Unusual Locations That Cats Disguise: Olga’s Most well-liked Spots

Hello, I’m Christopher! Learn my introduction to study extra about me and my foolish Russian Blue cat, Olga.

When your cat is aware of a visit to the veterinarian’s workplace is imminent, you’ll have bother finding them. I’ve positioned Olga’s provider in the lounge for a number of days earlier than her vet appointments to confuse her, but it surely doesn’t assist. She is aware of once I’m taking her to the vet as a result of her appointments are all the time early within the morning, and I don’t feed her breakfast.

If I head to the toilet to take a bathe as a substitute of feeding her, she finds a spot to cover. I don’t have a grand property, and it doesn’t take lengthy to seek out her, however she’s intelligent and strikes round whereas I’m looking out. Her darkish grey fur blends in with the darkish areas below the furnishings, and I’ve to activate all of the lights once I look below the chairs, couches, and beds.

Hiding and Enjoyable

Olga has totally different spots for stress-free and hiding. She used to nap below a mattress within the spare bed room within the morning whereas I labored, and if I wanted to select her up, it wasn’t troublesome. When Olga’s content material, she’s simpler to deal with, even when she’s sleeping.

It’s a lot more durable to seize and coax her into the provider when she’s hiding from worry. She finds a spot below the sofa or mattress that’s troublesome to achieve, and once I crawl below it to achieve her, she takes off and evades my grip. After 20 minutes of chasing her round, I’ll lastly seize her with a towel and wedge her into the provider.

Artistic Hiding Spots

A couple of years in the past, she created new hiding areas by tearing holes within the lining on the underside of my mattress and sofa. I’m uncertain when she did it, but it surely was most likely the night time she heard fireworks for the primary time. I used to be impressed that she discovered one other technique to make capturing her tougher. When she crawls into the outlet below the mattress field, I can see the material sag below her weight.

I attempt to push her towards the outlet so I can get her out, however she screams and claws me via the material. She doesn’t do it as typically now, however I’ve to put on gloves to guard my arms when she does. Hiding is instinctual for cats, and whereas it’s annoying to house owners who wrestle to find their pets, it’s higher than the choice.

Respecting Their Restraint

Cats can train us rather a lot concerning the “battle or flight” response since they normally lean towards fleeing moderately than preventing, a minimum of once they reside indoors with people. The cat haters’ biggest fears would come true in the event that they favored preventing. As a substitute of hiding from their house owners when scared or pressured, they’d assault them.

Though cats are expert predators, they don’t leap into the air and pounce on our faces after we upset them. Lacerated eyeballs and severed arteries aren’t frequent accidents from cats, however they might be in the event that they confirmed much less restraint.