Alleviating kitty's stress
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Alleviating kitty's stress
| Sun, 08-22-2004 - 1:00am |
I am on her again concerned about my Bat-girl. To recap, we had to move in with my parent's who already had three cats of their own, plus we had a baby. Before we moved out of our apartment, Bat-girl was so happy, and even though she was over a year old, she still acted like a brand-new kitten. She never meowed, either, but she communicated with us like she was talking with this sort of high-pitched "Mmmmm." When we would come home, she would greet us at the window with chorus of "Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm." She played all the time, and loved on us every night. Even after the baby came, he has one blanket the cat loved. She would knead on it and purr and sleep on me all the time. Now that we have moved, she doesn't play anymore, and she never "Mmmmmm"s anymore at all. We rarely get any love and she rarely purrs. ONe of my parent's cat tortures her and lashes out every time she comes near. So Bat-girl mostly spends her time in our room or the baby's room. She always finds some dark hole somewhere and sleeps for hours. Our financial situation does not allow us to have our own place right now. Does anyone have any ideas or experiences that might help us get our Bat-girl back? Or will she probably be this way until we move again???

There are a couple of things you can try.
I'm not sure how long you have been living with your parents, but sometimes it take 6 months or more for cats to get used to each other.