I have noticed lately that my Fluff kitty has been more finicky about her food and seemed to be turning her nose up at it more, but she wasn't losing any weight and had no problem stealing food off the counter so I knew she wasn't flat out refusing food.

I have also noticed she seems to spending more time outside, sometimes not even coming in when it is cold or rainy. Last night it was storming heavily and she still didn't come in.

I was worried about her.

She finally came in this morning about 7:30 happy and dry and perfectly fine, not stressed at all like she should have been after being stuck outside in a storm.
She is miss pillow princess, and rain does not become her.

When I got back from taking my son to school I was cold so I snuggled up under a blanket on the couch and she curled up in her usual position....On my chest with her feet on my chin and making biscuits on my mouth and nose, she is a weird cat LOL

BUSTED!! Her feet smelled strongly of Pledge Orange oil. I used to use it so I know the smell well and actually stopped using it because it was so stinky.

She has been hanging out at someone else's house!

She is chipped but I went and bought her one of those quick release collars and put a tag on it, and am just keeping my fingers crossed she doesnt get her bottom jaw stuck in it, as that has been on ongoing problem with her and collars over the years due to her immense amount of neck hair

She is such a sweet pea I don't want her new friends to decide to keep her!!

Try keeping her in the house.


BTW, that is by far the best subject line I have ever read.

LOL thanks!
I am going to do my best to keep her in the house, but that is easier said than done. She has been allowed outside since before I got her, and she is FAST! Not to mention the hours of absolute fit throwing at the door.

I've had several cats that were outdoor cats - okay, most of my cats have been strays, I have one semi-feral - but I did take care of my then-bf's cat, which had been outdoors, for 6 months, and she did learn to live inside with me. It took her a few weeks to adjust, but she figured it out.

If you want her to have outside time but supervise her, you could get a kitty harness and take her out. Just train her to it slowly - I took the cat mentioned above outside without getting her used to the harness, she saw a squirrel and tried to take off after into a construction site, I grabbed her back and let's just say I had some bleeding....but! I trained a foster kitten on a harness, we practiced going out on the deck and eventually I was able to take him for walks. Again, squirrels proved to be a distraction, but not a bloodletting one.

She is 10, I wonder how training her on a harness would work since she loves her collars so much. After putting the collar on this morning she flopped around and cried and tried to get it off for a full hour.

She biggest issue will be coming in and going out of the house, she can get between feet and out the door in a flash.

My other cat does go on walks with us through the neighborhood, but that is something he started doing on his own, he walks in the yards next to us and we get a lot of laughs from the neighbors!

All 3 of my indoor-only cats wear break-away collars just in case they ever get outside. All 3 had a temper tantrum when they first had the collar on but they got over it and don't think twice about it now. It's not fun watching them throw a fit but I prefer that to losing my cat permanently.

IME, once a cat has had a "taste of the wild" it can be very difficult to keep them inside...they will always make a run for the door.

Yes, it's very hard. My 12yr old was feral for approximately the first 5 years of her life. She was always making a run for it, until one time, she did it after only 3 days in the new house. She was lost for almost 8 weeks before a child recognized her picture. She has never tried to go outside since then, lol!

I can handle the fit she throws, its the fact that she has a knack for somehow getting her bottom jaw stuck in the collar...I put this one as tight as I possibly could without making it dangerous for her, we will see how it holds up.

She was never feral but she was an indoor/outdoor cat at her first home.

I have never had a problem letting her out, usually she would hang out on the front porch or roll in the grass then want back in 10 minutes later...then back out then back in lol, sometimes she would stay out for longer but I have always been able to call her and she came right in.

But now she has made new friends and is obviously venturing further away so I will have to manage her more closely.