Lately, Buffy has been meowing her "in heat" meow, that "warbling" sound. Someone said that when a cat meows like that when she's in heat, it's because she's uncomfortable. Buffy did recently eat some dental floss, but passed it (that topic is in the Health forum, under "Buffy barfed twice and has diarrhea!"). She's eating fine without barfing, and is going pee fine. I'm thinking she's pooping well too, as there seems to be too much poo for one cat (we have two, so that means both have pooped). But she goes up to a window now, warbling on her way there, and when she gets up there, she meows in a questionable way "Trees? Birds?" and then looks at me. I say "What?" and she meows her meek little meow again, staring at me. When she was in my room, she was on the window, and then balanced herself on the window as she walked towards me. When she reached the end, she looked at me, did her "mew" meow, and looked at her and said "what?" and she suddenly jumped right on me like "She listened! Yay!"
I took her outside today, to see if that helps her restlessness (is that such a word?). I brought Willow out too, because Buffy wasn't used to being on a rope again (she and Willow don't have leashes, so we have to use some thick string, kind of like miniature ropes). They did fine, but then Shadow, my friend's cat (who was also the mom of one of my previous cats) came over. Willow wanted back inside, so I let her, and then i went after Buffy. She was trying to hide from me behind the neighbour's bushes, so I couldn't reach her. Shadow came closer, but seemed scared. I tried to walk towards her, hand outstretched, palm upwards, but she ran back to her house, 2 doors away. I turned around and walked back onto our lawn, and she came back. She went onto the neighbour's steps, and seemed to be looking down at Buffy from her high perch. I didn't see what happened, but she suddenly turned tail and ran back to her house. I checked, and Buffy wasn't on the steps, so she didn't jump up and scare her. It seemed like both cats were interested in each other, like they knew each other, but still uneasy. I brought Buffy back inside (after a screaming fit from her), but she's still restless. She jumps up onto the window, meows, and jumps down. She walks around the house doing that warbling sound.
So, there you go. A couple of long stories that probably don't have anything to do with why she's acting the way she is, but you never know. But Buffy has got me scratching my head, and i can't figure out what she's asking of me when she mews at me, staring straight in my eyes. Could it be that she's lonely? She has Willow, but Willow has recently decided that she's not interested in "tag" or "wrestling" so Buffy doesn't really have anyone to wrestle with. She loves people, though, and hates to be away from us. She's got me soooooo confused...
I took her outside today, to see if that helps her restlessness (is that such a word?). I brought Willow out too, because Buffy wasn't used to being on a rope again (she and Willow don't have leashes, so we have to use some thick string, kind of like miniature ropes). They did fine, but then Shadow, my friend's cat (who was also the mom of one of my previous cats) came over. Willow wanted back inside, so I let her, and then i went after Buffy. She was trying to hide from me behind the neighbour's bushes, so I couldn't reach her. Shadow came closer, but seemed scared. I tried to walk towards her, hand outstretched, palm upwards, but she ran back to her house, 2 doors away. I turned around and walked back onto our lawn, and she came back. She went onto the neighbour's steps, and seemed to be looking down at Buffy from her high perch. I didn't see what happened, but she suddenly turned tail and ran back to her house. I checked, and Buffy wasn't on the steps, so she didn't jump up and scare her. It seemed like both cats were interested in each other, like they knew each other, but still uneasy. I brought Buffy back inside (after a screaming fit from her), but she's still restless. She jumps up onto the window, meows, and jumps down. She walks around the house doing that warbling sound.
So, there you go. A couple of long stories that probably don't have anything to do with why she's acting the way she is, but you never know. But Buffy has got me scratching my head, and i can't figure out what she's asking of me when she mews at me, staring straight in my eyes. Could it be that she's lonely? She has Willow, but Willow has recently decided that she's not interested in "tag" or "wrestling" so Buffy doesn't really have anyone to wrestle with. She loves people, though, and hates to be away from us. She's got me soooooo confused...