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Old February 1st 09, 03:20 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.misc
Ralph
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Default Help! New Cat Mom

Cats will investigate anything they find interesting. They will play with
their toys, your toys, light beams, shadows, their own tails, balls of
crumpled paper, string, bugs, fax paper, and I'm sure lots I've missed.
You won't be able to prevent or foresee every accident about to happen. You
get to watch, and deal with it as it happens. But do pay attention to what
Rudy finds interesting... mine was a sock theif for years.

If you draw the cats attention to something you're afraid will happen, well,
I'm sure you can see it coming.
Mine has knocked down a fully-loaded bookcase, her metre-high scratching
post (with good support- she runs and attacks it) and persistantly chewed
phone cords for quite a while. She's now 17 years old, and I caught her
playing with my shadow yesterday, while I was dressing.

In younger days, I caught her catching fruit flies at night, by the sole
source of light in the room, the LED clock on the microwave.
I now know they don't require any light that I can see.

She's been a great companion, and a constant source of entertainment.
Learn from Rudy, and you'll both have fun.
Lots of praise at the scratching post...

"Andrea" wrote in message
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Hello! I am a new cat mom with some worries. I am having a hard time
leaving my cat Rudy (1.5 year old Tabby) at home while I am gone even
an hour. I think part of it is I am worried he will get into something
and get hurt or be lonely and decide to be overly snoopy. This is my
first cat ever and my husbands first in many years. He says everything
will be fine because we cat proofed, but I still worry about something
we missed! Help! I am going crazy! We have a lot of toys laying around
and a couch next to a window so he can peer out, but I still find
myself overly anxious leaving for even an hour!

Any suggestions?