Lorelei update, Nov 14, 2010

Not a real lot of change in the past two days.

She did sleep with me last night, on a pillow right next to me.

I rolled over sometime during the night, and my face was right near her.

I woke up with Lorelei licking my nose.

I just rolled onto my back, and went back to sleep.

I think Lorelei must know not to disturb sleeping humans, because that
was the only time she woke me up.

When I got up, I gave her some canned food, and after she ate it, she
went back into my bedroom.

I got her out in the hallway, and I shut my bedroom door.

A little while later, I looked for her, and found her in the basement
again.

So I went out to my garage and found a piece of wood to block off the
basement. There is still a litter box in the bathroom, which she has
never used.

She's been lying on the floor of the dining room all day.

At one point she was meowing to me, and I ALMOST managed to coax her
into the living room. When I reached out to pet her, she retreated back
into the dining room.

I don't know why she seems scared to come into the living room; it's
where I spend the most time, using my computer, and sometimes watching
TV.

When I got her her canned cat food, the can was almost empty, so I put
some sardine on the plate.

She didn't eat any sardine at first, but she came back just a little
later, and ate all of it.

I think she likes Fancy Feast better; the can was Salmon Feast in Gravy.

It smelled good to me, unlike most canned cat food, although it smelled
like tuna to me.

When I pet her, or give ear scritches to Lorelei, she tends to roll over
on her back now.

She likes to have her tummy rubbed


~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^..^

"Life without cats would be only marginally worth living."
-TC, in loving memory of the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico
kitty, Kenzie.

Every day was a treasure with Kenzie; I tried to treat them that way.
There would only be so many, and now, there will never, ever, be any
more

How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
- Robert Heinlein

"ingold1234[at]yahoo[dot]com (Gandalf)" wrote in message
...
Not a real lot of change in the past two days.

She did sleep with me last night, on a pillow right next to me.

I rolled over sometime during the night, and my face was right near her.

I woke up with Lorelei licking my nose.

I just rolled onto my back, and went back to sleep.

I think Lorelei must know not to disturb sleeping humans, because that
was the only time she woke me up.

When I got up, I gave her some canned food, and after she ate it, she
went back into my bedroom.

I got her out in the hallway, and I shut my bedroom door.

A little while later, I looked for her, and found her in the basement
again.

So I went out to my garage and found a piece of wood to block off the
basement. There is still a litter box in the bathroom, which she has
never used.

She's been lying on the floor of the dining room all day.

At one point she was meowing to me, and I ALMOST managed to coax her
into the living room. When I reached out to pet her, she retreated back
into the dining room.

I don't know why she seems scared to come into the living room; it's
where I spend the most time, using my computer, and sometimes watching
TV.

When I got her her canned cat food, the can was almost empty, so I put
some sardine on the plate.

She didn't eat any sardine at first, but she came back just a little
later, and ate all of it.

I think she likes Fancy Feast better; the can was Salmon Feast in Gravy.

It smelled good to me, unlike most canned cat food, although it smelled
like tuna to me.

When I pet her, or give ear scritches to Lorelei, she tends to roll over
on her back now.

She likes to have her tummy rubbed


~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^..^

"Life without cats would be only marginally worth living."
-TC, in loving memory of the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico
kitty, Kenzie.

Every day was a treasure with Kenzie; I tried to treat them that way.
There would only be so many, and now, there will never, ever, be any
more

How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
- Robert Heinlein



The fact that she slept with you last night sounds very promising. After
all, she has only been with you for a few days. Do you have any interactive
toys, such as one of the "fishing pole" toys with a Play 'n Squeak mouse?
Or even one of the toys without a pole. Here are some examples:
http://www.playnsqueak.com/products_mouse.html
If you use one of these, be sure to lock anything with string attached into
a safe area whenever you are not "attached" to the other end!

Duffy loves the Turbo Scratcher. Lorelei might like that, and she could
then play with the ball with you in the same room. She would become
accustomed to your presence. Here is one:
http://www.amazon.com/Bergan-Turbo-S.../dp/B000IYSAIW

Any toy with catnip is also a good motivator for play. In addition, take a
look at the "boogie mats." Holly and Duffy both roll around in them as soon
as I bring them out. You can add fresh catnip at any time. Here is a
pictu
http://catniptoys.com/Merchant2/merc...t _Code=308-2

All of these are available at a variety of places online, so you could do
some comparative shopping. I even got my Turbo Scratcher at WalMart,
although I haven't seen them at WalMart recently. Duffy completely shredded
the round corrugated cardboard scratcher in the center, but refills are
readily available.

MaryL

It sounds good that she has slept by you... Maybe with the basement door
blocked she will get use to the rest of the house and know how lucky she
is to have found you.... Good Luck.....

Gandalf wrote:

She did sleep with me last night, on a pillow right next to me.

Told ya! I knew she'd be doing that. I think she'll turn out to
be a really loving, affectionate cat.

Joyce

--
Fluffy Mackerel Pudding - "Once upon a time, the world was young and the
words "mackerel" and "pudding" existed far, far away from one another. One
day, that all changed. And then, whoever was responsible somehow thought
the word "fluffy" would help." -- Hilarious recipes at: www.candyboots.com

ingold1234[at]yahoo[dot]com (Gandalf) wrote in news:4ce29acf.9091203
@news.iphouse.com:

Not a real lot of change in the past two days.

She did sleep with me last night, on a pillow right next to me.

I rolled over sometime during the night, and my face was right near
her.

I woke up with Lorelei licking my nose.

I just rolled onto my back, and went back to sleep.

I think Lorelei must know not to disturb sleeping humans, because that
was the only time she woke me up.

When I got up, I gave her some canned food, and after she ate it, she
went back into my bedroom.

I got her out in the hallway, and I shut my bedroom door.

A little while later, I looked for her, and found her in the basement
again.

So I went out to my garage and found a piece of wood to block off the
basement. There is still a litter box in the bathroom, which she has
never used.

She's been lying on the floor of the dining room all day.

At one point she was meowing to me, and I ALMOST managed to coax her
into the living room. When I reached out to pet her, she retreated
back
into the dining room.

I don't know why she seems scared to come into the living room; it's
where I spend the most time, using my computer, and sometimes watching
TV.

When I got her her canned cat food, the can was almost empty, so I put
some sardine on the plate.

She didn't eat any sardine at first, but she came back just a little
later, and ate all of it.

I think she likes Fancy Feast better; the can was Salmon Feast in
Gravy.

It smelled good to me, unlike most canned cat food, although it
smelled
like tuna to me.

When I pet her, or give ear scritches to Lorelei, she tends to roll
over
on her back now.

She likes to have her tummy rubbed



Was she allowed in the living room or computer room where she lived
before? We adopted a cat who was never allowed on the furniture or bed.
We had to teach him we loved having him on the bed and couch.

Bobble

"ingold1234[at]yahoo[dot]com (Gandalf)" wrote in message
...
Not a real lot of change in the past two days.

She did sleep with me last night, on a pillow right next to me.

I rolled over sometime during the night, and my face was right near her.

I woke up with Lorelei licking my nose.

I just rolled onto my back, and went back to sleep.

I think Lorelei must know not to disturb sleeping humans, because that
was the only time she woke me up.

When I got up, I gave her some canned food, and after she ate it, she
went back into my bedroom.

I got her out in the hallway, and I shut my bedroom door.

A little while later, I looked for her, and found her in the basement
again.

So I went out to my garage and found a piece of wood to block off the
basement. There is still a litter box in the bathroom, which she has
never used.

She's been lying on the floor of the dining room all day.

At one point she was meowing to me, and I ALMOST managed to coax her
into the living room. When I reached out to pet her, she retreated back
into the dining room.

I don't know why she seems scared to come into the living room; it's
where I spend the most time, using my computer, and sometimes watching
TV.

When I got her her canned cat food, the can was almost empty, so I put
some sardine on the plate.

She didn't eat any sardine at first, but she came back just a little
later, and ate all of it.

I think she likes Fancy Feast better; the can was Salmon Feast in Gravy.

It smelled good to me, unlike most canned cat food, although it smelled
like tuna to me.

When I pet her, or give ear scritches to Lorelei, she tends to roll over
on her back now.

She likes to have her tummy rubbed


Sounds like excellent progress to me! She's just bewildered because she's
in a new place. You're doing everything right, giving her time to adjust
and take it at her own pace. I agree about blocking access to the basement.
She may feel safe there but she needs to be coaxed to feel safe in the
upstairs spaces more. Keep up the good work and thanks for the update!

Jill

Was also wondering if Kenze spent most of her time in the living room and if
her scent was still strong there. Someone had a sig line about it taking
forever to get all the hair off your couch aster a cat was no longer there.
"Bobble" wrote in message
...
ingold1234[at]yahoo[dot]com (Gandalf) wrote in news:4ce29acf.9091203
@news.iphouse.com:

Not a real lot of change in the past two days.

She did sleep with me last night, on a pillow right next to me.

I rolled over sometime during the night, and my face was right near
her.

I woke up with Lorelei licking my nose.

I just rolled onto my back, and went back to sleep.

I think Lorelei must know not to disturb sleeping humans, because that
was the only time she woke me up.

When I got up, I gave her some canned food, and after she ate it, she
went back into my bedroom.

I got her out in the hallway, and I shut my bedroom door.

A little while later, I looked for her, and found her in the basement
again.

So I went out to my garage and found a piece of wood to block off the
basement. There is still a litter box in the bathroom, which she has
never used.

She's been lying on the floor of the dining room all day.

At one point she was meowing to me, and I ALMOST managed to coax her
into the living room. When I reached out to pet her, she retreated
back
into the dining room.

I don't know why she seems scared to come into the living room; it's
where I spend the most time, using my computer, and sometimes watching
TV.

When I got her her canned cat food, the can was almost empty, so I put
some sardine on the plate.

She didn't eat any sardine at first, but she came back just a little
later, and ate all of it.

I think she likes Fancy Feast better; the can was Salmon Feast in
Gravy.

It smelled good to me, unlike most canned cat food, although it
smelled
like tuna to me.

When I pet her, or give ear scritches to Lorelei, she tends to roll
over
on her back now.

She likes to have her tummy rubbed



Was she allowed in the living room or computer room where she lived
before? We adopted a cat who was never allowed on the furniture or bed.
We had to teach him we loved having him on the bed and couch.

Bobble

On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:43:40 +0000 (UTC), Bobble wrote:

ingold1234[at]yahoo[dot]com (Gandalf) wrote in news:4ce29acf.9091203
:

Not a real lot of change in the past two days.

She did sleep with me last night, on a pillow right next to me.

I rolled over sometime during the night, and my face was right near
her.

I woke up with Lorelei licking my nose.

I just rolled onto my back, and went back to sleep.

I think Lorelei must know not to disturb sleeping humans, because that
was the only time she woke me up.

When I got up, I gave her some canned food, and after she ate it, she
went back into my bedroom.

I got her out in the hallway, and I shut my bedroom door.

A little while later, I looked for her, and found her in the basement
again.

So I went out to my garage and found a piece of wood to block off the
basement. There is still a litter box in the bathroom, which she has
never used.

She's been lying on the floor of the dining room all day.

At one point she was meowing to me, and I ALMOST managed to coax her
into the living room. When I reached out to pet her, she retreated
back
into the dining room.

I don't know why she seems scared to come into the living room; it's
where I spend the most time, using my computer, and sometimes watching
TV.

When I got her her canned cat food, the can was almost empty, so I put
some sardine on the plate.

She didn't eat any sardine at first, but she came back just a little
later, and ate all of it.

I think she likes Fancy Feast better; the can was Salmon Feast in
Gravy.

It smelled good to me, unlike most canned cat food, although it
smelled
like tuna to me.

When I pet her, or give ear scritches to Lorelei, she tends to roll
over
on her back now.

She likes to have her tummy rubbed



Was she allowed in the living room or computer room where she lived
before? We adopted a cat who was never allowed on the furniture or bed.
We had to teach him we loved having him on the bed and couch.

Bobble

Yes, Lorelei was in the living room when I first met her...but I didn't
see a computer in the house: it's probably in another room.

You are likely correct in that Lorelei wasn't allowed in the room with
the computer; I had not thought of that.

Kenzie was not allowed on furniture when I got her, and it took me 2
YEARS to teach her it was OK to get on the couch.

It wan't until I was out of work and at home all of the time that she
really started getting up on the couch.

Sometimes, fairly rarely, when I was watching TV, she would get up on
the sofa, and sit in my lap.

It was a real treat!

How I miss Kenzie

~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^..^

"Life without cats would be only marginally worth living."
-TC, in loving memory of the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico
kitty, Kenzie.

Every day was a treasure with Kenzie; I tried to treat them that way.
There would only be so many, and now, there will never, ever, be any
more

How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
- Robert Heinlein