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I can't keep this short because I need to explain the situation.
First, I don't live in a 1st world country so any and all commodities like Pheromons and such would take a long time to arrive as they're not available here.
Now on with the problem.
On the 28th we're supposed to get the windows to our condo/apartment replaced, we don't want to but they haven't been replaced in 40 years and they REALLY need a replacement. For that, we're going to have to temporary move the cats in the apartment next door at my aunt's. In order for the process to be less stressful we've been slowly introducing all 4 cats, all together to the new environment over the past week.
The Persians immediately took to the new apartment and there were no problems whatsoever with them as they weren't COVID kittens and were properly socialized. In fact they just act like they're going to a different room of the same house.
This however was not and is not the case with Spaska, my non persian whom we took in at less than 3 weeks old June of 2021. Now I've talked about her a lot here guys and she was an exceptionally difficult kitten to raise, first because she was abandoned at such a young age second because she is a tortie. But she did grow up to be a model cat, as much as a tortie can be.
So at my aunt's Spaska was EXCEPTIONALLY STRESSED, she normally bites for no reason at all, usually when she is happy and showing affection, there she'd just keep her tail tucked below her legs, keep meowing if left alone and not so much as a bite out of her while the persians were enjoying the new place, eating, drinking, playing and exploring.
5 days in and she is not improving but at least as soon as we'd bring her back home she'd resume being her usual happy, playful self.
Well there is one major problem with Spaska she's had since she was a kitten, she has a pathological fear of closed doors, fortunately we don't close doors in our house except the bathroom so this is a nonissue. Until now, she never really perceived the entrance door to the apartment as a door so she didn't mind it.
Well, now I did the stupid thing of letting her walk in on her own and she understood that hey, it's a door.
Since 8PM it's 2:25AM now she has been yowling at the door trying to get it to open, we can't do this as Mila, the mom persian storms out as soon as its open, sure we're in a building but these are indoor cats and ow Spaska won't settle because this blasted door is closed on her.
She eats, drinks, even plays but she keeps coming back to the door and screams at it now. Normally she sleeps through the night with the rest of the cats, now she's been so stressed she's been doing this for hours on end.
She doesn't seem scared of being at my aunt's, she just hates the door being closed as she does with ALL closed doors.
I figured she'd tire herself out by now but no
she played with her toys, chased the other cats around and its back to the door no sleep no rest if she isn't at the door she is just all over the place pacing around and what not, she is a hyper cat in general but this isn't her typical behavior.
She was fine making short visits to my aunt's until today
First, I don't live in a 1st world country so any and all commodities like Pheromons and such would take a long time to arrive as they're not available here.
Now on with the problem.
On the 28th we're supposed to get the windows to our condo/apartment replaced, we don't want to but they haven't been replaced in 40 years and they REALLY need a replacement. For that, we're going to have to temporary move the cats in the apartment next door at my aunt's. In order for the process to be less stressful we've been slowly introducing all 4 cats, all together to the new environment over the past week.
The Persians immediately took to the new apartment and there were no problems whatsoever with them as they weren't COVID kittens and were properly socialized. In fact they just act like they're going to a different room of the same house.
This however was not and is not the case with Spaska, my non persian whom we took in at less than 3 weeks old June of 2021. Now I've talked about her a lot here guys and she was an exceptionally difficult kitten to raise, first because she was abandoned at such a young age second because she is a tortie. But she did grow up to be a model cat, as much as a tortie can be.
So at my aunt's Spaska was EXCEPTIONALLY STRESSED, she normally bites for no reason at all, usually when she is happy and showing affection, there she'd just keep her tail tucked below her legs, keep meowing if left alone and not so much as a bite out of her while the persians were enjoying the new place, eating, drinking, playing and exploring.
5 days in and she is not improving but at least as soon as we'd bring her back home she'd resume being her usual happy, playful self.
Well there is one major problem with Spaska she's had since she was a kitten, she has a pathological fear of closed doors, fortunately we don't close doors in our house except the bathroom so this is a nonissue. Until now, she never really perceived the entrance door to the apartment as a door so she didn't mind it.
Well, now I did the stupid thing of letting her walk in on her own and she understood that hey, it's a door.
Since 8PM it's 2:25AM now she has been yowling at the door trying to get it to open, we can't do this as Mila, the mom persian storms out as soon as its open, sure we're in a building but these are indoor cats and ow Spaska won't settle because this blasted door is closed on her.
She eats, drinks, even plays but she keeps coming back to the door and screams at it now. Normally she sleeps through the night with the rest of the cats, now she's been so stressed she's been doing this for hours on end.
She doesn't seem scared of being at my aunt's, she just hates the door being closed as she does with ALL closed doors.
I figured she'd tire herself out by now but no
she played with her toys, chased the other cats around and its back to the door no sleep no rest if she isn't at the door she is just all over the place pacing around and what not, she is a hyper cat in general but this isn't her typical behavior.
She was fine making short visits to my aunt's until today
