My wife and I have a 12+ year old male -BC who was neutered and released back to a colony on a farm back in 2004. The foreman at the farm was supposedly abusing the cats, so a friend re-trapped him last fall and we agreed to see if we could socialize him.
We have a old Chihuahua who likes cats, A 14 year old orange tabby female - Sandy , a 3 year old male gray tabby - Bailey, a 10 year old female tuxedo -Sister, and a 5 year old male tuxedo -Smudge, all neutered.
He had the run of the bathroom for 4 months, and stayed mainly in a padded cube, where he would let us pet him and give him medications, but never trusted us. Three months ago, we started leaving the door open, and he has made friends with our tabbies , but does not like either of our tuxedos. All went well for over a month, he was sleeping on my bed and would take treats out of my hand, but still pretty fearful, staying under the bed much of the day. A month or so ago, he pooped on the bed, and it seems to have been a one time occurrence . Unfortunately he's peed on the bed 4 or 5 times on the last 3 weeks and we are at a loss as what to do next. Any suggestions to keep him using the litter box all of the time? We have considered letting him go back to living outside, but we have lost a number of pets to the road over the years.
We are wondering if a natural stress reliever like L-Theanine (recommended by Jackson Galaxy) would help him to become less fearful.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Donno
We have a old Chihuahua who likes cats, A 14 year old orange tabby female - Sandy , a 3 year old male gray tabby - Bailey, a 10 year old female tuxedo -Sister, and a 5 year old male tuxedo -Smudge, all neutered.
He had the run of the bathroom for 4 months, and stayed mainly in a padded cube, where he would let us pet him and give him medications, but never trusted us. Three months ago, we started leaving the door open, and he has made friends with our tabbies , but does not like either of our tuxedos. All went well for over a month, he was sleeping on my bed and would take treats out of my hand, but still pretty fearful, staying under the bed much of the day. A month or so ago, he pooped on the bed, and it seems to have been a one time occurrence . Unfortunately he's peed on the bed 4 or 5 times on the last 3 weeks and we are at a loss as what to do next. Any suggestions to keep him using the litter box all of the time? We have considered letting him go back to living outside, but we have lost a number of pets to the road over the years.
We are wondering if a natural stress reliever like L-Theanine (recommended by Jackson Galaxy) would help him to become less fearful.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Donno
