
I said OK, I'd like to stay just don't put me on the the cornfield side.
The complex is surrounded by cornfields on two sides, with no fences between the property and the field.
This means wild animals often come onto the property, particularly worrisome are the coyotes.
My apartment featured a sliding glass door, which I often left open so Kat could look out.
During the day, the birdfeeders I put up attracted dozens of birds, squirrels and rabbits which she enjoyed to watch.
While at night, we'd get rabbits and she just seemed to love to look out to see what was going on.
So when the time to move came, they gave me the address of my new unit, and it was right in the middle of the cornfield.
Obviously, I was not pleased and they said, there was no other option, my unit was the last to be renovated.
I decided that after 20 year there for me, it was time to move. You also have to know, the quality of the neighborhood has deteriorated as well having attracted some drug dealers and other ner-do-wells. A gas station two blocks away recently had a clerk shot in a robbery.
So, I decided to find an upgrade..
Unfortunately, while the footage is about the same it is only one floor compared to the two we had at the old place.
It's been a year almost to the day, and she still hates it.
We're on the bottom floor, and hearing the people above us move about seems to irritate her and have her on edge.
In the old place, she was all over the place.
Here, she spends 95 percent of her time in the back of a large closet or in the door to my bedroom seemingly waiting for someone to walk by.
I also think she misses the squirrel circus. I have bird feeders for her to watch, but there is not nearly as much activity.
Fortunately, there have been no escape attempts. But every time she hears a noise, she seems on the verge of freaking out.
At 12, she is an old cat. And in almost every way, she is still the loving, friendly cat she has always been. But is there any way I can help come to accept this place as home.
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