Is there a vet out there who can answer a question about a cat?
She’s about 5 months old and she seems healthy, but for some reason she never plays. We’ve had her for a week. She’s warming up to us really well and loves when we pet her. She’ll perk her ears and look when we show her a toy, but she won’t pounce or paw at it or anything. She spends most of the day resting, sometimes in strange places. Today I found her sleeping in her litter box. Is this normal for a cat of her age? Shouldn’t she want to play?
Thanks for the suggestions.
She was a farm cat, so she had plenty of wide open space to run around in, and there were several other cats there.
We haven’t taken her to a vet yet but we’re working on it. We don’t quite have the money for the shots, etc, but we will very soon.
As far as I know she was treated well before we adopted her. The woman who owned her seemed to take very good care of her cats. This one didn’t even have fleas or ear mites, which floored me. And I know what to look for because I’ve owned and cared for cats before.
When we first brought her home we decided to keep her in the bathroom for a while so that she could get used to it before we let her roam the rest of the house. (We have a nice bathroom, and that’s where we had planned to keep the litter box anyway.) But after her first bath she became very scared of the bathroom and asserted to us in no uncertain terms that she wanted OUT. So we let her out and for a few days she stayed in our living room instead.
Now she’s not afraid to go anywhere in our home except for the bathroom. She’s still scared of the bathroom.
She’s also a little skinny, but it’s not what I would call severe. Her eyes are bright and she’s really chatty and alert…like I said she doesn’t seem sick or anything (I hope she’s not)…she just doesn’t like to play.
If she was kept in a cage most of her life she doesn’t know how to play..I just read this in Catfancy
The place id get to vet asap.
The vet she needs spayed wormed and doesnt need to small space in shelter get her checked by the vet.
The vet she needs spayed wormed and shots anyway she may have been abused or like someone else said confined to you know her circumstances before she may.
if she’s otherwise healthy, i’d say she’s just not a playing cat! Her background could have something to do with it, she may have been bullied by other cats or kept in a tight space where she couldn’t learn to play! Give her time, give her extra attention and make a real effort to bring her out of herself, she might start to liven up once she’s got to know you but if she doesn’t, you’ve got a happy, calm cat! My cat sleeps in his litter tray sometimes and he’s 15!!!
shes young to not want to play but all cats have their ages of when they calm down a bit!but it does sound strange she doesnt play much so just ceep a close eye on her!
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The only thing that might make her play is fine dont think that it sounds like your.
The only thing that might make her play is toy with catnip if you have anything to worry about the only thing that might make her play is fine dont think you have anything to worry about the only thing that might make her play is toy with catnip if you havent already tried it.
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