Insecure cat... help please!

[Ocean1]

The other thing that's helpful is to make sure she's in a spot that she's happy with.

Heh, I remember pitched battles between my mother and our old cat. The cat had her kittens under my brother's bed, my mother put the lot into a cardboard box and moved them into the wash-house. The cat put them back under the bed, one by one. Repeat... for weeks.

[Ocean1]

reminds me why I switched from being a cat person to a dog lover.

They're not usually quite as dependent on people though, I wouldn't have a dog now, given the hours I spend at home, not fair.

I wanted to get a Bengal, sort of wanted a cake and eat deal, most of the advantages of a normal cat but big enough to make a BEWARE OF THE CAT sign believable. I always wanted such a sign. But I got outvoted.

[MacD]

Can't meow and cant follow you....sorted!

Ha! Wait until it gets bitten on the arse!

Cat win! (yes, it's been posted before...)

Back to the topic: cats like somewhere reasonably enclosed and dark to keep their kittens, try putting them in a box at the back of a cupboard for example.

[Kornholio]

Maybe you should be posting this in the depression thread

[Mikkel]

You just need to confuse your cat. Look up "confuse a cat" on the intarweb and you should be on your way...

[vifferman]

The cat had her kittens under my brother's bed, my mother put the lot into a cardboard box and moved them into the wash-house. The cat put them back under the bed, one by one. Repeat... for weeks.

They're probably like many mammals then (only stupider). Sheep are very attached to the spot where they give birth (due to their waters breaking and the smell of the placental fluids). So a significant cause of lamb mortality in hill country is this: the ewe delivers the lamb, the lamb is all slippery and limp, and if the birth site's not very big or flat, the lamb slides down the hill. The ewe turns around to sniff/lick the lamb, and the lamb's not there! So the ewe goes, "Huh... I coulda sworn I just had a lamb - I must've been mistaken..." If the lamb isn't within easy sniffing distance, the ewe doesn't recognise it as her own, and won't leave the birth site to collect the lamb if it's more than a metre or two away. (Once the ewe and lamb have bonded, it's different, and the ewe will leave the birth site after a while).

[Beemer]

They're not usually quite as dependent on people though, I wouldn't have a dog now, given the hours I spend at home, not fair.

I wanted to get a Bengal, sort of wanted a cake and eat deal, most of the advantages of a normal cat but big enough to make a BEWARE OF THE CAT sign believable. I always wanted such a sign. But I got outvoted.

I've got one that says "Beware of the cats" as you come up to the front door, then by the door there is one that says "Don't worry about the cats - beware of the owner!"

[Toaster]

.... Please please PLEASE help if you can! She's gunna drive us insane lol

Hey you how is it going with the cat and kittens? Any better?

[Meekey_Mouse]

Hey you how is it going with the cat and kittens? Any better?

Thanks for all your help and comments I was amazed that there wasn't too much piss takin goin on! Well done every one

We put two chairs either side of her box and put a blanket over it, with enough of a small gap to let her in... That quietened her down a little bit but then I left Thursday evening and she started meowing worse then before apparently.

She meowed through most of Friday then when my parents woke up on Saturday she was really quite

[unhingedlizard]

One of the reasons that cats hang around people, like cuddle etc is that the ratio of size between a human and a cat is round about the difference between a kitten and thier mother. Its why cats act like kittens around you, rubbing and meowing and carrying on. Your cat is saying "look mum, look what i did, artnt i doing a good job".

I wanted a dog but didnt want to deal with the walks, and the rego fees, and the drool and the turds all over the lawn, and the need to be there everyday, and the need to organize kennels or feeding everytime i wanted to go somewhere, and the cost of food and..............

[SDU]

Sounds like she has settled but if she becomes unsettled again check out from your Feliway diffuser/ spray which is the synthesized facial hormone of cats & works in all sorts of situations such as moving house, other cats hanging around territory, introducing other pets & babies.