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Because I don't want to start a separate post. Do you guys think it would be a good idea to get a kitten? It's because although I do love my cat and I know it might seem lame but I originally got him in hopes he would fill in a hole ever since all the people I know graduated college. But...

@catlover73  So when my cat was a kitten he was found as a stray. But he was apparently less then a month old. The family before me took him in and raised him. As far as I can tell he wasn't abused or anything. In fact when I went over to the family's house I saw how he interacted with him and...

I've posted a couple times on this website after I got my cat. I'm a first time cat owner and because I didn't know much about cats I didn't want to get a kitten in case I raised it wrong and it developed bad habits etc. Anyways I ended up adopting a 1 year old cat 4 almost five months ago in...

@2Cats4everLoved  So as an update I feel like there hasn't been much improvement with my cat. I noticed that whenever I pet his body his tail usually thrashes so I'm assuming he doesn't like it? Or he doesn't like it when I do it because he still doesn't trust me. I also noticed that it's been a...

I guess  it's less I want him to be a lap cat and more I just thought owning a cat would be a little different than it turned out to be. I didn't think after 3 months he would still be like this. Sometimes I lose my patience with him because I get so frustrated. But I guess I just have to learn...

@hbunny  Can you tell me more about the proccess with your feral cat? So you simply just put him on your lap and when he jumps off you just give him some time and do it again? I don't think my cat is the super independent type because I heard from the other family that had him that he would...

Thank you guys so much for your response!! Some more about Calvin. So he actually rarely uses his cat tree. I put it in the hall so he can get more use to the house but really all he ever does is eat there. He does have a nice quiet space which is my room. But for the past month he comes in and...

So long story short I got this really sweet 1 year old domestic short hair cat from a random family. He's really sweet and I've had him for about three months. He spent the first month hiding under my bed for the most part but now he does come out a lot and likes chilling on his cat bed which is...

Update: While Calvin still hides a lot he does come out at night... I feel like I'm making progress but barely... Any more advice? It's been two weeks 

Is it faster to just ignore my cat? or to sit down next to him and give him treats throughout the day. I feel like since I started sitting down next to him and giving him treats I'm in some way enforcing that hiding is actually a good thing and he doesn't need to come out to be fed etc. I guess...

So am I on the right track? Should I every once in a while just sit down next to him while he hides and give him treats? He sometime eats from my hand sometime he will only eat it when I put it right next to where he is sitting. I tried to lure him out with treats as you can see but it has yet...

Background: So it's been 5 days since I picked up a male cat who is one year old. I don't have any previous experience owning a cat but decided I wanted to change it. The cat was taken in by the family when he was a kitten and has been with them ever since. When I went over to visit him, he was...