Hello everyone!
I think my little Iris may be too attached to me
We got her when she was around 7-8 weeks I'm guessing, the lady never knew the exact day they were born and she is right at about 4 months now. The issue I am having with her is when I leave the house, even if my boyfriend is there she paces the house for a little while and makes her little squeaky meows. She follows me around the house, which I think is adorable but I'm starting to get worried about her. Even about 50% of the time, if i go to the bathroom and shut the door she still cries for me to come out. I know I replaced the role as mama to her, and we may have gotten her a bit too early so could that be the reason why? She has recently figured out "Ohh, when mama leaves I can stare at her through the window and make her feel terrible for leaving!"
I wish there was something I could do to just lessen her anxiety when I leave but I'm not sure what to do. I know it's a good idea to get another kitten, and we could have when we got her from the same litter but we just didn't have the money to pay 2 vet bills. We are planning on adopting another in the future, but money wise right now we can't.
She still sucks on fuzzy blankets, so I'm sure we got her too early..I just feel bad knowing when I go to work she is just crying for me to come back. Luckily I work right around the corner from where I live so at lunch I come home and get to spend a hour with her but have to leave again for a few hours. I try to put a shirt or something that smells like me on the bed and couch but I'm not sure what else can be done, if even anything? We have the front door, and a separate door in front of that with a window and when I leave to get the mail or something she stares out of the window the whole time meowing. She tries really hard to get out the front door whether we are going in or out now and almost got hit by a truck yesterday because she ran into the parking lot..I don't know if shes trying to hard to get out because she knows we leave and wants to be where we are, or just generally wants to be outside. I'm just worried about her, worrying about me! Lol. Is there anything I can maybe try?
I think my little Iris may be too attached to me
She still sucks on fuzzy blankets, so I'm sure we got her too early..I just feel bad knowing when I go to work she is just crying for me to come back. Luckily I work right around the corner from where I live so at lunch I come home and get to spend a hour with her but have to leave again for a few hours. I try to put a shirt or something that smells like me on the bed and couch but I'm not sure what else can be done, if even anything? We have the front door, and a separate door in front of that with a window and when I leave to get the mail or something she stares out of the window the whole time meowing. She tries really hard to get out the front door whether we are going in or out now and almost got hit by a truck yesterday because she ran into the parking lot..I don't know if shes trying to hard to get out because she knows we leave and wants to be where we are, or just generally wants to be outside. I'm just worried about her, worrying about me! Lol. Is there anything I can maybe try?
I've heard of those diffusers but didn't know if they worked, next time I go to the pet store I will look into them! We are getting her spayed, just have to call the vet to see how old exactly she has to be first because I wasn't too sure and thought she was still too young right now, but it will definitely be getting done!
