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[serafaery]

K I just want to thank everyone here for your warm thoughts and such good advice re: Willow. She's been wandering around the room all morning and even jumped up on the bed for a second to say hi. She's scratching on the scratchy thing that splendid_red has for her cats, she's eating, she seems to be responding really well to the Feliway diffuser (I plugged it in to the socket right by the bed before I went to sleep with pHunk last night), and I'm sure that most of the reason she's already so comfortable is because I had you guys to hold my hand. Love you.

I know this is just a first step and there are going to be set-backs (especially come injection time), but I'm so relieved and thrilled that she's already doing this well. That's damn good for a stubborn, ill, neurotic little thirteen year old cat.

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[ethernight.livejournal.com]

That is fantastic news. Seriously, my cats cowered in fear for much longer than that when we moved. I know it will be hard to keep in mind when she is freaking out next time, but she is really doing great considering. Cats are creatures of habit -- changing their environment and habits will freak them out for a bit and that's just par for the course. The fact that she is already adjusting so well bodes really well.

Think of it like a necessary surgery. It's painful at first, and then there will be some time to heal, and that is normal. But the fact that she's up and moving around so quickly means that she is going to be fully recovered in no time flat!

[serafaery.livejournal.com]

Totally. I'm seriously so proud of her. I was frustrated and stressed, but I knew intellectually that it would most likely be several days to a week before she came out and explored. She's surpassing my expectations. And you're right, she'll get scared again, things will go wrong for a while, she'll be upset, but I think in two months she'll be so much happier than she ever was at my mom's. <3 Thanks for all of your support. You're awesome.

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

That is so cool. Sounds like she's doing brilliantly!

[bunnyhero.livejournal.com]

yay for willow :)