Eve is Adapting to Changes in Her Life

**Bengalz** · 07-06-2006, 09:34 PM

Thanks for the good advice Gary. Eve does love her Temptations! Perhaps I need to increase the "dosage"

Betty

**jazzcat** · 07-06-2006, 10:41 PM

Hopefully you will be able to persuade her to the "in" side soon.

Why am I hearing Darth Vader's voice in my head... "Eve, come to the inside" LOL! Sorry, I digress.

**Bengalz** · 07-07-2006, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by jazzcat

Hopefully you will be able to persuade her to the "in" side soon.

Why am I hearing Darth Vader's voice in my head... "Eve, come to the inside" LOL! Sorry, I digress.

HeeHee ... I'll try anything! Darth? Oh Darth? Where art thou?

**catlady1945** · 07-08-2006, 07:58 AM

Keep at it! Our youngest kitty was indoor-outdoor. We don't let her out any more since our neighbour's beautiful cat was killed by a car.

She seems quite content to sit in front of the window sniffing the air. She's 11 now so maybe she's slowing down a bit.

**Bengalz** · 07-08-2006, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by catlady1945

Keep at it! Our youngest kitty was indoor-outdoor. We don't let her out any more since our neighbour's beautiful cat was killed by a car.

She seems quite content to sit in front of the window sniffing the air. She's 11 now so maybe she's slowing down a bit.

Thanks Catlady,

I will persist. Eve really has such good house manners until she decides she needs a trip outside. It's bizarre -- she stomps around yowling and banging the blinds and scratching the door and gets so frustrated. Thankfully she has now adjusted to staying in all night and each day I shorten her evening curfew by a few minutes so that she comes in earlier and earlier. She is actually beating me to bed these days

As for slowing down, I don't see that happening with Eve anytime soon

she is a 7 lb bundle of energy! And we love her that way.

Betty

**Maya & Inka's mommy** · 07-08-2006, 11:58 AM

Well done!! Just be careful with your plants! She might love the soil and recognize it as the same stuff from outside! We had that problem with Maya when she came to live with us. The plant she used as her litterbox died.....

. The solution for this is: cover the dirt with "chicken wire". Your cat won't be able to dig then!

Good luck!

**Bengalz** · 07-08-2006, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by Maya & Inka's mommy

Well done!! Just be careful with your plants! She might love the soil and recognize it as the same stuff from outside! We had that problem with Maya when she came to live with us. The plant she used as her litterbox died.....

. The solution for this is: cover the dirt with "chicken wire". Your cat won't be able to dig then!

Good luck!

Lut,

That is an excellent point and I am worried about it. Eve has recently decided that she likes the pine based litter we use in her litter box and uses her potty like a good girl. However, caution is wise and the chicken wire idea is a good one. In my larger pots I have covered the soil somewhat with interesting rocks (I love collecting rocks on our walks and am always bringing something home in my pocket

). That seems to keep her at bay with those plants.

Thanks for your concern, Betty