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Petwified! *LONG*

Midask9 Jul 12, 2012 12:59 AM

Meow efurry. Dis JayJay, one ob da remaining kits here at da Midask9 house. We moofed recently, an I beened in da noo place fur 3 weeks dis Saturday, but I still petwified! Some days are better den offurs, but each night afpur momma or poppa return home furrom wurk, I hidink in my "bomb shelter" (unner da coffurs), an sometimes I come out, but sometimes I just keep right on hidin! Da momma home in da morninks, an da poppa in da efeninks, so I only really all by my lonesome (well, wif da offur kits ob course) fur about 3 hours.

Anymeow - I fine wif all dis hidink, but it makin da hoomins wurry sumfin fierce. We moofed furrom a small house, to an apartment dat just a teensy bit smaller. Most ob our stuffs is mew, mew bed frame, mew sofa, etc - but da sibkits da same (minus our losses ob course) and da hoomins da same. Sure, it wook diffurnt an smell diffurnt, but da offur kits adjustin' quite fine. Not me tho, no no no! So mom gots da feliway diffusers, dems been in since da moof. Dems no help me. Mom gotted reskew remedy fur me, dat no helps neefur.

Whut momma wants to know - is ifn any ob you kits haf any offur ideas? Da lasted fing I wants is fur her to be so wurried bout me. Her finkin' bout takin me to da begetariums fur some calming medisuns, but den her fink "well, ifn I haf to gif him mr. pill pill efurry day, dat efun more reason fur him to hide!"

Any suggestions? Any an all are welkum. Her cood put me in a small cage perhaps, but da purroblem is dat I do cry ifn I too upset, an ifn I cry in da appurtment fur too long, well - da neighbors might get hissy. Mom leafs da radio on fur me when dems not here, an all da num nums da same, same water dish, same litterboxes...her not know whut is causin' all dis anxiety.

Please help?? Fank mew all fur readin dis bery long post, I hopes you can help!

JayJay

Replies (8)

Cyclopsgrl Jul 12, 2012 07:17 AM

Dis is Sparkle, My Mommy wants to speak to youse, iffn dat is OK. She had a simler sitiaton an kan type it better n me.

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Hi! I had two boy kits from the same litter (for nearly 20 years). When they were about 8, we moved to a new condo. They had lived in the old place their whole life. They were very scared in the new condo and head out under the bed. They were off balance a good month or so. If Jay-Jay is eating, drinking, and using the litter box (#1 & #2), that is the most important. I put the food/water/litterbox in the room where they hid out (one more than other as time went on) to make it easier and less scary. I also watched TV and read in that room at night so they came out and got used to it. It eventually worked out, a little better each day. I think it is key that you see food/water/litter going normal for Jay-Jay. If you don't you'll wat to call your vet. You may want to give your vet a call anyway, but three weeks isn't too long yet to be scared of a new place. It is a good sign if Jay-Jay comes out when you are around, as well. Hiding out and never coming out and not eating/going to the bathroom are bad signs. Hiding out, but coming out when you are there and eating and going to the bathroom are probably normal progression. They say the older the cat is, the longer it may take to adjust, but there is no hard and fast rule.

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Boy, my Mommy kan shur type fast! Ise hope Jay-Jay is better soon!
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Sparkle (Princess Snow Queen)
& Tammy
(Stanley 8/91 - 8/07)
(Pookey 8/91 - 11/10)

Cyclopsgrl Jul 12, 2012 07:21 AM

Mommy sed she made shur to play wif dem eggstra wif favorite toys an gif dem favorite treets. Dey didn't always come out rite away, but she could monitor da food/water/litter an knew dey were OK. One was more brafe den de other. De other hid out when Mommy was gone quite a bit longer.
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Sparkle (Princess Snow Queen)
& Tammy
(Stanley 8/91 - 8/07)
(Pookey 8/91 - 11/10)

Midask9 Jul 12, 2012 11:24 AM

Fank mew. I kind ob a sensitif soul, an while I only be 4 yrs young, I still kind ob a baby kit at heart. I iz eating numnums an doin my bizness, at least while momma home - in fact, right now I out runnin around an wrestlin wif my bruffer! It just all goes to poo when momma leafs fur work it seems - an I not totally recoffur til her home furrom wurk fur a couple hours.

Hugs.

JayJay

cyclopsgrl Jul 12, 2012 04:41 PM

It sounds like youse will get there soon. Iffn youse are eatin, poopin, an playing sum ob da time, youse will come round soon. It took my broffers dat I nebber met a while when dey moffed to dere new house. It seemed like weeks to Mommy when Pookey didna spent at least sum ob da day unner da bed. He ebentually got ober it.

Ise am fife or six meself. Da bet an Mommy decided to go wif six. Wees will grow old togeffer on here, you an me!
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Sparkle (Princess Snow Queen)
& Tammy
(Stanley 8/91 - 8/07)
(Pookey 8/91 - 11/10)

The Noble Cats Jul 12, 2012 06:53 PM

Dere JayJay:

Tell yur mommy to gif it some time. Wen we moofed here frum the uffer housie it took sum ob us much longer to get used to it then the uffers. Stormy took almost 5 monfs to get used to it an hid weggcept at nite wen she wud come out to eat an use the litterbox. It tool Joe Gray almost two monfs to get used to being here. Mommy say different cats react differently to different situations. So tell hur to gif you some more time to adjust befure getting too wurried.

Luf,
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Gus(wed to Paloma), Greyboy, Mamacita, Mijo(wed to Ashli), Maria(wed to Andre), Gatito(wed to Xena), Stormy, Moki Raindance, Thundercloud Chelsea {DVM}, Hagrid(engaged to Murray), Cheese(wed to Juni), Muggy, Miss Mittens, Peppercorn, Miss Kitty, Tinkerbell(wed to Phoenix), Blueboy, Taki, Joe Gray, Mao, Kit, Wooly, Boots, Mamacat, Li'l Munchie, Tarbaby

All The Noble bridge furries who have gone before!

cannonbawlfranci Jul 12, 2012 07:15 PM

Well wow! Yu been in da new stwange pwace a hole thwee weeks?! Don't yur mommy nose sum uf ush kits ish shlower to adapt den offurs? Dat not wong at awll fur sum kits. Me, Tita, mommy hadda come hunt fur me in da cwosit da furst momf or sho, an den I came owt but wood run back in da cwosit iffun she came in da room. Dis went on fur a few more weeks, den finally I came owt in my woom an stayed when she was der....affur dat, well, I wood change wooms once in awhile to get a diffwent view, meeheehee, I effun made myself a littul apartment in da pantwy, jusht shuffed awl da stuff off da shelf an made it mine....sho mommy Knine, don't wurry bout it. Long as JayJay ish eatin an dwinkin an shleepin an poopin, etc...it gonna be fine...sum uf ush ish jusht slower to aksept change...
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Franci, Oreo, Caleb, Willow and Tita

topazerules Jul 13, 2012 08:27 AM

Jusst wanted to tell you dat we know ov a famwee ov kits dat acted dat way, afpurr a move into a light, airy house - LOTS of light. Dey were used to living in an apurrtment, wiv only small windows and facing away frum da Sun. So it stayed darkish all da time.

Aneehow, in da house, da kits hid under da beds, until night, when da hoomins came home and da bright glare went away. Dey didn't mind artificial light and would come out and bisit da hoomins den. It took a few weeks but dey got ober it.

Maybe dat iz da problem, da kits are not used to all da light in da noo pwace? Hope fings get betterer soon.

Wuv, Topaze frum da Sunny Souf...

PHCatnip Jul 13, 2012 09:58 AM

Well JayJay, it's okay to be skared. Some of us kits stay scared for a furry furry long time. What everybuddy else meowed is true. If you are eating, drinking and using the box fine then all you need is some more time. Nothin to worry about. And if you out and playing when your mom is home, that's a great big step in the right direction. You gonna be okey doke fine in no time at all. These humoms gotta lern patience I think.
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Luff,
The Catnip Crew....Riley, Ashley, Harley, Mushka and Nicky

In Loving Memory of our precious Bridge Angels:
Munchkin 8/95-6/09(mom's heart).....
Casey 8/93-2/11(mom's soul)......
Meadow 11/99-9/10 and Maddie 4/94-4/10

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