cats, anxiety (-)
Meh, Sugarfoot is still hissy and bitey and not receiving pets. She's *never* hissed at me before today, and it's really upsetting.
It's triggering the hell out of my neuroses, honestly. The three rules of stress according to my brain are:
(1) It's your fault
(2) It's going to happen forever
(3) If you fiddle with it obsessively right now, maybe you will fix it and I will stop tormenting you
This clearly does NOT work with cats. Giving Sugarfoot space and not testing the waters has been the most difficult thing, especially because I'm as much worried about her as I am annoyed, and very concerned that I did something wrong.
I know, I know. Other Cat People have already assured me this is fairly normal, but I've never had to deal with it in Sugarfoot before and... honestly, I miss scritching her and getting a purr.
re: cats, anxiety (-)
@JulieSqveakaroo re-kitterate? <3
re: cats, anxiety (-)
@JulieSqveakaroo And yeah. she's doing a lot better today! Has been sharking my ankles again and seemed to enjoy a scritch while she was in the Mother Box. Still trusts me to pet the kittens, too, which is a good sign!
cats, anxiety (-)
@zebratron2084
I will re-itterate what others have said. For cats, this is normal.
Stormy usually has a hissy fit when I try to groom out the hair clumps in her back fur that lasts a day or two, but then is back to snuggles.