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    Really disappointed - very uneducated!

    Thanks again for all your thoughts, suggestions and experiences! I just want to give you an Izzy update.... My company is now gone and our household is getting back to normal, and Izzy is almost like a different cat! SHe is still quick to startle and is still jumpy... but for the past 2 nights...
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    Really disappointed - very uneducated!

    LOL.. I actually order Feliway before posting!  Again, thanks for all the encouraging, and I will keep working with them! Jazzy actually is more loving today than ever, so hopefully she will be an example to Izzy that we are okay! Honestly - I don't care if visitors see them, I just hope that...
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    Really disappointed - very uneducated!

    P.S. they were trapped from 2 different colonies.. so I know nothing about their past life, other than they were caught around 4-5 months old, was kept with the rescue woman a few weeks, and than caged at the pet store - Izzy there for 4-5 weeks before I adopted her.
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    Really disappointed - very uneducated!

    Thanks for all the encouragement! I really have researched feral socialization to death.. and have followed all the suggestions, so maybe it's just mere time she needs. She does rub on my legs in the morning, I can pet her wheneverI have food ( she will not allow me to pick her up). I do hope...
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    Really disappointed - very uneducated!

    Thank you for the reply! At times.. I think I'm making tons of progress... but it's short lived. My other issue is I think Jazzy would do fantastic, but feeds off Izzy's fears. When Izzy runs or spooks - Jazzy does the same.  Should I be trying to make Izzy allow me to hold her?
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    Really disappointed - very uneducated!

    it's been about 17 years since I've owned a cat, but for years I have been considering getting one, but my allergies to cats made me hesitant. Fast forward, I read that siamese seem to be a better breed for people with allergies, so I decided I would look for a rescue siamese/mix and take...
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