{"id":3919,"date":"2019-12-31T03:54:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T11:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3919"},"modified":"2019-12-31T03:54:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T11:54:02","slug":"newsday-tuesday-is-your-cat-bored-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3919","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday \u2013 Is Your Cat Bored With You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catinXnastree-243x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catinXnastree-243x300.jpeg 243w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catinXnastree-768x947.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catinXnastree-405x500.jpeg 405w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catinXnastree.jpeg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong>Is your cat showing signs of boredom? Actually, she probably had a pretty good month helping you wrap presents, knocking Christmas tree ornaments around, and playing among the gift bags and pretty paper. And what about the constant flow of Amazon boxes arriving at the door and being unloaded before her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>But now that the hustle-bustle and fun is over and you\u2019re settled in each evening reading your latest Klepto Cat Mystery, your cat just might be bored.<\/p>\n<p>What are the clues? There are several: naughty <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sophiecateyes-e1577793178938-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sophiecateyes-e1577793178938-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sophiecateyes-e1577793178938-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sophiecateyes-e1577793178938.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>behavior, over-grooming, sleeping more, eating more or eating less, inappropriate urinating, clawing furniture\u2026 What are the remedies? Well, I love those outlined at the site noted below. They include putting that book down for a while and playing with your cat, making room for her <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smokeypray-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smokeypray-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smokeypray-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smokeypray-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smokeypray.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>with you in that overstuffed chair so she doesn\u2019t feel left out, and leash-training her so she can get some exercise in the fresh air.<\/p>\n<p>You know your cat. You recognize when she\u2019s displaying a new behavior and you\u2019re probably on it. If that new behavior seems to be related to boredom, check out this site for some great insight and ideas. I\u2019d love to hear how your cat acts out when she\u2019s bored and how you remedy it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pawesomecats.com\/is-your-cat-bored-10-ways-to-prevent-boredom\/\">https:\/\/pawesomecats.com\/is-your-cat-bored-10-ways-to-prevent-boredom\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Is your cat showing signs of boredom? Actually, she probably had a pretty good month helping you wrap presents, knocking Christmas tree ornaments around, and playing among the gift bags and pretty paper. And what about the constant flow of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3919\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3921,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions\/3921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}