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By Lucy Notarantonio
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In an ideal world, our pets could come everywhere with us—but taking a cat on a two-week vacation to a hot destination isn't exactly feasible. So Willow had to sit this trip out—and judging by his reaction, he was sour about it.
When his owner Ava, 22, and her husband returned from two weeks in Zanzibar, they couldn't wait to see their furry friend.
However, one-year-old Willow, a Ragdoll, refused to make eye contact with them.
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"We made it up to him with lots of cuddles and extra treats. After four days, he eventually came around!" Ava told Newsweek.
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The cat owner from Leeds, England, shared a slideshow of images on TikTok (@willowthefurrball) captioned: "Help. This is my cat's version of the silent treatment."
The photos show the cat lying in front of Ava, who is taking the photos, but staring in the opposite direction in each one. The post quickly went viral, gathering over 215,000 views and 46,000 likes.
It seems Ava isn't the only person to deal with this sort of attitude upon returning home.
"My cat did this for 3 days when I returned home after holiday. She was so upset with me it broke my heart," shared one owner, and Ava responded: "3 days??! I'm on day 1 and I can't take it anymore."
Another said: "Mine at first was so affectionate like omg you're home and then he remembered that he was mad so then I got the silent treatment."
But maybe that isn't so bad after all. Another Ragdoll owner shared what her cat does instead: "Mine poos on the stairs even if her litter is brand new just to let me know she's mad."
To which Ava responded: "It's a ragdoll thing."
A fourth user said: "Mine did this to me too! He wouldn't talk to me for a week after but eventually remembered we were best friends for life and he couldn't keep it up."
In 2023, Weenect, a pet GPS tracker company, found that cats are more likely to be left at home compared to dogs. A survey of 911 pet owners from France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK revealed that 71.67 percent planned to take their pets on holiday with them. However, this trend varies significantly depending on the type of pet. While 89.5 percent of dog owners travel with their pets, only 50.9 percent of cat owners do the same.
This discrepancy likely stems from the fact that cats are territorial animals who are more easily unsettled by unfamiliar environments, making them more commonly left at home than dogs.
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