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TuxedoKat

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16. Maybe

Reply to mackerel (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2016, 11:07 AM

May 2016

she would like a box with a cat-sized hole in the side. Might make her feel safer than the closet. Something to make it soft and comfortable would be nice for her too. Agree with everyone else about the Feliway plug too. Amazon sells them too along with refills.

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My new cat dilemma [View all] mackerel May 2016 OP

I haven't faced LiberalElite May 2016 #1

I guess I wouldn't mind so much if I wasn't so afraid she use the spare bed as a litter box again. mackerel May 2016 #2

Cats don't hate; she's afraid. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2016 #3

Yes she is scared. That aside even when she lived with mackerel May 2016 #4

I adopted a cat "Charlotte" who someone LiberalElite May 2016 #6

Please try not to see her that way. That being said, LiberalElite May 2016 #5

Your daughter needs to re-home the cat. Laffy Kat May 2016 #7

Tough as this is, it's probably the best thing to do. mnhtnbb May 2016 #8

Try posting in the "Pets" group TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #9

Kitty needs to feel safe. blogslut May 2016 #10

Space is limited here but she does have her own food and water dish and litter box. mackerel May 2016 #11

I wasn't suggesting you re-home blogslut May 2016 #12

FELIWAY grasswire May 2016 #13

Yes! Why didn't I think of that?? I've used Feliway before and I'm actually using it now Rhiannon12866 May 2016 #15

An old boss had a cat drmeow May 2016 #14

Maybe TuxedoKat May 2016 #16

Responses in no particular order - starting with the premise that there arent any Kashkakat v.2.0 May 2016 #17

$1500 pet deposit in S.F. Bay Area, my daughter just couldn't afford that mackerel May 2016 #19

Guess I would interpret that to mean I couldnt afford to LIVE IN THE BAY AREA, not that I couldnt . Kashkakat v.2.0 May 2016 #22

I would try to befriend her a bit because she has to be stressed she has no bettyellen May 2016 #18

Today was better. She came out for about 10 minutes when my son was here. He said that the mackerel May 2016 #20

If you have eyeglasses or sunglasses you've worn a bit, slide them toward her arms first... bettyellen May 2016 #21

Other ideas... Raissa Jun 2016 #23