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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2007Molly does it again.
Poor little calico girl. She is so timid and so careful to never do anything wrong. She lives her whole life like we might kick her out to fend for herself at any minute. Even though she does insist on going out to hunt and to relieve herself. A few weeks ago Charlie bought two really nice catnip plants. Much larger than the one I got at PetSmart around thanksgiving. Jake and Molly take turns chewing the leaves off. Molly really gets into it and rubs her face in the potting soil around the plants as well. The plants are in cardboard "pots" and Charlie put them into little bowls we've had around forever and set them at the back of the counter for the cats to enjoy. I guess Molly got a little carried away. I heard a crash a while ago and went to check. She had managed to shove the plant and bowl across the counter and off onto the floor. Shattering the bowl. She is so upset. The bowl is no loss and cleaning up the mess just got a floor cleaned that needed cleaned anyway. But the poor girl looks about ready to run away from home. Its hard because if we try to reassure her she has done nothing wrong, the extra attention just makes her feel worse. So tonight when you talk to the mothership, ask them to send her a bit of confidence. Enough to know she has a home and is loved, no matter what. Jo > Poor little calico girl. She is so timid and so careful to never do > anything wrong. She lives her whole life like we might kick her out to fend [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Jo how about giving her some extra nice treats to eat and then leaving her to it? some bits of ham or tuna? then she might realise that she has not done anything that needs punishing and you are almost 'rewarding' her. also when a cat has fallen off something or done something they feel is abit stupid they feel embarrassed and just want to hide under a piece of furniture so might be better to let her do this, not crowd her for a bit, and leave her with some nice little foodie treats in her snug little hidey hole? sometimes forcing attention onto a scraedy cat can make it worse for them bookie > So tonight when you talk to the mothership, ask them to send her a bit of > confidence. Enough to know she has a home and is loved, no matter what. Poor Molly. Confidence purrs on the way from two very confident young cats.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Poor little calico girl. She is so timid and so careful to never do > anything wrong. She lives her whole life like we might kick her out to fend [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Jo Purrs that Molly will become a brave little girl. MLB > Poor little calico girl. She is so timid and so careful to never do > anything wrong. She lives her whole life like we might kick her out [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Jo Poor Molly, purrs on the way for her. > Poor little calico girl. She is so timid and so careful to never do > anything wrong. She lives her whole life like we might kick her out to fend > for herself at any minute. Even though she does insist on going out to hunt > and to relieve herself. Smokey was like this too when we first brought him in from the Big Bad Outside. He'd act up, displaying a bit of his feral nature and then start clinging and crying, terrified he'd lost his roof and meal ticket. It took him a couple years to get over it. Smokey would always respond well to petting and soothing words, as reassurance that we werent' about to toss him out. Perhaps treats would be good for Molly too...a concrete reminder that you still love her enough to feed her. Good luck and purrs, Fil >Poor little calico girl. She is so timid and so careful to never do >anything wrong. She lives her whole life like we might kick her out to fend [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > >Jo Poor Molly! She's just trying to be a good kitty! She needs lots of extra affection and some special treats (as mentioned) I'm sure she will come around.....but it may take some time, unfortunately. Time and patience will work in the long run. Are there toys or activities she especially likes? Maybe playing with her alone in a room will help her out of her shell. I sure hope so; she sounds like a real sweetie. Not that I'm biased towards calicos....oh no! Purrs on the way to make Molly more comfortable in her own home! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." -TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier. -Buddha And why am I surprised purrs help? They always seem to. When I woke up this morning Molly was on me feet. And she stayed there looking at me. This is a huge amount of progress for her. She is now off on her morning mission. She has a thing for the family across the street. They have indoor cats, and I understand Molly has been inside and gets along well with them. But the man that lives there spends a good deal of time working in his garage and on his yard and cars. Molly makes sure he doesn't get lonely. I need to see if there is a pouch of her treats around. Jo > Poor little calico girl. She is so timid and so careful to never do > anything wrong. She lives her whole life like we might kick her out to [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Jo >And why am I surprised purrs help? They always seem to. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Jo She is such a little character! On an unrelated note, what I wonder about Molly is whether she's a calico, or if she's a tabby and white. >>And why am I surprised purrs help? They always seem to. >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > She is such a little character! On an unrelated note, what I wonder > about Molly is whether she's a calico, or if she's a tabby and white. She is tabby white and gold. On a related note, someone up there did send her treats today. She found a live field mouse to play with. Had herself a wonderful afternoon. Just wish she didn't feel the need to bring them home from the field to play with. But I can't blame her. Other neighborhood cats are much bigger than she is, but they won't come into our back yard because of Kayla. For some reason they all have an aversion to the way Kayla says "Howdy" Jo > Poor little calico girl. She is so timid and so careful to never do > anything wrong. She lives her whole life like we might kick her out to fend [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Jo Molly, you are ok! You do not have to worry all the time. You are loved and accepted for who you are. And not only your family loves you, but we love you too. Lots of purrs and gentle hugs, Polonca and Soncek
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