Our Copper cat was hit by a car and died several weeks ago (he was with us since September 2015) 20150910_204902.jpg
Few days after the death of Cooper a new kitty showed up on our porch. We feed a feral kitty every day since 2015, but this was a different kitty that we have never seen before. The new kitty showed up few more times and disappeared for a few days. Then one very cold night i saw her again (its a girl kitty). She came to search for food and while she was eating i had noticed she was shaking very badly. She had no weight in her but bones and skin, so i put her in our garage and long story short we decided to keep her. It has been over a week now since she has been in our garage. We took her to the vet, she has no parasites, no leukemia, and no kitty AIDS. She does have some issues with her kidneys (some enzyme level is off). When we got her she was drinking excessive amounts of water and peeing a lot. In fact, she even peed in the kennel on the way from the vet. The vet gave her an antibiotic shot that will last 2 weeks and asked us to bring her back in 30 days for more tests. That was this past Saturday but I had already noticed she is drinking a lot less and peeing less. So hopefully it is just an infection and not kidney failure (the vet said she seems too young to have a kidney failure, but you never know).
We have another cat at home and if at first they were separated to make sure our cat doesnt potentially get anything form this new kitty, now we would like to integrate the new kitty into the home. But she has gotten so used to the garage and she knows our other cat is in the house (he is a neutered male) and they hiss and growl at each other when they see each other...well she seems to want to stay in the garage. She gets nervous in the house. She will walk around and lay around if we remove our other cat, but she will run right back to the garage as soon as the door opens.
How can we hep her not be scared? We have a kitty door there, but we have been keeping it closed because for one she doesnt understand how to use it, for two we dont want the cats fighting in the garage...I think it has been plenty of time for them to get used to each other's smell (the litter boxes have been in the garage long before hte new kitty got there, so there is a lot of smell of our other cat there and he has smelled our hands after we pet the girl kitty and he had smelled the kennel and he knows she is in the garage and has seen here there and sniffed around). Should I get over my fear of them fighting and just let them hiss and growl at each other until they get used to each other? How can I help them get used to each other and how can I help her not be scared of being inside the house?
Also although she is short hair kitty, her fur is very dense and she has pretty bad hair balls that she wont let us brush (many of them seem like only scissors will do). They are pretty bad. Our vet doesn't groom. I am also pretty sure she will need to be sedated to groom because she hates it and wants to get out badly even though we try very hard not to hurt her. Where can I get it done? She is a tiny thing. Only weights 5 pounds (and that is after eating for a week in our garage). Also is there any way to find out if she was spayed before? I dont know if it is easy to do with girl kitties. I have a feeling she used to be someone's kitty because she is not at all scared of people and likes to purr and be affectionate.
Any advise is appreciated!
Few days after the death of Cooper a new kitty showed up on our porch. We feed a feral kitty every day since 2015, but this was a different kitty that we have never seen before. The new kitty showed up few more times and disappeared for a few days. Then one very cold night i saw her again (its a girl kitty). She came to search for food and while she was eating i had noticed she was shaking very badly. She had no weight in her but bones and skin, so i put her in our garage and long story short we decided to keep her. It has been over a week now since she has been in our garage. We took her to the vet, she has no parasites, no leukemia, and no kitty AIDS. She does have some issues with her kidneys (some enzyme level is off). When we got her she was drinking excessive amounts of water and peeing a lot. In fact, she even peed in the kennel on the way from the vet. The vet gave her an antibiotic shot that will last 2 weeks and asked us to bring her back in 30 days for more tests. That was this past Saturday but I had already noticed she is drinking a lot less and peeing less. So hopefully it is just an infection and not kidney failure (the vet said she seems too young to have a kidney failure, but you never know).
We have another cat at home and if at first they were separated to make sure our cat doesnt potentially get anything form this new kitty, now we would like to integrate the new kitty into the home. But she has gotten so used to the garage and she knows our other cat is in the house (he is a neutered male) and they hiss and growl at each other when they see each other...well she seems to want to stay in the garage. She gets nervous in the house. She will walk around and lay around if we remove our other cat, but she will run right back to the garage as soon as the door opens.
How can we hep her not be scared? We have a kitty door there, but we have been keeping it closed because for one she doesnt understand how to use it, for two we dont want the cats fighting in the garage...I think it has been plenty of time for them to get used to each other's smell (the litter boxes have been in the garage long before hte new kitty got there, so there is a lot of smell of our other cat there and he has smelled our hands after we pet the girl kitty and he had smelled the kennel and he knows she is in the garage and has seen here there and sniffed around). Should I get over my fear of them fighting and just let them hiss and growl at each other until they get used to each other? How can I help them get used to each other and how can I help her not be scared of being inside the house?
Also although she is short hair kitty, her fur is very dense and she has pretty bad hair balls that she wont let us brush (many of them seem like only scissors will do). They are pretty bad. Our vet doesn't groom. I am also pretty sure she will need to be sedated to groom because she hates it and wants to get out badly even though we try very hard not to hurt her. Where can I get it done? She is a tiny thing. Only weights 5 pounds (and that is after eating for a week in our garage). Also is there any way to find out if she was spayed before? I dont know if it is easy to do with girl kitties. I have a feeling she used to be someone's kitty because she is not at all scared of people and likes to purr and be affectionate.
Any advise is appreciated!
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