Perhaps this is a silly question...If a situation or environment caused a cat stress, they would avoid it, correct? All of the appliances in my apartment are insanely loud. A/C, dishwasher, washing machine. I can’t even watch TV without the subtitles on. The worst is my washing machine which makes a high pitched, screeching metal noise when it spins, and sometimes goes on for a while (and this is normal for the machine!). It is so piercing. I would assume that if my cat was bothered by the noises, she would go somewhere quiet, right? She wouldn’t sit in the hamper in front of the washing machine as it spun and spun like it was about to take off?
The noises bother me, so I guess I am concerned it’s stressing my cat out considering she has better hearing. We’ve lived here for over a year and she hasn’t gone into hiding when the machine is on, but she’s not one to hide in general.
I’m moving again, too. I’m concerned she’ll be stressed bc cats don’t like change, but she often lays on the boxes (I think she likes being high up). People have been coming to look at the apartment and she’s curious, sniffing people. She runs away sometimes but comes back.
Am I worrying for nothing?
The noises bother me, so I guess I am concerned it’s stressing my cat out considering she has better hearing. We’ve lived here for over a year and she hasn’t gone into hiding when the machine is on, but she’s not one to hide in general.
I’m moving again, too. I’m concerned she’ll be stressed bc cats don’t like change, but she often lays on the boxes (I think she likes being high up). People have been coming to look at the apartment and she’s curious, sniffing people. She runs away sometimes but comes back.
Am I worrying for nothing?
