Hello... And thanks in advance for any suggestions anyone can offer
I took in a kitten in March that was approximately 3 months old... And while she's easily the sweetest cat I've ever known... All she wants to do is play... All day... every day! She's relentless and insatiable with wanting to play. She particularly loves her feather toy on a stick and a laser pointer, and only seems to want to play with toys that I have to use. She'll completely ignore all the balls, and other little toys scattered around my place unless I'm throwing them.
The problem is I work from home, and I can't devote as much time to playing with her to keep her happy. When I work at my desk, she'll start paw'ing at my arm to get my attention, and to let me know she wants to play (Which is pretty much anytime I stop giving her attention). Over the last couple months I've started to shut my office door to get work done.
Unfortunately, ignoring her like this seems to be affecting her, and she seems bored, and possibly even depressed. She'll jump on a chair I have in the hall outside my office, and will just lay there all day till I leave my office. It's getting to the point when I leave my office, she'll keep laying there. When she does get off, she'll frequently just stare off into space, isolate, and generally seems less interested in playing. With me actively having to tempt her into chasing after her toys. I try to play with her as much as possible but I simply can't devote my entire day to her.
I'm not the biggest cat person, so I'm not sure what's normal or what isn't with cats... If someone could advise me on how normal this is, or how to approach it I would be grateful
I took in a kitten in March that was approximately 3 months old... And while she's easily the sweetest cat I've ever known... All she wants to do is play... All day... every day! She's relentless and insatiable with wanting to play. She particularly loves her feather toy on a stick and a laser pointer, and only seems to want to play with toys that I have to use. She'll completely ignore all the balls, and other little toys scattered around my place unless I'm throwing them.
The problem is I work from home, and I can't devote as much time to playing with her to keep her happy. When I work at my desk, she'll start paw'ing at my arm to get my attention, and to let me know she wants to play (Which is pretty much anytime I stop giving her attention). Over the last couple months I've started to shut my office door to get work done.
Unfortunately, ignoring her like this seems to be affecting her, and she seems bored, and possibly even depressed. She'll jump on a chair I have in the hall outside my office, and will just lay there all day till I leave my office. It's getting to the point when I leave my office, she'll keep laying there. When she does get off, she'll frequently just stare off into space, isolate, and generally seems less interested in playing. With me actively having to tempt her into chasing after her toys. I try to play with her as much as possible but I simply can't devote my entire day to her.
I'm not the biggest cat person, so I'm not sure what's normal or what isn't with cats... If someone could advise me on how normal this is, or how to approach it I would be grateful
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