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I have a few questions. So, please bear with me.
While at a cemetery, we heard a cat meowing at us. When we saw her and spoke to her, she immediately jumped up and came to us. She wanted to be pet and held. So, we decided to take her home with us. She’s very young - maybe a year old.
We took her to the vet a few days later. To our surprise, the vet said she “can feel little balls in her stomach - which usually means she’s pregnant”. The fecal test also showed worms. So, we gave her a deworming regimen - which was completed last week. She’ll be retested in another a week.
We’ve had her for about 2.5 weeks at this point. She’s been sequestered to a room in our basement the entire time because of the worms. (We have a young dog and a senior cat.) We visit her a few times a day to pet and feed.
She’s an incredibly sweet cat. One problem is that when we stop petting her, we have to pull our hands away quickly. She will try to keep us letting by trying grab our hands with her mouth or claws. It makes all of scared to pet her. We usually let out a yell when she gets us. How do we stop her from doing this?
We hope to integrate her into our family at some point. But when she saw the dog through a gate yesterday, she hissed, arched, and scratched at the dog. She met the dog on the day we brought her home too. She did similar, but then was fine in the car ride home. Is there any hope to integrating her after she’s cleared of worms? Or are we looking at a help through kitten rearing and then rehome situation?
Does she look pregnant? She eats like a horse. We have her on kitten food. I think her stomach is bigger, but only a little. With the grabbing at our hands, I don’t dare touch her belly to check for movement.
The standing picture is the first night we brought her home. The laying picture are from today.
While at a cemetery, we heard a cat meowing at us. When we saw her and spoke to her, she immediately jumped up and came to us. She wanted to be pet and held. So, we decided to take her home with us. She’s very young - maybe a year old.
We took her to the vet a few days later. To our surprise, the vet said she “can feel little balls in her stomach - which usually means she’s pregnant”. The fecal test also showed worms. So, we gave her a deworming regimen - which was completed last week. She’ll be retested in another a week.
We’ve had her for about 2.5 weeks at this point. She’s been sequestered to a room in our basement the entire time because of the worms. (We have a young dog and a senior cat.) We visit her a few times a day to pet and feed.
She’s an incredibly sweet cat. One problem is that when we stop petting her, we have to pull our hands away quickly. She will try to keep us letting by trying grab our hands with her mouth or claws. It makes all of scared to pet her. We usually let out a yell when she gets us. How do we stop her from doing this?
We hope to integrate her into our family at some point. But when she saw the dog through a gate yesterday, she hissed, arched, and scratched at the dog. She met the dog on the day we brought her home too. She did similar, but then was fine in the car ride home. Is there any hope to integrating her after she’s cleared of worms? Or are we looking at a help through kitten rearing and then rehome situation?
Does she look pregnant? She eats like a horse. We have her on kitten food. I think her stomach is bigger, but only a little. With the grabbing at our hands, I don’t dare touch her belly to check for movement.
The standing picture is the first night we brought her home. The laying picture are from today.
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