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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2005CatPyramid Bed - Day 3
So far, no luck. She sniffs at this cute little soft pyramid but that's all. I caught her last night looking at it, then looking over to where I keep her soft luggage-like carrier (I don't tuck it away because then she *really* knows when something is up). She caught me watching and I swear she was thinking, "I don't see a door but this is just another way to trap me. Uh uh, no way." (sigh) I'll give her a few more days before I give it up as a lost cause. Jill  SignatureI used to have a handle on life...but it broke off. In the warm weather, she might not be as interested in soft, warm places to sleep as she'll be when the temperatures start dropping. Captain and Stanley like their pyramid beds, and they USED to go IN them. But then one of them, I suspect it was Captain, discovered that he likes to step on the top of them and squash them down into a bed he can sleep ON. So now every time I un-flatten the beds, the next time I go into the basement, they're flat again. Sigh, lol. At least they like them. ;o) Donna, Captain, and Stanley > In the warm weather, she might not be as interested in soft, warm > places to sleep as she'll be when the temperatures start dropping. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Donna, Captain, and Stanley True... but then she likes to sleep *on* or snuggled next to me (and I'm pretty warm). But I'm not "enclosed" (she doesn't like to get under the covers) so that may make a difference. I'm not going to toss it out; it's cute as can be :) Jill > So far, no luck. She sniffs at this cute little soft pyramid but that's > all. I caught her last night looking at it, then looking over to where I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > it > up as a lost cause. Have you tried putting a folded towel in it? My two can't resist towels. Tweed What happened on Day 2? > So far, no luck. She sniffs at this cute little soft pyramid but that's > all. I caught her last night looking at it, then looking over to where I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jill > What happened on Day 2? Day 2 it was ignored, but mostly because I didn't feel great. So I did my own version of "meatloafing" on the sofa and she kept me company :) Jill >> So far, no luck. She sniffs at this cute little soft pyramid but >> that's all. I caught her last night looking at it, then looking [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> -- >> I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off. > So far, no luck. She sniffs at this cute little soft pyramid but that's > all. I caught her last night looking at it, then looking over to where I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > me. Uh uh, no way." (sigh) I'll give her a few more days before I give it > up as a lost cause. Sounds like Melisande's reaction to a cloth "grocery sack" gadget I bought for her. She loves the real thing, but always manages to "collapse" them so she can't get inside them any more. This has a crackly sound, and is wired so it will stay invitingly open. I assumed she'd love it, but it's been around for months, now, and except for a few initial suspicious sniffs, she ignores it completely! > Sounds like Melisande's reaction to a cloth "grocery sack" > gadget I bought for her. She loves the real thing, but [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > it's been around for months, now, and except for a few > initial suspicious sniffs, she ignores it completely! OUrs have a similar sack and even Tyche doesn't like it. She'd rather try to stuff herself into a shoebox. Try baiting the pyramid bed with food or catnip inside it. Also, put it in a place she already likes to sleep. Nocturne won't use the donut bed if it's in the living room, but she LOVES it in the corner of the bedroom. She used to sleep in that corner on a pile of things I had laid out to sew. When I sewed them at last, Nox's "bed" was gone and she was mad! When I moved the donut there, suddenly it started getting daily use. --Fil > > Sounds like Melisande's reaction to a cloth "grocery sack" > > gadget I bought for her. She loves the real thing, but [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > --Fil Yeah, you do have ot move things around sometimes. It's so funny, Suddenly their In Love with something you've had forever. > So far, no luck. She sniffs at this cute little soft pyramid but that's > all. I caught her last night looking at it, then looking over to where I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jill Give Persia lots of time to get used to it. I bought a new scratching post some time ago. I already have 2 cat trees and lots of scratching posts, but this one is covered with sisal *fabric,* so I thought it might be nice to have a change of texture for Holly and Duffy. It is also very tall and sturdy. Both cats completely ignored it for a couple of weeks, and I was just about ready to give up on it. Then, a few evenings ago, I heard scratching and looked at the post -- and there was Holly testing it out. A couple of nights later, I walked into the room -- and Duffy was perched on top of it (which is one of his favorite things to do with tall scratching posts; he scratches, but then climbs and perches on top). It's likely that they had also been using it some when I wasn't around to observe. So, the post now has a new home, and I'm glad I didn't get rid of it too quickly. You may find the same thing with the pyramid if you are patient and give it lots of time. MaryL My cats -- Duffy: http://tinyurl.com/cslwf Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e They're just like children. You buy them a new toy and they're happier playing with the packaging or box it came in. Go figure! You'd be surprised. I bought a couple of little cat beds for Fin(RB) way back when, and he never touched them. But I never got around to using them. Now Rita uses them all the time. She loves them! Jane - now hobbling around with a big black boot on - yup, doc thinks it's broken! Rita is thrilled. More time to play with her. >They're just like children. You buy them a new toy and they're happier >playing with the packaging or box it came in. Go figure! |
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