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Hello everyone!
My mom was curious about some of Espa's behaviors, and posted it on some other response only to get a very judgey negative response. However, whenever I post here, I notice that the responses are more supportive and helpful. I'm a grateful first-time kitty owner to have found this site!
Now! There are some distinct behaviors that Espa presents that we're curious about:
One, she's picky about her litter. When she was younger and we had her brother, he would poop in the litterbox without covering it and she would make a scene about covering it up. Which she does even today with her own poop. If theres just one poop in the litterbox, she will freak out and meow at us, walking back and forth from the box to us and back until its clean. While we clean it, she will watch us, and once she knows it was ALL picked up, she'll happily jump in to use it (if she needs to), or just trot away with her tail in the air.
Reason I'm mentioning this is because of this behavior, we have to clean the box one to two times a day, while many say that you should ONLY clean the box once or twice a WEEK. When my mother mentioned this on the other site, she got a major backlash about animal abuse and how Espa wouldnt survive outside.
But this transitions to another behavior. They mentioned Espa going outside as her forcefully escaping outside, perhaps to our negligence of having open doors or something. However, we noticed that by just us carrying her and heading close to an open door, or into the garage while its open, she will puff right up, tail between legs, start yowling and digging her claws in our skin. And she starts aiming to jump TOWARD the inside of the house. And it could be a nice, quiet day out! We're starting to believe she has some fear of the outdoors! She loves windows, she can tolerate carriers, but being outdoors completely is too much for her.
Espa, to me, seems like a high maitenance cat, but I love it. Shes clean, shes loving, and shes not dying to go out and kill birds or something, which makes my worry of mom or dad going out and her escaping much much less. But what do you guys think?
My mom was curious about some of Espa's behaviors, and posted it on some other response only to get a very judgey negative response. However, whenever I post here, I notice that the responses are more supportive and helpful. I'm a grateful first-time kitty owner to have found this site!
Now! There are some distinct behaviors that Espa presents that we're curious about:
One, she's picky about her litter. When she was younger and we had her brother, he would poop in the litterbox without covering it and she would make a scene about covering it up. Which she does even today with her own poop. If theres just one poop in the litterbox, she will freak out and meow at us, walking back and forth from the box to us and back until its clean. While we clean it, she will watch us, and once she knows it was ALL picked up, she'll happily jump in to use it (if she needs to), or just trot away with her tail in the air.
Reason I'm mentioning this is because of this behavior, we have to clean the box one to two times a day, while many say that you should ONLY clean the box once or twice a WEEK. When my mother mentioned this on the other site, she got a major backlash about animal abuse and how Espa wouldnt survive outside.
But this transitions to another behavior. They mentioned Espa going outside as her forcefully escaping outside, perhaps to our negligence of having open doors or something. However, we noticed that by just us carrying her and heading close to an open door, or into the garage while its open, she will puff right up, tail between legs, start yowling and digging her claws in our skin. And she starts aiming to jump TOWARD the inside of the house. And it could be a nice, quiet day out! We're starting to believe she has some fear of the outdoors! She loves windows, she can tolerate carriers, but being outdoors completely is too much for her.
Espa, to me, seems like a high maitenance cat, but I love it. Shes clean, shes loving, and shes not dying to go out and kill birds or something, which makes my worry of mom or dad going out and her escaping much much less. But what do you guys think?