Hello
I am a new owner of a handsome 1.5 year old Male Maine Coon. I am looking for some help in readjusting him to his new home.
I know it will take time for him to get use to us, and then to our two Yorkies, but was wondering if anyone has any advice on the subject.
I am awaiting an order of Feliway which is suppose to help with this process.
At the moment he is living under the bed, his food is at the side of the room but was originally under the bed with him. We have a kitty litter box in the room until it is ok for him to go outside.
We have kept the dogs away from him. In the beginning we shut the door so that he was in just the one room. 4 days later we have put up a baby gate that has mesh on it so this stops the dogs getting in. The dogs are basically not interested in him as they have been brought up with cats and they are middle aged now so not very excitable.
The one yorkie is very interested in Tiny and keeps watching him from the gate. I am unsure if I should take the gate away and keep the door shut as this may be adding to his stress and prohibiting his readjustment.
I have been lying on the floor talking to him and play with him, with his favourite toy from his previous home. He plays and purrs for a while and then stops. He has spoken to me a couple of times and churped. but we cannot get him to come out from under the bed. He does come out at night to sit on the window sill.
I has started to spray under the bed and now the room is smelling as his urine is very strong. I am having to sleep in the living room as the dogs are use to sleeping on my bed with me and one of them just crys all night if I dont sleep with her.
This may sound extreme but thats how silly I am with my dogs. Any advice you can give me to help bring this beautiful cat into our family and out from under the bed will be of help.
Pictures of my boy Tiny now added to thread
I am a new owner of a handsome 1.5 year old Male Maine Coon. I am looking for some help in readjusting him to his new home.
I know it will take time for him to get use to us, and then to our two Yorkies, but was wondering if anyone has any advice on the subject.
I am awaiting an order of Feliway which is suppose to help with this process.
At the moment he is living under the bed, his food is at the side of the room but was originally under the bed with him. We have a kitty litter box in the room until it is ok for him to go outside.
We have kept the dogs away from him. In the beginning we shut the door so that he was in just the one room. 4 days later we have put up a baby gate that has mesh on it so this stops the dogs getting in. The dogs are basically not interested in him as they have been brought up with cats and they are middle aged now so not very excitable.
The one yorkie is very interested in Tiny and keeps watching him from the gate. I am unsure if I should take the gate away and keep the door shut as this may be adding to his stress and prohibiting his readjustment.
I have been lying on the floor talking to him and play with him, with his favourite toy from his previous home. He plays and purrs for a while and then stops. He has spoken to me a couple of times and churped. but we cannot get him to come out from under the bed. He does come out at night to sit on the window sill.
I has started to spray under the bed and now the room is smelling as his urine is very strong. I am having to sleep in the living room as the dogs are use to sleeping on my bed with me and one of them just crys all night if I dont sleep with her.
This may sound extreme but thats how silly I am with my dogs. Any advice you can give me to help bring this beautiful cat into our family and out from under the bed will be of help.
Pictures of my boy Tiny now added to thread
