Ghosties

[willowtigger]

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How do we get a ghostie to go away at night?

I got one called Casper who seems to like frightening older cat Tigger

I call him Casper the unfriendly ghost

 

[JoanneF]

@willowtigger I saw this when you posted on the other forum, and the AI suggested it.

It's not true. There are no ghosts frightening your cat.

This is only because the AI machine picked up on words already used, like 'ghost in the machine' (I can't remember the details).

Don't let it mess with your head, and please avoid interacting with it, that just prompts it to make more unhelpful posts. It's not helpful and it's not healthy.

 

[LindaWeasel]

What leads you to think that it’s a ‘ghostie’ that’s frightening Tigger?

Is it possible that he’s just hearing things that you can’t….

I think you would have to eliminate all practical earthly things first.

What’s Tigger doing to make you think that he’s frightened?

Sorry so many questions and no answers yet.

Edit: Cross posted. I agree 100% with @JoanneF if this is the case.

 

[JoanneF]

@LindaWeasel it was the AI that (irresposibly) put the suggestion out there.

 

[willowtigger]

What leads you to think that it’s a ‘ghostie’ that’s frightening Tigger?

Is it possible that he’s just hearing things that you can’t….

I think you would have to eliminate all practical earthly things first.

What’s Tigger doing to make you think that he’s frightened?

Sorry so many questions and no answers yet.

Edit: Cross posted. I agree 100% with @JoanneF if this is the case.

1.30am she came into bed with me and was really adgitated, she can't see very well particularly at night and she has her own little night light in the bedroom that keeps her feeling safe but last night around 1.30am she got really frightened and kept asking me to get up to get the scary invisible thing to go away, she was really scared by the invisible whatever which is why I think it was Casper the unfriendly ghost

 

[SuzyJay]

1.30am she came into bed with me and was really adgitated, she can't see very well particularly at night and she has her own little night light in the bedroom that keeps her feeling safe but last night around 1.30am she got really frightened and kept asking me to get up to get the scary invisible thing to go away, she was really scared by the invisible whatever which is why I think it was Casper the unfriendly ghost

Didn't you suspect dementia not long ago? Such behaviour is very typical of dementia, more so if her eyesight isn't very good.

 

[willowtigger]

Didn't you suspect dementia not long ago? Such behaviour is very typical of dementia, more so if her eyesight isn't very good.

Vet suspects mild dementia, plus we know she can't see distance any more, she has to rely on her right eye and her sister Willow and me, to keep her safe outside

 

[willowtigger]

Tigger bacck on my lap now trying to push the laptop onto the floor cause Casper's apparentlyin it

 

[JudyN]

This sounds like typical behaviour for an animal with mild dementia and failing senses. There is absolutely no credible evidence that ghosts exist - it just doesn't make sense on any level. Please don't assume 'ghost' every time she does something slightly different to usual.

 

[willowtigger]

This sounds like typical behaviour for an animal with mild dementia and failing senses. There is absolutely no credible evidence that ghosts exist - it just doesn't make sense on any level. Please don't assume 'ghost' every time she does something slightly different to usual.

I think we genuinely do have a ghostie at work though - doors open and close without any input from humans

So I'm certain there's at least one ghostie at work

Tigger feels there's a ghostie in the laptop now, she keeps trying to push it off my lap, poor girlie, giving her a love but even despite the love she feels the laptop contains a ghostie

And at work, people can put something down, look away for a second, nobody being near what they put down and it'll vanish and reappear somewhere else so I'm certain work has a ghostie

 

[willowtigger]

Casper is playing tricks at work

 

[JoanneF]

Doors opening and closing are far more likely to be caused by draughts. Things 'moving' are far more likely to have been picked up by a person, perhaps an absent minded one.

Please stop scaring yourself.

 

[LindaWeasel]

Or maybe you have somebody at work is playing pranks on you because you told them you were worried about ghosts, and they think it’s funny.

 

[SuzyJay]

I think we genuinely do have a ghostie at work though - doors open and close without any input from humans

So I'm certain there's at least one ghostie at work

Tigger feels there's a ghostie in the laptop now, she keeps trying to push it off my lap, poor girlie, giving her a love but even despite the love she feels the laptop contains a ghostie

And at work, people can put something down, look away for a second, nobody being near what they put down and it'll vanish and reappear somewhere else so I'm certain work has a ghostie

igger feels there's a ghostie in the laptop now, she keeps trying to push it off my lap, poor girlie, giving her a love but even despite the love she feels the laptop contains a ghostie

Cats aren't capable of such complex thoughts, she can probably hear sounds coming from it and they're spooking her. No Ghosties!

 

[willowtigger]

Or maybe you have somebody at work is playing pranks on you because you told them you were worried about ghosts, and they think it’s funny.

It's not just me, different areas even where I don't go, have stuff moved

And the doors are big heavy wooden ones, a draft wouldn't fully open and shit them

 

[willowtigger]

Cats aren't capable of such complex thoughts, she can probably hear sounds coming from it and they're spooking her. No Ghosties!

What do I tell her when she decides something is a scary?

The dining room table is often a scary in the dark, in her mind

 

[willowtigger]

I'm a ghostie whooooooo

 

[JoanneF]

@willowtigger, it doesn't look like we can convince you that there isn't a ghost, so I think it's best we just move on and draw a line under this thread. If you're still worried, I suggest you contact your local church.

 

[willowtigger]

Sorry Joanne, the thingiebot said there was

 

[JoanneF]

First, we don't have the thingiebot here, and I really don't want to start discussions on this forum about what happens on another one - I think I've said before, people have come here to get away from that sort of thing.

Second, you don't need to believe everything it tells you.

Third, I don't think that was what it actually said anyway, so there's no need to make it into something it isn't. Let it go.