Wow! I'm so pleased to have all your insight on this :)
@Columbine following your advice I've tried to stop the "punishment" methods and she seems a bit less frightened. Yes, I have Da Bird and balls and stuffed mice which I use to make her run and play as if she were hunting. Absolutely love...
I adopted a one month old kitten who had been abandoned, so she didn't spend the amount of time she was supposed to spend with mom and littermates.
At first she was very very sweet all the time and seemed to adjust very well to my small apartment and me. About three weeks after getting her, I...