...their divorce.
The temporary arrangement began six years ago and is still on going. (She ain't ever leaving here; I don't hear much from my ex-brother-in-law much, although I have no problem with him.)
Cats don't like change.
For days, after she came for "temporary" care, she hid under my son's bed and wouldn't come out, even to eat or drink water. Finally we lifted the bed, picked her up, and carried her around the house to show it to her. We shut the doors to the bedrooms so she couldn't run back to hide under a bed. She ran to hide behind a love seat. She mostly stayed there for a week, although she did come out when no one was around to eat and drink and use the litter box. My son petted her, in her "secret" place behind the love seat, with his long arms. Finally we bought her a cat toy with catnip to get her stoned and once she was stoned, she came out and decided to see who we were. We gave her big time affection and petting.
Eventually she came out permanently, and now she won't go away, won't leave us alone.
Now she is all over us, rather affectionate. She sleeps on our beds.
My wife had to take her to the vet not so long ago, and she freaked out, thinking she was going to be moved again, since the only other time she'd been in a cat carrier, she moved from Massachusetts to New Jersey. When she got back from the vet and home to us, she was enormously relieved, and let us know, rolling around on the floor to express her joy. She now has special "spots" in each of several rooms where she hangs out, and whenever we come home, runs to greet us at the door. (She's an indoor cat, although occasionally she'll go out on the deck.
She's a pain in the ass, hell on the furniture, whining continuously for food and/or petting, but we love her dearly.
Your cat will get over it. She just needs time and patience.
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