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Hi everyone! I have to first say that this site and these forums are the absolute best I've found on the internet. Thank you to all of you for your experienced advice!
I adopted a 2 year old kitty 5 weeks ago from the humane society, her name is Bunny she's a very docile and sweet kitty that loves attention (on HER terms)... when she wants to be pet, brushed, or massaged she just plops her chunky little self at my feet and rolls onto her back with all four paws in the air... of course, I never deny her and get down on the ground with her. She seems to be very happy, tail is always held high, and even lets me rub her tummy. Here's my question: at night she sleeps in the same room as I do on a separate bed (my bed is there and a separate twin). She never sleeps on my bed. During the day, she sleeps in her safe room (which happens to be my office where I'm working all day). She never, ever, ever, jumps on my lap. She also never jumps up to chill out on the couch (or any furniture). She won't even jump onto the kitty-condo tower thing I bought her! She is so very sweet and good natured... I feel like I'm driving her nuts with always patting my lap to get her to jump up to me... like she's like "look, lady, you're tryin' too hard" haha! Will she ever come around and be a little bit of a lap-kitty?? Anything I can try to do to coax her? She LOVES catnip and reacts instantly... she also reacts to Feliway when I sprayed her blanket with it to take her to the Vet in her carrier.
As a first time cat owner, I was hoping for her to be more of snuggler and lap-kitty. I lost my Mom recently and I was her 24/7 care-taker in my home. The condo is so quiet and sad for me that I thought it would be good to get a little buddy as some company. Also, a friend recently asked me if I wanted a friend for her (she is adopting out 4 month old tabby that she raised from 2 weeks old he is a boy). My concern is that Bunny may not want another cat here, and I don't want to risk jealousy etc..
Can anyone advise me on what I can do (if anything) to get her to come around to me? Or should I just let baby Bunny be..
Thank you in advance!
I adopted a 2 year old kitty 5 weeks ago from the humane society, her name is Bunny she's a very docile and sweet kitty that loves attention (on HER terms)... when she wants to be pet, brushed, or massaged she just plops her chunky little self at my feet and rolls onto her back with all four paws in the air... of course, I never deny her and get down on the ground with her. She seems to be very happy, tail is always held high, and even lets me rub her tummy. Here's my question: at night she sleeps in the same room as I do on a separate bed (my bed is there and a separate twin). She never sleeps on my bed. During the day, she sleeps in her safe room (which happens to be my office where I'm working all day). She never, ever, ever, jumps on my lap. She also never jumps up to chill out on the couch (or any furniture). She won't even jump onto the kitty-condo tower thing I bought her! She is so very sweet and good natured... I feel like I'm driving her nuts with always patting my lap to get her to jump up to me... like she's like "look, lady, you're tryin' too hard" haha! Will she ever come around and be a little bit of a lap-kitty?? Anything I can try to do to coax her? She LOVES catnip and reacts instantly... she also reacts to Feliway when I sprayed her blanket with it to take her to the Vet in her carrier.
As a first time cat owner, I was hoping for her to be more of snuggler and lap-kitty. I lost my Mom recently and I was her 24/7 care-taker in my home. The condo is so quiet and sad for me that I thought it would be good to get a little buddy as some company. Also, a friend recently asked me if I wanted a friend for her (she is adopting out 4 month old tabby that she raised from 2 weeks old he is a boy). My concern is that Bunny may not want another cat here, and I don't want to risk jealousy etc..
Can anyone advise me on what I can do (if anything) to get her to come around to me? Or should I just let baby Bunny be..
Thank you in advance!