This past Thursday morning, I discovered that my refrigerator/freezer was starting to warm up instead of cool. I called my landlord, and the earliest she could get a new fridge in was Friday. Since everything was still cold, I basically made a couple trips during the day to get several pounds of dry ice to pack in the fridge and freezer with the food to keep everything cold. After lunch on Friday, the new fridge was delivered, and I fortunately didn't lose any food since I was able to keep everything cold.
Casey was originally a little nervous around the new fridge, but by Saturday morning, he was walking past it like it had been there the whole time. Smokey, however, is still quite spooked by it. If the fridge isn't running, he'll "sneak" into the kitchen to get to the food and water. However, if the fridge starts up or I open the fridge or freezer doors, he takes off and runs out of the kitchen in a panic. Last night, while making dinner, I got the laser pointer from my office desk and took it downstairs. He was all excited since the laser pointer is his favorite toy. I had him chasing the light around, and since the fridge wasn't running at the time, I tried to lead him into the kitchen. He was running at full throttle towards the kitchen, but when he got to the doorway, it was like he hit a brick wall, coming to a dead stop and then doing a 180 and running back into the living room.
Does anybody have any suggestions on making Smokey more comfortable around the new fridge? I know that cats can be sensitive to changes in the household, but this was something that I had no time to prepare for.
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