Hello everyone, new here and not sure what I have taken on!

gingertom13

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Greetings cat lovers,

Just wanted to say hello as am new to the site.  I adopted a lovely long haired black cat (Victor) from a local shelter 5 weeks ago and he has a fair few health problems, bless him. He had been living rough as a stray and is bit battered looking with a crooked ear and cracked teeth. The shelter had got him checked out by a vet and they thought he was about 5, but he looks a lot older, maybe because of the life he's led. He has got chronic rhinitis (snuffly nose), and a heart murmur (mild) and he walks a bit stiff and doesn't want to jump much so I'm wondering whether he has got arthritis as well.

When I visited the shelter with my kids, they wanted to get a kitten, but I persuaded them that an older cat would be a more deserving case, now I'm wondering whether I need to get my head examined. The shelter said that his health issues and not serious, and he has had all his shots, etc, but he is so timid that at the moment he is spending most of his time sitting outside on the doorstep and won't come in until the kids are in bed. Once the house is quiet he has been coming in for a big dinner and to get strokes and his tummy rubbed, so am hoping he will come round in time and get a bit braver.

I am really glad to have found this site as I think will need all the advice I can get to help me with Victor, have really enjoyed reading all the cat info and stories so far.

Thank you

LAURA and VICTOR xxx
 

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Hi, welcome to TCS!  I think it's wonderful that you adopted Victor.  I suspect it's just taking him time to get used to being around children.  When my mom's "grandchildren" come to visit (they're not really her grandchildren, but they think of her that way, so everyone is happy), her cat heads for the hills.  The kids love animals and have never done anything to hurt Misty, she's just afraid of them.  She will come out after a while with very quiet adults.  I think if the grandchildren were there more often, she would eventually grow accustomed to them, though it might take quite some time.  Bless you all for adopting Victor.
 

mrblanche

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By the way, if you continue to let him outside, he will probably never be any sort of cuddler or player.  Just being outside and staying safe is a full-time, hard job for a cat.
 
 

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[COLOR=#"Blue"]Hola y bienvenido a TCS, ...Catulina :silver: & Milky :whitecat: te saludan!!!........:wavey:[/COLOR]
(Translate: Hi and Welcome to TCS, Catulina & Milky say hello to you!!!...;))

Please feel as you home here, we can learn so much and deep about out kittys in this marvelous site, I just only please ask you read the rules and other stuffs that can help you to feel as you Real home!..:) here you have the link my friend.
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82565

Please ask whatever you need to know, there are plenty of good members and of course our tireless Mod´s to help us here!....:hyper:

See you on the forums!, Glad you join us!:hyper:
 
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