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Angie hates me
This message more properly belongs in r.p.c.health+behav, but that group
seems to be predominantly off-topic. Anyway... I am a volunteer cat socializer at the local SPCA, and doing pretty well. There are several cats that no one but me is able to hold. Unfortunately one of the cats, an adult named Angie, hates me. (I believe she was simply "dropped off" at the shelter.) When I try to touch her, she hisses at me. When I try to scratch her head, she swats me. (Fortunately for me she is declawed.) If I happen to be within five feet of her cage, she snarls at me. This makes things especially difficult when I am trying to work with the cats in adjacent cages. When I try to be nice to her, she hisses, snarls, and swats. I've tried offering her catnip. I've tried brushing her. I've even tried hissing and growling at her, to show her I'm not afraid of her (and I can "out-stare" her, too), but nothing makes any difference in her behavior. She is not like this with anybody else, not with the men and women who work there, nor the men, women, and children who come through looking at cats. Thursday they had to put a sheet over her cage, so she couldn't see me while I was handling the cats in nearby cages! What is going on here? What can I do to stop her from reacting to me so strongly? How can I turn her into an adoptable pet? Adam -- Email: rubin AT bestweb DOT net |
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Adam wrote:
This message more properly belongs in r.p.c.health+behav, but that group seems to be predominantly off-topic. Anyway... I am a volunteer cat socializer at the local SPCA, and doing pretty well. There are several cats that no one but me is able to hold. Unfortunately one of the cats, an adult named Angie, hates me. (I believe she was simply "dropped off" at the shelter.) When I try to touch her, she hisses at me. When I try to scratch her head, she swats me. (Fortunately for me she is declawed.) If I happen to be within five feet of her cage, she snarls at me. This makes things especially difficult when I am trying to work with the cats in adjacent cages. When I try to be nice to her, she hisses, snarls, and swats. I've tried offering her catnip. I've tried brushing her. I've even tried hissing and growling at her, to show her I'm not afraid of her (and I can "out-stare" her, too), but nothing makes any difference in her behavior. She is not like this with anybody else, not with the men and women who work there, nor the men, women, and children who come through looking at cats. Thursday they had to put a sheet over her cage, so she couldn't see me while I was handling the cats in nearby cages! What is going on here? What can I do to stop her from reacting to me so strongly? How can I turn her into an adoptable pet? Adam Du Yu 'spoze dat sumheow yu remynd hur ov sumbody hu treeted hur meen? I yike yu Unka Adam, if dat hewlpz, an itz gud dat yu ar hewlpink udder kitteez, juzt not diz wun. -- Pitö.önya |
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Adam wrote:
This message more properly belongs in r.p.c.health+behav, but that group seems to be predominantly off-topic. Anyway... gently shredded... What is going on here? What can I do to stop her from reacting to me so strongly? How can I turn her into an adoptable pet? Adam -- Email: rubin AT bestweb DOT net Unca Adam, It mite haf sumfin' tu du wif da weigh yu dress ur smell (an' no, I'z du NOT meen dat inna offensif weigh... jist... I'z wunnerin' iffin mebbee yu ware whut Pawpa kallz "kalone" UB ~ cologne, Adam, an' mebbee Angie kin smell dat, an' duzzint wike da smell uf it). UB ~ I can't remember if kitties can see in color or only B&W, but it may have something to do with the clothes you wear, too, Adam... maybe whatever you're wearing scares the daylights out of Angie for some reason... and maybe others are right... maybe you remind Angie of someone who was mean to her, and if that's the case, it's just going to be a long process to gain her trust, and you'll just have to be patient. --- Onyx... wif Pawpa Cory inna bakgrownd (ware him beelongz! *snicker!*) |
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On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:08:44 -0400, Adam wrote:
This message more properly belongs in r.p.c.health+behav, but that group seems to be predominantly off-topic. Anyway... I am a volunteer cat socializer at the local SPCA, and doing pretty well. There are several cats that no one but me is able to hold. Unfortunately one of the cats, an adult named Angie, hates me. (I believe she was simply "dropped off" at the shelter.) When I try to touch her, she hisses at me. When I try to scratch her head, she swats me. (Fortunately for me she is declawed.) If I happen to be within five feet of her cage, she snarls at me. This makes things especially difficult when I am trying to work with the cats in adjacent cages. When I try to be nice to her, she hisses, snarls, and swats. I've tried offering her catnip. I've tried brushing her. I've even tried hissing and growling at her, to show her I'm not afraid of her (and I can "out-stare" her, too), but nothing makes any difference in her behavior. She is not like this with anybody else, not with the men and women who work there, nor the men, women, and children who come through looking at cats. Thursday they had to put a sheet over her cage, so she couldn't see me while I was handling the cats in nearby cages! What is going on here? What can I do to stop her from reacting to me so strongly? How can I turn her into an adoptable pet? Adam Perhaps you could spray yourself with Feliway or some nice perfume... |
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change your cologne or other fragrances you wear, and it is possible you
look like someone who abused her, I have seen this before, Tiger decided he hated our new TED because she was a woman, a female fixed him and handled him insensitively, he never had issues with the male ted but it has taken some to get him used to the female ted and she is a perfect cat person, also you might want to switch the type of shirt you wear, collar to no collar, like that, soft Adam wrote in message ... This message more properly belongs in r.p.c.health+behav, but that group seems to be predominantly off-topic. Anyway... I am a volunteer cat socializer at the local SPCA, and doing pretty well. There are several cats that no one but me is able to hold. Unfortunately one of the cats, an adult named Angie, hates me. (I believe she was simply "dropped off" at the shelter.) When I try to touch her, she hisses at me. When I try to scratch her head, she swats me. (Fortunately for me she is declawed.) If I happen to be within five feet of her cage, she snarls at me. This makes things especially difficult when I am trying to work with the cats in adjacent cages. When I try to be nice to her, she hisses, snarls, and swats. I've tried offering her catnip. I've tried brushing her. I've even tried hissing and growling at her, to show her I'm not afraid of her (and I can "out-stare" her, too), but nothing makes any difference in her behavior. She is not like this with anybody else, not with the men and women who work there, nor the men, women, and children who come through looking at cats. Thursday they had to put a sheet over her cage, so she couldn't see me while I was handling the cats in nearby cages! What is going on here? What can I do to stop her from reacting to me so strongly? How can I turn her into an adoptable pet? Adam -- Email: rubin AT bestweb DOT net |
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Cory wrote: UB ~ I can't remember if kitties can see in color or only B&W, but it may have something to do with the clothes you wear, too, Adam... maybe whatever you're wearing scares the daylights out of Angie for some reason... and maybe others are right... maybe you remind Angie of someone who was mean to her, and if that's the case, it's just going to be a long process to gain her trust, and you'll just have to be patient. --- Onyx... wif Pawpa Cory inna bakgrownd (ware him beelongz! *snicker!*) Meowmie brot a bigbig roll of sumting kalled fabrik home a kuple ov munths ago. She putz it on da bed and it was furry skary. I didn't no wat to do an I hissed an swatted at da ugly fabrik. Chappy Hoomin note: This was a normal sized bolt of a bold Hawaiian style fabric (black background with lot of yellows and reds). I have never seen a reaction like the one Chappy had, and wonder if Adam's problem might be due to clothing? Poor Chappy, he was just terrorized by that fabric. |
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Me wrote: Cory wrote: UB ~ I can't remember if kitties can see in color or only B&W, but it may have something to do with the clothes you wear, too, Adam... maybe whatever you're wearing scares the daylights out of Angie for some reason... and maybe others are right... maybe you remind Angie of someone who was mean to her, and if that's the case, it's just going to be a long process to gain her trust, and you'll just have to be patient. --- Onyx... wif Pawpa Cory inna bakgrownd (ware him beelongz! *snicker!*) Meowmie brot a bigbig roll of sumting kalled fabrik home a kuple ov munths ago. She putz it on da bed and it was furry skary. I didn't no wat to do an I hissed an swatted at da ugly fabrik. Chappy Hoomin note: This was a normal sized bolt of a bold Hawaiian style fabric (black background with lot of yellows and reds). I have never seen a reaction like the one Chappy had, and wonder if Adam's problem might be due to clothing? Poor Chappy, he was just terrorized by that fabric. Like I said (or implied), I don't know for sure if kitties can see color or just B&W, however, I'm wondering if you'd ever had something that big (bolts of fabric can be pretty big/tall, IIRC) in the house before. It could've been the way it smelled, too. Or it could have indeed been the color of the fabric Chappy was reacting to. --- Cory |
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Cory wrote: Like I said (or implied), I don't know for sure if kitties can see color or just B&W, however, I'm wondering if you'd ever had something that big (bolts of fabric can be pretty big/tall, IIRC) in the house before. It could've been the way it smelled, too. Or it could have indeed been the color of the fabric Chappy was reacting to. --- Cory Weze seez lotz of boltz ov fabrik (meowmie qwiltz) an nobudy haz problems but me wit onli dat won. I also hissed at a heeting pad meowmie waz uzing fur hur neck. Meowmie wunders if I don't see korektly. It waz red an blak. Chappy |
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gentle shreddification... where IS GT, anyway??? Weze seez lotz of boltz ov fabrik (meowmie qwiltz) an nobudy haz problems but me wit onli dat won. I also hissed at a heeting pad meowmie waz uzing fur hur neck. Meowmie wunders if I don't see korektly. It waz red an blak. Chappy I'z startin' tu wunner iffin' yooz hadda badbadbad eggspeereunz wif sumfin' dat wuz blak inna kullur, Chappy. --- Onyx, treddin' litely heer, giffin' da subjikt matfur an' da fakt dat I'z uh blak kitty... |
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Cory wrote: Me wrote: gentle shreddification... where IS GT, anyway??? Weze seez lotz of boltz ov fabrik (meowmie qwiltz) an nobudy haz problems but me wit onli dat won. I also hissed at a heeting pad meowmie waz uzing fur hur neck. Meowmie wunders if I don't see korektly. It waz red an blak. Chappy I'z startin' tu wunner iffin' yooz hadda badbadbad eggspeereunz wif sumfin' dat wuz blak inna kullur, Chappy. --- Onyx, treddin' litely heer, giffin' da subjikt matfur an' da fakt dat I'z uh blak kitty... Buttid Ize a blak an wite kitty, an Snowflake is all blak and Booker is blak an wite. I dont haf too meny trubles wit dem so ize dont fink dat beutiful blak like my furs iz da problem. Ize kinda shy round men hoomins, meowmie thinks dat one mite haf treeted me badly before my onetruhome. Ize trust pawpaw now, but he had to gif me lotz of pit-r-pat treets first. Ize not tellin. Chappy |
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