Hi all,
I am a very experienced dog fancier, but I need some feline advice! I have had cats, and in fact have three right now. Two are females which adjusted to my household with no issues. One was adopted as a six year old. She acted like a friendly dog and jumped right into life at our house with no stress. The other was adopted as a seven week old kitten and the same occured with her. No problems...
The third we adopted yesterday. He's an 18 month old male. He's very well cared for and social, but is clearly terrified here. He's gone into hiding under the sofa. I'm putting food under there b/c he won't come out and I am concerned. I don't want to push him. He hasn't touched the food, though, or gone to the bathroom. He has his own familiar litter box available, and I showed it to him when I first let him loose. We live in a spacious big roomed apartment. There's no small area to let him go and slowly adjust. My others sniffed him and were not interested. He's lived w/another cat before too. All are indoor and always have been, and all are spayed and neutered. He and the older female came to be declawed. The kitten is not (I would not declaw a cat myself, personally). Any tips on helping him come out and get to know us? In his old home he was a lap kitty and very friendly. He's also used to dogs, and mine are farm more docile, calm, and uninterested than the one he lived with, so they're not the problem either.
I am a very experienced dog fancier, but I need some feline advice! I have had cats, and in fact have three right now. Two are females which adjusted to my household with no issues. One was adopted as a six year old. She acted like a friendly dog and jumped right into life at our house with no stress. The other was adopted as a seven week old kitten and the same occured with her. No problems...
The third we adopted yesterday. He's an 18 month old male. He's very well cared for and social, but is clearly terrified here. He's gone into hiding under the sofa. I'm putting food under there b/c he won't come out and I am concerned. I don't want to push him. He hasn't touched the food, though, or gone to the bathroom. He has his own familiar litter box available, and I showed it to him when I first let him loose. We live in a spacious big roomed apartment. There's no small area to let him go and slowly adjust. My others sniffed him and were not interested. He's lived w/another cat before too. All are indoor and always have been, and all are spayed and neutered. He and the older female came to be declawed. The kitten is not (I would not declaw a cat myself, personally). Any tips on helping him come out and get to know us? In his old home he was a lap kitty and very friendly. He's also used to dogs, and mine are farm more docile, calm, and uninterested than the one he lived with, so they're not the problem either.