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Hi, I have 2 Nebelungs, one male and one female that were adopted when they were probably 6 weeks old. My male cat could not be any sweeter, he's constantly talking and love to be petted, also has pretty much no fear of strangers, he'll walk up and want attention from pretty much anyone. My female cat on the other hand has an odd personality.
To start, my male cat has always been much bigger than her, so obviously he establishes dominance and will "attack" her at times, overpowering her easily. But my female cat does NOT like it, although she'll retaliate sometimes. I feel like this has led to a lot of anxiety in my female cat, which may be contributing to her issues. Her whole life she has been very fixated on playing. Wherever I go she'll follow me, find some kind of toy or cord near me that she wants to play with, lay on top of it and stare at me for hours on end. I play with her plenty, usually several times a day. I've also tried to wear her out by playing until she's panting and physically cannot chase after the toy any more, and then repeating multiple times , but she doesn't seem to ever be satisfied with how much we've played no matter what. She'll just go right back to laying on top of a cord staring at me.
Recently, she's also found a few new obsessions. All of a sudden she will go in the kitchen and cry until she gets her food (she knows when dinner time), I don't mind this much though, since she'll remind us to feed her. She will also beg to go outside whenever someone is in the kitchen. It's currently the middle of the winter and around 0 degrees outside, so we let her out to show her that she wouldn't like it and she'd stop crying. She went out for about a minute until she got cold and wanted to come back inside, but a few minutes later she was right back at the door crying nonstop. She also keeps begging for treats (which I don't even think she likes that much). She'll sit outside the pantry door and cry constantly.
At any given time of day if she isn't sleeping, she's begging for something. Is there anything I can do to get her to stop with this obsessive behavior? She has to be seeking attention, but why? We have 6 people that live in our house, she gets plenty of attention. She also will "shy away" when you try to pet her, even though she loves being petted, but you have to physically pick her up. But even then she'll spot a cord while you're petting her and dart over there to lay on top of it. Please, can anyone help? Her behavior makes absolutely no sense to me.
To start, my male cat has always been much bigger than her, so obviously he establishes dominance and will "attack" her at times, overpowering her easily. But my female cat does NOT like it, although she'll retaliate sometimes. I feel like this has led to a lot of anxiety in my female cat, which may be contributing to her issues. Her whole life she has been very fixated on playing. Wherever I go she'll follow me, find some kind of toy or cord near me that she wants to play with, lay on top of it and stare at me for hours on end. I play with her plenty, usually several times a day. I've also tried to wear her out by playing until she's panting and physically cannot chase after the toy any more, and then repeating multiple times , but she doesn't seem to ever be satisfied with how much we've played no matter what. She'll just go right back to laying on top of a cord staring at me.
Recently, she's also found a few new obsessions. All of a sudden she will go in the kitchen and cry until she gets her food (she knows when dinner time), I don't mind this much though, since she'll remind us to feed her. She will also beg to go outside whenever someone is in the kitchen. It's currently the middle of the winter and around 0 degrees outside, so we let her out to show her that she wouldn't like it and she'd stop crying. She went out for about a minute until she got cold and wanted to come back inside, but a few minutes later she was right back at the door crying nonstop. She also keeps begging for treats (which I don't even think she likes that much). She'll sit outside the pantry door and cry constantly.
At any given time of day if she isn't sleeping, she's begging for something. Is there anything I can do to get her to stop with this obsessive behavior? She has to be seeking attention, but why? We have 6 people that live in our house, she gets plenty of attention. She also will "shy away" when you try to pet her, even though she loves being petted, but you have to physically pick her up. But even then she'll spot a cord while you're petting her and dart over there to lay on top of it. Please, can anyone help? Her behavior makes absolutely no sense to me.