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My sweet little Shunra isn't as limber as she used to be, and I can see that jumping up on the bed is a bit of a strain for her. I think she sometimes even avoids it even though her main goal in life is to never be more than 6 inches away from me.
I put a 2-step stepstool next to the bed. They have a similar stepstool in the kitchen, to help them climb up to the window ledge. I know if I could only get her to use it, it would solve her problem and let her get up and down easily. But I haven't been able to coax her to use it.
She's rubbed her chinny-chin all over it but still hasn't figured out what it's there for. Since Shunra is still just feral enough that she doesn't like to be held, I tried using the other cat as a demonstration, but that didn't help. He doesn't need the boost, so he hasn't used it regularly, either, meaning Shunra doesn't even have an example to learn from.
Is there anything I can do to show her what the steps are for?
I put a 2-step stepstool next to the bed. They have a similar stepstool in the kitchen, to help them climb up to the window ledge. I know if I could only get her to use it, it would solve her problem and let her get up and down easily. But I haven't been able to coax her to use it.
She's rubbed her chinny-chin all over it but still hasn't figured out what it's there for. Since Shunra is still just feral enough that she doesn't like to be held, I tried using the other cat as a demonstration, but that didn't help. He doesn't need the boost, so he hasn't used it regularly, either, meaning Shunra doesn't even have an example to learn from.
Is there anything I can do to show her what the steps are for?