Adopted abused cats...Help!!

Welcome to the forums! Your English is fantastic, so no excuses needed.

How wonderful of you to take these two kitties into your home. Sounds like you're doing everything right so far. Make sure you have provided the new ones with several safe hiding places (under a bed or a box turned upside down with an entry/exit hole). Continue to be patient and decide now to leave them in their room for as long as it takes for them to be totally confident, then begin the intros to your other kitties.

I'm not sure what to tell you regarding getting them to the vet. Hopefully, someone will be along soon to help with that.

Will agree - no problem with your English

Any way - it takes time and patience to earn the trust. Some cats never do, but most will eventually come around. They may be more skittish with strangers so you might have a problem rehoming in the future if needed. Even tho they hiss, if you have a carrier or box for them, they need to be taken to the vet anyway and examined, shots given and worming. Also find out if they are spayed/neutered (probably not) and that should be done as quickly as possible. This will help them calm down.

Keep doing what you are doing. Females tend to take longer then males to adjust to things.

You can bring them to the vet even if they're wary about you. If one of them is injured I don't think you should wait. How were you able to bring them home? Why not do it the same way for the vet visit? If bringing them both is hard, you can just take one at a time.
I agree with the others that you are doing a wonderful job.

You have done a wonderful thing.

It takes time and patience. It is very early days yet. Every cat is different. Some will come round sooner than others.

I agree with the others. Take the cats to the vet the same way you got them home.

It could be that they may be in pain if they have been abused and the vet can ease that pain.

Many years ago I fostered (then adopted) a feral cat. My son was very young at the time, only about 3 or 4 years old. The cat, Dinah disappeared within a day of us having her. We thought our son had let her out.

About 4 days later, we'd gone to bed when we heard a plaintive miaow. We traced it to the kitchen but couldn't see Dinah anywhere. We found her stuck behind the refrigerator. We got her out and she bolted, hissing and spitting. We couldn't get near her.

For several days she didn't eat so my husband caught her (and got shredded) and wrapped her in a towel. Her mouth was sore where she'd tried to chew her way out of the trap so we got some cat food and mixed it with a little milk to make it soft and put some on her nose so she would lick it off. That is how we got her to eat. We were surprised to hear her purr but she still wouldn't come near us willingly.

We left our bedroom door open and a few nights later felt her jump on the bed. As soon as we moved, she jumped off but came back on the bed after a few minutes.

From that day on she was a different cat. Always slept with us on our bed and was the most loving, sweet, gentle cat imaginable.

All it took was patience and love.

You will get there and when you do, you will watch these cats blossom into the beautiful cats they should be.

You are obviously such a caring person... Thank you so much for helping these babies!

Is there any way you can call around and see if any vets will do house calls? Maybe explain the situation and see if any are able to offer advice or help of some sorts? I'm wishing you and those babies lots of luck!

Welcome, and your English is fantastic! And bless you for being an angel to these cats.

No, they won't be happy about the vet - they may cry all the way there, and all the way home. But, especially with the boy, I think you need to get in to make sure he truly has healed well.

I agree, call the vet and get their suggestions to make the visit easier. But, while the kitties will be unhappy at the time, they're coming to associate you with being warm and clean and fed and loved. My girl absolutely hates going to the vet, but every single time I've gotten her home, within 30 minutes she's back for petting and seems to love me again - even when I tricked her into the carrier.

Again, thank you for taking care of these cats.

Salam wa aleikum, Saudi. Tasharrafna. Forgive the assumption that you speak arabic, but I happen to know a little, and I wanted you to feel welcome. I also help my spelling is not too terrible.

Wrapping these kitties in a towel may not be a bad idea. it might help them feel safer, as well as protecting you from sharp claws.

I agree that the boy at least should be seen by a vet as soon as possible. This person that you got them from says that he had a broken leg -- but that's only what they've admitted to. Who knows what other hidden injuries these two kitties could have.

I think it is likely that these two cats are under-socialized, neglected, and possibly abused. It is going to be a long journey to try to get them to trust again. You might want to try the Ferals sub-forum here, and read older posts about how to socialize ferals.

Thank you for your help for these two cats. You have my respect. And once again, Ahalan, and welcome to TCS.

Marhaban to the forum!

I recently made acquaintances with another cat lover in Riyadh. She runs the Open Paws rescue group and may be able to help you.

I would say that you can up the time you spend in the room. When I work with shy cats at our shelter, I'll often go to their room and just sit in a corner and read a book out loud (you won't believe how many books I've made it through ) Their curiosity will often get the best of them and they'll come over to investigate after awhile.

How about a home service?

What a wonderful thing you've done!

I would use a light blanket to throw over them to get them in crates and to a vet. I wouldn't wait.

After that... we work with and have adopted feral cats. Our most recent rescue (the guy in my signature, Charlie) seems he had interaction with people before and was abused. He is not skittish like a feral, but is terrified of hands reaching out at him. However, he'll purr up a storm if you let him come to you.

With the kitties you've rescued, the first thing to do is address their health. Pain can drive a cat nuts, and you need to make sure they don't have parasites or anything.

After that... we've always found they're happy to be back home. It likely won't change their behavior overnight, but being back in a familiar territory that doesn't smell scary can go a long way.

Otherwise I'd pretty much continue what you're doing. Spend what time you can in their room, just being non-threatening. Sitting on the floor, reading out loud, singing, doing whatever - even napping or stretching. Being down at their level so they can watch you and you're not towering over them. Once you know they're healthy, or you know what you need to do to get them there... you can work on bribing them with treats - baby food (no additives) is great - boiled chicken (just water) is great too. Get an old t-shirt or something equivalent you don't mind "giving up" really sweaty, and leave treats out for them on it when you leave the room. Get another really sweaty and leave it under whatever food dish you use to feed them. This will help them associate you with the food. And feed them on as regular a schedule as you can. This, more than anything, will go a long way to "teaching" them that you mean good things and care.

Basically look at this as a process of rebuilding trust. The very first step is to establish that you are not threatening and don't want a single thing from them but their health and you're there to meet their needs (food, shelter, clean litter box(es)).

When they "get" that, they can take steps to "enjoy" those things and the love you want to lavish on them. But they don't know what love is or that it's good. You just have to build the foundation that will let them get to that point.

I will add, you can start working on the introductions. As long as they're going to be at the vet, bring a number of clean rags with you. While there, rub them or get the vet to rub them with those rags - get their scent all over them (especially cheeks and rump).

Put this under the food dishes of your other cats, and after a good play session with the other cats, put treats down on more rags that smell like the new kitties for your existing cats.

I wouldn't rush to make the introductions - but they will learn in leaps and bounds from watching you interact with your other kitties when it comes to that point.

But you also need them to associate your existing kitties with good things, so sometimes leave treats down for the new rescues on existing-kitty scented rags instead of something that smells like you.

The idea is to get everyone associating other scents with good, comfortable things. This will go a long way to helping slow introductions go more smoothly.

Welcome, and your English is fantastic! And bless you for being an angel to these cats.

No, they won't be happy about the vet - they may cry all the way there, and all the way home. But, especially with the boy, I think you need to get in to make sure he truly has healed well.

I agree, call the vet and get their suggestions to make the visit easier. But, while the kitties will be unhappy at the time, they're coming to associate you with being warm and clean and fed and loved. My girl absolutely hates going to the vet, but every single time I've gotten her home, within 30 minutes she's back for petting and seems to love me again - even when I tricked her into the carrier.

Again, thank you for taking care of these cats.


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Is there an update on these kitties?