by Andrea
(Regina, Saskatchewan)
My cat Oliver has recently become terrified of going outside. He has also taken to hiding occasionally in odd places (ie. under the futon, in the bathroom). Oliver normally spends a great deal of time outside, sometimes he's so eager to go out in the morning or evening and will spend anywhere from a couple hours to 6 or 8 hours outside. He'll head out and come home with mice that he hunts during his epic adventures. We live in a condo, in a quiet neighborhood beside a park and plenty of open space. Usually I can hardly keep him inside! He's an amiable cat, very social with both people as well as other animals. I've only witnessed him become a typical 'hair-raised and hissing' cat once or twice around a couple animals. In fact, he has many dog friends and is, from my observation, mostly curious about other cats. There are a couple cats nearby, one which is very timid of people across from us, and another a few doors down that I've watched Oliver 'hang out' with. He's not the type to get easily spooked, and looooves any attention he gets. Other then my catching him hiding a couple times in funny spots inside (for instance, I put him out on my patio just now - thinking this would be a relatively contained and safe place for him to remember how much he likes being outside - but he sat next to the door looking in and when I let him in he disappeared for awhile, and a few minutes later his head poked out from under the futon), his behavior is otherwise pretty normal, appetite still good, and driving me nuts
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