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I recently posted about trying to catch a stray kitten . . . so we finally caught him using a Havaheart Trap, but here is the situation...
Caught him last night. We had actually given up since the previous nights the food would be gone, the trap would have been set off, but he kept getting away. Needless to say, we weren't expecting to catch him, stopped checking it as much as we had been previously, so he was trapped in it for a bit before we realized it. Anyway, brought it into our bedroom. He was totally freaked out and wouldn't back out of the trap. Held on as we tried to tilt the end so he would come out. Finally came out. Ran to corner of room. Would hiss, so we left him there and put food and water near him. Also showed him litter box, but I don't think he still realizes what it is. I'll get back to tat issue soon. Anyway, so we went to bed, only to be woken up around 3am with him on the other side of the bed meowing. I tried to get him to him, but he was scared and tried to run up shelving unit, but a basket full of stuff fell out on him. Then he ran across the room and climbed up the armoire, were he laid on top. He was hissing at us, so we just talked calmly with him, and let him stay there and went back to bed. So this morning, he was still there. He meows at us, and hissed when you would try to get close. He finally let me start petting his body, and finally I was able to pick him up. He hissed, but stopped. I laid him on my lap and he was scared at first, and then calmed down and laid with me. But its weird, he says right where I put him and doesn’t' want to move. He ran behind the toilet at one point, where I let him lay for a while, but then I went to get him, he hissed a lot, but I got him out and put him in my lap again. But again, he is like scared to move. He laid there without me having to hold him there, and then I got him to move a bit away from me and he didn't run away. He has been laying on the bed since, sleeping a little, hisses at my husband and 17 year old, but only when they get close. But as soon as they walk in the room, his head goes up like he thinks he is in danger. (I did put him in the litter box once, and I walked away, he didn't move, just kind of stood there frozen, so I walked back towards him, and he jumped out and ran under the toilet again.) We did get him one of those round kitty condos, but he peed in that??
Okay, so my questions are as follows...I am not used to cats hissing. I realized he is very scared, and he has allowed me to do a lot with him and is not hissing at me all the time, but still hisses once I a while. He does his at the rest of the family cause he hasn't really had contact with them yet, but will he really ever become socialized if he is hissing this much?? I have 3 other cats, and I am just wondering if h will ever get comfortable. cause all he wants to do is hide in a corner or sit and not move from where I put him?? Granted it has been less than 24 hours, so maybe I am rushing it, but I would feel a lot better if someone could tell me that there is a chance he will can be integrated into the family and be an affectionate, not hateful, cat?????
I have an appointment set for tomorrow a the vet to check for feline leukemia, etc, and to see if it is a girl or a boy, but I would really like some input here. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!!!!
Thanks ~~ Shari
Caught him last night. We had actually given up since the previous nights the food would be gone, the trap would have been set off, but he kept getting away. Needless to say, we weren't expecting to catch him, stopped checking it as much as we had been previously, so he was trapped in it for a bit before we realized it. Anyway, brought it into our bedroom. He was totally freaked out and wouldn't back out of the trap. Held on as we tried to tilt the end so he would come out. Finally came out. Ran to corner of room. Would hiss, so we left him there and put food and water near him. Also showed him litter box, but I don't think he still realizes what it is. I'll get back to tat issue soon. Anyway, so we went to bed, only to be woken up around 3am with him on the other side of the bed meowing. I tried to get him to him, but he was scared and tried to run up shelving unit, but a basket full of stuff fell out on him. Then he ran across the room and climbed up the armoire, were he laid on top. He was hissing at us, so we just talked calmly with him, and let him stay there and went back to bed. So this morning, he was still there. He meows at us, and hissed when you would try to get close. He finally let me start petting his body, and finally I was able to pick him up. He hissed, but stopped. I laid him on my lap and he was scared at first, and then calmed down and laid with me. But its weird, he says right where I put him and doesn’t' want to move. He ran behind the toilet at one point, where I let him lay for a while, but then I went to get him, he hissed a lot, but I got him out and put him in my lap again. But again, he is like scared to move. He laid there without me having to hold him there, and then I got him to move a bit away from me and he didn't run away. He has been laying on the bed since, sleeping a little, hisses at my husband and 17 year old, but only when they get close. But as soon as they walk in the room, his head goes up like he thinks he is in danger. (I did put him in the litter box once, and I walked away, he didn't move, just kind of stood there frozen, so I walked back towards him, and he jumped out and ran under the toilet again.) We did get him one of those round kitty condos, but he peed in that??
Okay, so my questions are as follows...I am not used to cats hissing. I realized he is very scared, and he has allowed me to do a lot with him and is not hissing at me all the time, but still hisses once I a while. He does his at the rest of the family cause he hasn't really had contact with them yet, but will he really ever become socialized if he is hissing this much?? I have 3 other cats, and I am just wondering if h will ever get comfortable. cause all he wants to do is hide in a corner or sit and not move from where I put him?? Granted it has been less than 24 hours, so maybe I am rushing it, but I would feel a lot better if someone could tell me that there is a chance he will can be integrated into the family and be an affectionate, not hateful, cat?????
I have an appointment set for tomorrow a the vet to check for feline leukemia, etc, and to see if it is a girl or a boy, but I would really like some input here. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!!!!
Thanks ~~ Shari