Ally Cat's Mommy
08-30-2003, 08:21 AM
STRANGE BEHAVIOUR:
We have now been in the new house for just over 1 week. On the first day Ally hid behind the dishwasher for hours, but by the evening, her curiosity had gotten the better if her, and she was sniffing around and exploring. Now her behaviour has taken a turn for the worse! She keeps going behind the Washing Machine, and will stay there for HOURS. If you call her she will come out, relax for a little while, and then dissapear again! At first I thought she may be sick, but when she is not hiding she acts normal, and she is eating and "doing her business" just like usual.
It's almost as if she is initmidated by the size of the house (around twice as big as our old place). Should I be concerned, or is this just a natural adjustnment, and she'll get over it on her own??? Sh doesn't seem unhappy, and her "hidey-hole" doesn't look uncomfortable, it just breaks my heart to look down the back of the machine and see her little face looking up at me!
DOES NOT LIKE KIDS:
We had a colleague of my hubby round to the house this weekend for the first time, with his wife and 3 kids. Ally's reaction to the youngest, Age 2, was so funny!!! She just STARED at this little "mini person" for ages, then went back to her hiding place! The same happened when she came out for a look at the 2 older kids - around 5 and 7 - she looked totally confused.
THEN I realised that she has NEVER in her life seen little kids like that before. My youngest just turned 12, and all their friends are the same ages. Ally just didn't have a clue WHAT to make of these little people in her house!
She eventually did come out and spent a couple of minutes with the little girl, who loved her to bits! Ally was very well behaved, allowing Alice to give her little skritchies for a couple of minutes, before going back into hiding!
She was less impressed with the two older ones, and hid away as soon as they came into the room!
We have now been in the new house for just over 1 week. On the first day Ally hid behind the dishwasher for hours, but by the evening, her curiosity had gotten the better if her, and she was sniffing around and exploring. Now her behaviour has taken a turn for the worse! She keeps going behind the Washing Machine, and will stay there for HOURS. If you call her she will come out, relax for a little while, and then dissapear again! At first I thought she may be sick, but when she is not hiding she acts normal, and she is eating and "doing her business" just like usual.
It's almost as if she is initmidated by the size of the house (around twice as big as our old place). Should I be concerned, or is this just a natural adjustnment, and she'll get over it on her own??? Sh doesn't seem unhappy, and her "hidey-hole" doesn't look uncomfortable, it just breaks my heart to look down the back of the machine and see her little face looking up at me!
DOES NOT LIKE KIDS:
We had a colleague of my hubby round to the house this weekend for the first time, with his wife and 3 kids. Ally's reaction to the youngest, Age 2, was so funny!!! She just STARED at this little "mini person" for ages, then went back to her hiding place! The same happened when she came out for a look at the 2 older kids - around 5 and 7 - she looked totally confused.
THEN I realised that she has NEVER in her life seen little kids like that before. My youngest just turned 12, and all their friends are the same ages. Ally just didn't have a clue WHAT to make of these little people in her house!
She eventually did come out and spent a couple of minutes with the little girl, who loved her to bits! Ally was very well behaved, allowing Alice to give her little skritchies for a couple of minutes, before going back into hiding!
She was less impressed with the two older ones, and hid away as soon as they came into the room!