Hello, my dear cat lover and cat owner friends!
This is my first post in this community.
Welcome everyone from Hungary.
I’ve never had a cat before, just my dogs and bunnies.
I don’t really know the habits of cats.
Then I will describe my problem.
A beautiful red cat appeared on the pine tree in our garden last July.
I was really scared when I saw it.
I have two husky dogs who don’t like cats.
Somehow I took the cat off the tree and transferred it to the top of the neighbor’s shed.
But this cat came every day, stopped at the roof of the neighbor’s shed, and looked at us and the husky dogs.
The husky dogs didn’t attack, didn’t bark, just stared at each other.
I wasn’t happy that this cat shows up every day and annoys the dogs.
And I was really scared, I didn’t want to be in trouble.
But this cat didn’t give up, he came to visit us every day, he got bolder.
And he always meowed, cried.
I thought maybe he was hungry.
But I knew that once we give him food, he will always come to us and stay here forever.
This kitten is very beautiful, I gave him the name Garfield, because I thought he was a male cat.
After a couple of weeks, we decided to give him food because he cried and meowed so much, I felt very sorry for him.
First, we put the canned cat food and dry food, fresh water on top of the neighbor’s shed.
He came closer and closer every day, already walking on the branches of the walnut tree and looking at us from there.
The walnut tree is near the terrace, I was always very afraid of her not falling to the ground because then the husky dogs would catch him.
We made him a kitten house, a safe place in the garden, and it turned out that she was a kitten girl.
She was very happy in the kitten's house, got straw, slept happily there all day in a warm, safe place.
She has been living with us for 4 months now, the dogs are used to her, but they are not friends yet.
A few days ago, when I went to her house to feed her, I found a black cat in the house, I quickly chased him away.
Since then, Garfield has not entered her house, sleeping on the roof of the shed.
We put a warm blanket on top of the shed because the nights are still frosty.
You can see on the photos, she feel good there.
I cleaned her house yesterday and put fresh straw in it.
I thought maybe she could smell the other cat.
But I didn’t succeed because Garfield pretends never to have lived in this house, she avoids it from afar.
Today my partner made her a new house, which we put in a completely different place, on top of our shed.
But she doesn't want to go to her new kitten house.
It lies only on the warm blanket outdoors, at the top of the shed.
Could someone who has more experience with cats help out what the problem might be?
Thank you so much for your help and comments!
Maybe, you can me help, dear @curatorcat!
With love @juditka
Hungary, 27. March 2022. 9:32 pm
Well, I think it is not actually a problem. They like to change places, believe me, even if you make the best place for them, they will sleep there only if they want. Then after some time, they change the place. It is all part of their character :))
Maybe she will go back there when is bored with this shed roof. :)
Thank you for your kind answer, dear @mipiano!
I thought she wasn't going there because of the strange smell.
I don't want that, she will be sick, I really fell in love with her.
They know when it is cold, she will not get sick from the cold.
Maybe you can make another thing too, like a cardboard box or similar with a blanket inside, they really like small closed places to hide inside. So, totally closed box but with just one side open, (or even better, only a small opening just for her to get in and out) Maybe she would accept that.
Today she got a small log cabin with a small opening and with fresh straw, but she doesn't go there yet.
Maybe tomorrow, thanks for all the useful advice!
You are very kind!
Well, just patience. As I say, they choose what they want
Cats are awesome and very stubborn sometimes :)
szívesen 😇
I have experience only with one cat (I adopted in July as you) and she loves to change the place where she sleeps. I think she knows if it is too cold, possibly she likes to stay on top of the roof in this moment and the blanket is sufficient for her. They do not need very much. She is still with you, so she is fine!
Thank you so much dear @sissim72 for your reply.
I don't have time for write you.
You have right, maybe for she was too hot her kitten hotel.
She is still on the roof, she don't want go into her house.
Maybe later.
She was so happy there 4 months long, I don't understand...