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I recently adopted a 4 year old Persian from a woman looking to rehome her cat because her daughter was allergic and "the cat didn't really like them anyway". After meeting and talking to her I found out that she had a young child (the allergic one) and a full grown Great dane that lived in the house and would often be "overly aggressive" to the cat. On top of that she recently gave him a lion cut by herself, with no training or know how, the poor guy is naked in horrible ways, and also a bath, again, with no prompting.
She arrived, dropped off the cat and left before he was even out of the carrier, there was no love lost. However there was a lot of damage done to the poor kitty.
Wicket, the Persian, started out a little leery of my apartment but he seemed to be okay, the owner brought his old litterbox and litter he always used, and food he always ate. He ate fine, used the box fine and seemed to be doing well. However that night he kept me up all night crying. Then the next day he started refusing to eat his old food, and then the next day began pooping and peeing in the corner of my bedroom on the other side of the room from the litter box.
Today I woke up to find he had pee'd on a chair in the morning and came home from class (I go to school 7-2) to find he hadn't moved off my bed all day, no eating, no drinking, no pooing, no peeing, just stayed on the bed all day.
I had gone to the pet store to try a bunch of different foods and treats with him to see if he liked any of them (I live in Tokyo and this is my first time owning a cat here so I'm new to the different types of food, MUCH bigger selection than I'm used to in the States!) he ate some of the food when I brought it to him in a dish and placed it on the bed, but then I realized he had pee'd the bed, where he was laying.
That's when I really started to worry about this little guy. I know if a cat just pees or poos where he is it's usually because he's scared, like in the box on the way to the vets for instance.
I tried some new food with him, he ate a little on the bed, and then later got off the bed and ate a little and pee'd, in the box, but then he went right back to the same spot on the bed where he pee'd and just sat there. He never really lays down, he's always tense and shaking, like he's terrified of something. I try all the things I'm used to doing with the ferals and strays we'd bring in to the shelter I used to work at in the States, but nothing seems to calm him down. I want him to know nothing is going to hurt him here but he just, he's really scarred by whatever his old home was like.
I guess I'm looking for suggestions as to what I can do to make him feel more relaxed and at home. I live in a 1LDK, which is basically a big studio apartment with the bathroom and toilet rooms closed off in a hall. I've been keeping him in the bedroom/studio because the hall area isn't heated and he shakes so badly I feel like he'd freeze out there.
I bought a second litterbox in case he didn't like to poo and pee in the same place, and tried a different litter in the new one in case the old litter was the problem. He's since pee'd in both so I don't really know if it's the litter or box causing the problems. He seems to only make a mess when I'm "gone", either at school or asleep. Asleep seems to mean to him I'm not there anymore as well.
I have an appointment for him at the vet on Sunday because he's been sneezing non-stop, especially while he eats and even for a peke-face Persian I don't think that amount of sneezing is normal. I know going outside of the box is another sign he could have a URI. So I'm going to hopefully take any illness out of the equation, but don't know how much the vet visit is going to terrify him and fear it could push him further away.
So um, yeah, there's where I'm at. This little guy got no love at his old house and his people didn't care enough to stop the giant dog from terrorizing him, so the fact that he trusts me at all is amazing, I just need advice on what to do to make him feel safe, and at home.
She arrived, dropped off the cat and left before he was even out of the carrier, there was no love lost. However there was a lot of damage done to the poor kitty.
Wicket, the Persian, started out a little leery of my apartment but he seemed to be okay, the owner brought his old litterbox and litter he always used, and food he always ate. He ate fine, used the box fine and seemed to be doing well. However that night he kept me up all night crying. Then the next day he started refusing to eat his old food, and then the next day began pooping and peeing in the corner of my bedroom on the other side of the room from the litter box.
Today I woke up to find he had pee'd on a chair in the morning and came home from class (I go to school 7-2) to find he hadn't moved off my bed all day, no eating, no drinking, no pooing, no peeing, just stayed on the bed all day.
I had gone to the pet store to try a bunch of different foods and treats with him to see if he liked any of them (I live in Tokyo and this is my first time owning a cat here so I'm new to the different types of food, MUCH bigger selection than I'm used to in the States!) he ate some of the food when I brought it to him in a dish and placed it on the bed, but then I realized he had pee'd the bed, where he was laying.
That's when I really started to worry about this little guy. I know if a cat just pees or poos where he is it's usually because he's scared, like in the box on the way to the vets for instance.
I tried some new food with him, he ate a little on the bed, and then later got off the bed and ate a little and pee'd, in the box, but then he went right back to the same spot on the bed where he pee'd and just sat there. He never really lays down, he's always tense and shaking, like he's terrified of something. I try all the things I'm used to doing with the ferals and strays we'd bring in to the shelter I used to work at in the States, but nothing seems to calm him down. I want him to know nothing is going to hurt him here but he just, he's really scarred by whatever his old home was like.
I guess I'm looking for suggestions as to what I can do to make him feel more relaxed and at home. I live in a 1LDK, which is basically a big studio apartment with the bathroom and toilet rooms closed off in a hall. I've been keeping him in the bedroom/studio because the hall area isn't heated and he shakes so badly I feel like he'd freeze out there.
I bought a second litterbox in case he didn't like to poo and pee in the same place, and tried a different litter in the new one in case the old litter was the problem. He's since pee'd in both so I don't really know if it's the litter or box causing the problems. He seems to only make a mess when I'm "gone", either at school or asleep. Asleep seems to mean to him I'm not there anymore as well.
I have an appointment for him at the vet on Sunday because he's been sneezing non-stop, especially while he eats and even for a peke-face Persian I don't think that amount of sneezing is normal. I know going outside of the box is another sign he could have a URI. So I'm going to hopefully take any illness out of the equation, but don't know how much the vet visit is going to terrify him and fear it could push him further away.
So um, yeah, there's where I'm at. This little guy got no love at his old house and his people didn't care enough to stop the giant dog from terrorizing him, so the fact that he trusts me at all is amazing, I just need advice on what to do to make him feel safe, and at home.
