Help with clingy, needy cat

"KellyH" wrote:

She seems to be going through some redirected
aggression, and I cannot trust her around my cats right now. Hushpad
attacked Loki again today

One thing I learned with my cats is that re introductions shouldn't be
rushed or else you are back to square one again. I think a minimum of
24 hours of total separation is a good start.

-mhd

"KellyH" wrote:

She seems to be going through some redirected
aggression, and I cannot trust her around my cats right now. Hushpad
attacked Loki again today

One thing I learned with my cats is that re introductions shouldn't be
rushed or else you are back to square one again. I think a minimum of
24 hours of total separation is a good start.

-mhd

"KellyH" wrote:

She seems to be going through some redirected
aggression, and I cannot trust her around my cats right now. Hushpad
attacked Loki again today

One thing I learned with my cats is that re introductions shouldn't be
rushed or else you are back to square one again. I think a minimum of
24 hours of total separation is a good start.

-mhd

In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", "KellyH"
artfully composed this message within
news:q_mzc.41795$0y.32697@attbi_s03 on 14 Jun 2004:

I am not complaining. The purpose of my post was to seek some
help in assisting this cat to become a more well-adjusted cat,
suitable for adoption by the general public.

My first thought reading your first post was that some people would
really like this in a cat. My second thought is that given her
history, she would probably prefer to be an only cat. She demands
attention, and she gets upset with the others who she probably smells
on you.

--
Cheryl

In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", "KellyH"
artfully composed this message within
news:q_mzc.41795$0y.32697@attbi_s03 on 14 Jun 2004:

I am not complaining. The purpose of my post was to seek some
help in assisting this cat to become a more well-adjusted cat,
suitable for adoption by the general public.

My first thought reading your first post was that some people would
really like this in a cat. My second thought is that given her
history, she would probably prefer to be an only cat. She demands
attention, and she gets upset with the others who she probably smells
on you.

--
Cheryl

In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", "KellyH"
artfully composed this message within
news:q_mzc.41795$0y.32697@attbi_s03 on 14 Jun 2004:

I am not complaining. The purpose of my post was to seek some
help in assisting this cat to become a more well-adjusted cat,
suitable for adoption by the general public.

My first thought reading your first post was that some people would
really like this in a cat. My second thought is that given her
history, she would probably prefer to be an only cat. She demands
attention, and she gets upset with the others who she probably smells
on you.

--
Cheryl

"Cheryl" wrote in message
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My first thought reading your first post was that some people would
really like this in a cat. My second thought is that given her
history, she would probably prefer to be an only cat. She demands
attention, and she gets upset with the others who she probably smells
on you.


Unfortunately, I can't ask her previous owners if something like this ever
happened. If she is prone to this type of redirected aggression, then you
are right, she would be best as an only cat. *sigh* We have quite a number
of only cats at the shelter, it's so hard to get them adopted.



--
-Kelly
kelly at farringtons dot net
Check out www.snittens.com

"Cheryl" wrote in message
...


My first thought reading your first post was that some people would
really like this in a cat. My second thought is that given her
history, she would probably prefer to be an only cat. She demands
attention, and she gets upset with the others who she probably smells
on you.


Unfortunately, I can't ask her previous owners if something like this ever
happened. If she is prone to this type of redirected aggression, then you
are right, she would be best as an only cat. *sigh* We have quite a number
of only cats at the shelter, it's so hard to get them adopted.



--
-Kelly
kelly at farringtons dot net
Check out www.snittens.com

"Cheryl" wrote in message
...


My first thought reading your first post was that some people would
really like this in a cat. My second thought is that given her
history, she would probably prefer to be an only cat. She demands
attention, and she gets upset with the others who she probably smells
on you.


Unfortunately, I can't ask her previous owners if something like this ever
happened. If she is prone to this type of redirected aggression, then you
are right, she would be best as an only cat. *sigh* We have quite a number
of only cats at the shelter, it's so hard to get them adopted.



--
-Kelly
kelly at farringtons dot net
Check out www.snittens.com

"KellyH" wrote in message
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"Mary" wrote in message
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I am not complaining. The purpose of my post was to seek some help in
assisting this cat to become a more well-adjusted cat, suitable for adoption
by the general public.

Sorry, I missed this.

I was thinking along the same lines as some of you, that she may adjust
her neediness once she is in a regular household. That was why I started
letting her out of the room to spend some time in the rest of the house, but
that backfired on me.

Kelly, thanks for what you're doing. I admire you so much for it. I could
never foster because I know I would become too attached. I have no problem
becoming the Cat Lady with 20 cats one day, but I have to unload my
two-cats-is-enough husband first. (And find a cat that can pay half the
bills!)