Pita–Story of a Re-homed Kitty
This is the story of Pita, one of our clients’ cats, as told to us by her mom. As you can see, rehoming can positively impact a cat by removing threats, enhancing care and attention, and providing a sense of control.
“I adopted Pita, a rescue cat, when she was 2. She’d been previously adopted by my friends, who had been rescuing pets for years. They had 2 rescue cats and an old, low-key dog.
Pita used to hiss a lot, especially at the dog. We don’t really know about her history prior to her adoption by my friends… but it seems that she had lived with dogs in the past but had been returned for being too aggressive towards them.
My friend decided to do a test and placed her at my place. She immediately calmed down. I have never observed any aggressive behavior since rehoming her, and vets usually tell me that she’s a very easy cat—for example, I can cut her claws just by holding her normally. She’ll meow when she’s fed up but doesn’t become aggressive.
A month after getting her, I had to leave for a trip. I asked those same friends to take care of her at their place for a week. It didn’t go well and when I came back, she hissed at me. It seems she didn’t like sudden changes to her environment. The same thing happened when I moved. She spent the first 2 days in a corner of my closet (now her safe place).
Initially when I’d leave on trips, she’d ignore me for a while on my return. It’s okay now. I would say that the relocation has been a success. By nature, she’s territorial and frightened by competing animals or sudden changes. I’ve been able to provide her with stability and removed any competition. She’s also really needy and I can give her the attention she demands.
Pita tends to run away and hide when someone new comes by or I have people over, but immediately appears as soon as they’re gone. However, the last time I went on an extended trip she was out right away with my sitters, Warren and Erick, even on their first “meet and greet” visit—she has her people.
When she’s with me only, she gets nuts, zoomy, follows me around constantly, meows a lot, she comes by every morning at 6am to wake me up with her paw so I can move and she can sleep with me on my pillow
She definitely has developed her own distinct personality… which, I believe, was made possible by her relocation.
I just now basically live at her place 😊”
Pita–Story of a Re-homed Kitty
This is the story of Pita, one of our clients’ cats, as told to us by her mom. As you can see, rehoming can positively impact a cat by removing threats, enhancing care and attention, and providing a sense of control.
“I adopted Pita, a rescue cat, when she was 2. She’d been previously adopted by my friends, who had been rescuing pets for years. They had 2 rescue cats and an old, low-key dog.
Pita used to hiss a lot, especially at the dog. We don’t really know about her history prior to her adoption by my friends… but it seems that she had lived with dogs in the past but had been returned for being too aggressive towards them.
My friend decided to do a test and placed her at my place. She immediately calmed down. I have never observed any aggressive behavior since rehoming her, and vets usually tell me that she’s a very easy cat—for example, I can cut her claws just by holding her normally. She’ll meow when she’s fed up but doesn’t become aggressive.
A month after getting her, I had to leave for a trip. I asked those same friends to take care of her at their place for a week. It didn’t go well and when I came back, she hissed at me. It seems she didn’t like sudden changes to her environment. The same thing happened when I moved. She spent the first 2 days in a corner of my closet (now her safe place).
Initially when I’d leave on trips, she’d ignore me for a while on my return. It’s okay now. I would say that the relocation has been a success. By nature, she’s territorial and frightened by competing animals or sudden changes. I’ve been able to provide her with stability and removed any competition. She’s also really needy and I can give her the attention she demands.
Pita tends to run away and hide when someone new comes by or I have people over, but immediately appears as soon as they’re gone. However, the last time I went on an extended trip she was out right away with my sitters—she has her people.
When she’s with me only, she gets nuts, zoomy, follows me around constantly, meows a lot, she comes by every morning at 6am to wake me up with her paw so I can move and she can sleep with me on my pillow
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She definitely has developed her own distinct personality… which, I believe, was made possible by her relocation.
I just now basically live at her place 😊”
