Hello, to anyone who has clicked this post.
This post is about a kitty who I have temporarily named May.
She is a Calico-colored cat (breed unknowned), not extremely furry with a small body and a nice long tail, who seems quite young.
I found her yesterday in our backyard.
We just moved into this house 2 months ago and we believe she has been living in this house for a while now (it has been empty for about 4-5 years). She seems quite young, small in size. I'm no expert but I'd say she's around 6 months - 1 year. She has never given birth and doesn't seem sick/skinny/injured.
The problem is that - she is extremely scared and wary of us.
We gave her food yesterday and she came for it. Today she came back and has even came up to our door asking for food or just to look at us. I've made the mistake of staring into her eyes, (please note that it worked with the injured puppy I rescued last year, it made her trust me and I had no idea it would be the opposite for cats). I believe she was born in the wild. Feral cats here are either very sick and dying or are doing very well here. There are 3 strays at my school (they obviously had owners) and they came up to me with no worries.
This cat (May) does not trust us that much. It was raining heavily and instead of taking shelter in the area we prepared for her, she chosed to hide in the house opposite (the owners don't use their backyard), where she got hit by the rain.
We've been thinking of getting a cat, and I would like to take her in. However I understand its going to take time to gain her trust. She doesn't seem violent but you never know. She doesn't look dirty either and has come close to me when I reach my hand out, but backs away if we're too near. I've read up on some information and will try it out tomorrow again.
Any ideas on wha I could do to help her? Even if I don't take her in, we plan to adopt her out or send her off to a shelter.
Also, since she's female, we're afraid she might get pregnant. There aren't many cats here but it's a possibility that we want to avoid.
Thank you very much, please have a good day.
This post is about a kitty who I have temporarily named May.
She is a Calico-colored cat (breed unknowned), not extremely furry with a small body and a nice long tail, who seems quite young.
I found her yesterday in our backyard.
We just moved into this house 2 months ago and we believe she has been living in this house for a while now (it has been empty for about 4-5 years). She seems quite young, small in size. I'm no expert but I'd say she's around 6 months - 1 year. She has never given birth and doesn't seem sick/skinny/injured.
The problem is that - she is extremely scared and wary of us.
We gave her food yesterday and she came for it. Today she came back and has even came up to our door asking for food or just to look at us. I've made the mistake of staring into her eyes, (please note that it worked with the injured puppy I rescued last year, it made her trust me and I had no idea it would be the opposite for cats). I believe she was born in the wild. Feral cats here are either very sick and dying or are doing very well here. There are 3 strays at my school (they obviously had owners) and they came up to me with no worries.
This cat (May) does not trust us that much. It was raining heavily and instead of taking shelter in the area we prepared for her, she chosed to hide in the house opposite (the owners don't use their backyard), where she got hit by the rain.
We've been thinking of getting a cat, and I would like to take her in. However I understand its going to take time to gain her trust. She doesn't seem violent but you never know. She doesn't look dirty either and has come close to me when I reach my hand out, but backs away if we're too near. I've read up on some information and will try it out tomorrow again.
Any ideas on wha I could do to help her? Even if I don't take her in, we plan to adopt her out or send her off to a shelter.
Also, since she's female, we're afraid she might get pregnant. There aren't many cats here but it's a possibility that we want to avoid.
Thank you very much, please have a good day.
