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I'd Appreciate Some Advice
I have had a male cat, ELLIOTT, for nearly 2 years; he will be 3 years old this fall. I work days and Elliott is home alone all day, M-F; he is an indoor cat with all his claws intact. He is a well adjusted cat and is affectionate; he does not scratch furniture, carpet and so forth. Lately he seems to follow me around and want a lot of attention, especially in the mornings before I go to work. He likes to be petted and when I do he sometimes bites and then licks me, purring all the while. I do not think he is mad because he is purring loudly. When I walk away he chases and grabs my leg, he then lets go and runs away into his cat tunnel. I have never disciplined the cat, which is probably part of the problem. Anyhow some friends have encouraged, others have discouraged, me to get Elliott a friend. Those encouraging suggest he needs company; those discouraging say he'd miss being number one and have behavior problems. Perhaps I need to spend more time with Elliott playing. I'd appreciate any advise or thoughts. Thanks
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I'd Appreciate Some Advice
I have had a male cat, ELLIOTT, for nearly 2 years; he will be 3 year
old this fall. I work days and Elliott is home alone all day, M-F; h is an indoor cat with all his claws intact. He is a well adjusted ca and is affectionate; he does not scratch furniture, carpet and s forth. Lately he seems to follow me around and want a lot of attention especially in the mornings before I go to work. He likes to be pette and when I do he sometimes bites and then licks me, purring all th while. I do not think he is mad because he is purring loudly. When walk away he chases and grabs my leg, he then lets go and runs awa into his cat tunnel. I have never disciplined the cat, which i probably part of the problem. Anyhow some friends have encouraged others have discouraged, me to get Elliott a friend. Those encouragin suggest he needs company; those discouraging say he'd miss being numbe one and have behavior problems. Perhaps I need to spend more time wit Elliott playing. I'd appreciate any advise or thoughts. Thank Sounds like Elliott loves to play and could use a little friend to run around with. You could get a young cat (perhaps 6 months to a year old - any younger than that might be too energetic - tiny kittens take so long to tire out!) who has a lot of energy for Elliott to romp around the house with. Just show him he's still number one if you get another - give him more attention than the other at first. If he has someone to play with, it'll also keep him in better shape due to the extra exercise. -- wmdiscenza -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cats/200603/1 |
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:16:40 +0000, wmdiscenza
wrote: I have had a male cat, ELLIOTT, for nearly 2 years; he will be 3 years old this fall. I work days and Elliott is home alone all day, M-F; he is an indoor cat with all his claws intact. He is a well adjusted cat and is affectionate; he does not scratch furniture, carpet and so forth. Lately he seems to follow me around and want a lot of attention, especially in the mornings before I go to work. He likes to be petted and when I do he sometimes bites and then licks me, purring all the while. I do not think he is mad because he is purring loudly. When I walk away he chases and grabs my leg, he then lets go and runs away into his cat tunnel. I have never disciplined the cat, which is probably part of the problem. Anyhow some friends have encouraged, others have discouraged, me to get Elliott a friend. Those encouraging suggest he needs company; those discouraging say he'd miss being number one and have behavior problems. Perhaps I need to spend more time with Elliott playing. I'd appreciate any advise or thoughts. Thanks I've never had any problem introducing kittens up to about nine months or so old to my clowder, or in the past when I had only one or two cats. Adults, especially not yet neutered males, are another story entirely ... a sometimes violent story. I do find that beyond two or three, the amount of space per cat becomes important: there seem to be problems with less than about 100 square feet (9 square meters) per cat. In bad weather mine have less than that and things get tense - in good weather when they go out, they have essentially infinite reasonably safe space. -- T.E.D. ) |
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In article 5d4eed99d7c41@uwe, "Kelcey via CatKB.com" u18214@uwe
wrote: I have had a male cat, ELLIOTT, for nearly 2 years; he will be 3 year old this fall. I work days and Elliott is home alone all day, M-F; h is an indoor cat with all his claws intact. He is a well adjusted ca and is affectionate; he does not scratch furniture, carpet and s forth. Lately he seems to follow me around and want a lot of attention especially in the mornings before I go to work. He likes to be pette and when I do he sometimes bites and then licks me, purring all th while. I do not think he is mad because he is purring loudly. When walk away he chases and grabs my leg, he then lets go and runs awa into his cat tunnel. I have never disciplined the cat, which i probably part of the problem. Anyhow some friends have encouraged others have discouraged, me to get Elliott a friend. Those encouragin suggest he needs company; those discouraging say he'd miss being numbe one and have behavior problems. Perhaps I need to spend more time wit Elliott playing. I'd appreciate any advise or thoughts. Thank Sounds like Elliott loves to play and could use a little friend to run around with. You could get a young cat (perhaps 6 months to a year old - any younger than that might be too energetic - tiny kittens take so long to tire out!) who has a lot of energy for Elliott to romp around the house with. Just show him he's still number one if you get another - give him more attention than the other at first. If he has someone to play with, it'll also keep him in better shape due to the extra exercise. This is excellent advice, IMO. He needs a playmate/tusslemate. Priscilla |
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Take Elliott to the vet first. There may be something else causing the
change in behaviors. If all is well, then get another cat for him to play with. It may be separation anxiety, but there may also be something else. Have you had someone come in while you were out lately? Cable person, utilities, landlord? That may be part of it, as well. He may be saying that he doesn't feel as safe with you gone. Check out these other ideas before you take on another cat, which could make the situation worse. Morgen |
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