ancientgirl
August 4th, 2008, 08:44 AM
So everything is still pretty much edging along. Czarina spent most of the weekend out with the others. Right now I'm hoping she gets to the point where the others can walk past her without her swatting at them.
I guess she just has to realize they aren't going to hurt her so there is no need to swat just because they get a little close to her.
This weekend she seemed particularly testy. She doesn't usually swat and lunge with intent to go after, but this weekend I saw her do this a couple of times. She took several steps towards Maks at one point as well as Kiska and Oksana. With Vlad she had a swatting match.
At one point I had to raise my voice towards her because she looked like she was going to get physical with Kiska, and she being the smallest of all of my gang, I didn't want her to get hurt. I've got to take Czarina in next week to have the vet cut her nails. She won't let me touch her paws at all! But her nails are getting sharp. I was petting her and she was grabbing at my hands, which she does sometimes playfully, and one of her nails accidentally connected with the base of my thumb. Oy, that hurt! My hand was throbbing for almost half an hour. She did though come upstairs while I was getting ready to take a shower. She's come upstairs before but she's doing it a little more often, and the other day she'd made herself comfy on my bed.
All in all she's doing pretty well. Still not ready I don't think to be alone with the others all day. I did leave them alone in the morning while I did some errands on Saturday and Sunday, but that was only for a couple of hours. I'm taking Friday off, and told a friend of mine I'd hang out with her for a bit. So I think what I'll do is leave them all in the morning and spend a few hours with my friend.
I think I need to start stretching out the time they are left alone, yes no maybe? I don't know if this is as good as Czarina will ever get, and I don't know if it's fair to keep her in the kitchen alone for 8 hours while I'm at work for lord knows how long. I mean what if she never really gets any better than now? I can't keep her in the kitchen for the next 10 years.
I don't have a calendar in front of me, but I believe it's going on 3 months that I've had her in this situation. I wonder if things will be the same in another 3 months.
I guess she just has to realize they aren't going to hurt her so there is no need to swat just because they get a little close to her.
This weekend she seemed particularly testy. She doesn't usually swat and lunge with intent to go after, but this weekend I saw her do this a couple of times. She took several steps towards Maks at one point as well as Kiska and Oksana. With Vlad she had a swatting match.
At one point I had to raise my voice towards her because she looked like she was going to get physical with Kiska, and she being the smallest of all of my gang, I didn't want her to get hurt. I've got to take Czarina in next week to have the vet cut her nails. She won't let me touch her paws at all! But her nails are getting sharp. I was petting her and she was grabbing at my hands, which she does sometimes playfully, and one of her nails accidentally connected with the base of my thumb. Oy, that hurt! My hand was throbbing for almost half an hour. She did though come upstairs while I was getting ready to take a shower. She's come upstairs before but she's doing it a little more often, and the other day she'd made herself comfy on my bed.
All in all she's doing pretty well. Still not ready I don't think to be alone with the others all day. I did leave them alone in the morning while I did some errands on Saturday and Sunday, but that was only for a couple of hours. I'm taking Friday off, and told a friend of mine I'd hang out with her for a bit. So I think what I'll do is leave them all in the morning and spend a few hours with my friend.
I think I need to start stretching out the time they are left alone, yes no maybe? I don't know if this is as good as Czarina will ever get, and I don't know if it's fair to keep her in the kitchen alone for 8 hours while I'm at work for lord knows how long. I mean what if she never really gets any better than now? I can't keep her in the kitchen for the next 10 years.
I don't have a calendar in front of me, but I believe it's going on 3 months that I've had her in this situation. I wonder if things will be the same in another 3 months.