Last week I mentioned about my cat being traumatized because of a burglary in our home last Saturday night. I thought it would be useful to provide an update on her status one week after the event to emphasise that just one event can upset a cat in a big way.
She used to love going upstairs to lie on my desk at the window or on the landing at the top of the stairs where she could get the cross-breeze coming from both sides of the house. Now she is very hesitant to go upstairs at all, particularly at night, and if she does, she is back down very quickly.
She will sit near the bottom of the stairs just looking up as if she’s maybe not sure if to go up or if there might be someone up there who doesn’t belong. Yesterday I went upstairs while she was napping and she woke up and heard me upstairs so she hid round the corner and was just peeping around a piece of furniture to see who was coming down the stairs.
And yes, she did pee outside the litterbox - a very typical indication of something not right in a cat’s world. Thankfully, that only happened once. I have now had several chats with her, explaining what happened and trying to reassure her that there is no one else in the house, and that we are all safe. I think that has helped a lot. There are still, of course, different smells in the house as, not only was there a burglar, but also four police officers who came to investigate afterwards.
It has been an interesting week, that’s for sure but I do think she is settling down - slowly.
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