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We experienced an earthquake in SoCal shortly after 1am this morning. It was a 5.2 so not the biggest one but big enough to startle all of us awake. It was our cat's first earthquake, and when I went to her room to check on her seconds after the shake, she wasn't in her bed but crouching in the corner of the room with her eyes wide open and looking around as if an intruder was in the house. We were all spooked by the shake, but she was really freaked out. Just a little back story, our cat actually likes sleeping alone in her own room. We keep all the bedroom doors open at all times so she can wander in and out as she pleases, but she likes to sleep in her own room on her own bed at night.
She's been jumpy, nervous and on high alert all day today. She usually naps a little between breakfast and noon, but she hasn't. She's been pacing around the house like she did when we first brought her home. I went to sit next to her, and she walked away. I opened my closet door, and she was startled and bolted out of my room. She seems kind of afraid of me and nervous to be around me.
I know she'll calm back down in a day or two, but I'm now really concerned about the July 4th fireworks in our neighborhood. How do you all get your cats through loud thunderstorms, fireworks, construction noise, earthquakes, etc.?
She's been jumpy, nervous and on high alert all day today. She usually naps a little between breakfast and noon, but she hasn't. She's been pacing around the house like she did when we first brought her home. I went to sit next to her, and she walked away. I opened my closet door, and she was startled and bolted out of my room. She seems kind of afraid of me and nervous to be around me.
I know she'll calm back down in a day or two, but I'm now really concerned about the July 4th fireworks in our neighborhood. How do you all get your cats through loud thunderstorms, fireworks, construction noise, earthquakes, etc.?