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Honestly, I have all the time & patience in the world for her! She can hide out as long as she wants to but I'm afraid it'd be cruel & selfish to keep her in this state. I just hope she is happy with a warm safe place to sleep and food available 24/7. At times, her expression looks really sad or pissed off. My SO remarked last night that she has crazy eyes, she just stares at us with her head tilted down a bit, like she wants to kill us in our sleep
Last night we opened the door to her crate, allowing her to roam the room. We placed a small cat bed in the room and an extra litter box on the opposite side of the room. I'm happy to report that this morning I discovered she had used the second litter box! I'm relieved to know she's comfortable moving around and exploring. For the most part though, she is still hiding in her carrier and does not accept food from us. Not even delicious smelling tuna...I will leave it for her in the evening and check on her 4-5 hours later before I go to bed and she still will not have touched it. By morning it is all gone though! She also has a bowl of dry kibble to munch on. Should we stop leaving food out in order to have her better associate us with food? I feel like if I do timed-feedings of wet food, she will just never eat it and only eat dry food...but I guess it may be about time to start trying?
Last night we opened the door to her crate, allowing her to roam the room. We placed a small cat bed in the room and an extra litter box on the opposite side of the room. I'm happy to report that this morning I discovered she had used the second litter box! I'm relieved to know she's comfortable moving around and exploring. For the most part though, she is still hiding in her carrier and does not accept food from us. Not even delicious smelling tuna...I will leave it for her in the evening and check on her 4-5 hours later before I go to bed and she still will not have touched it. By morning it is all gone though! She also has a bowl of dry kibble to munch on. Should we stop leaving food out in order to have her better associate us with food? I feel like if I do timed-feedings of wet food, she will just never eat it and only eat dry food...but I guess it may be about time to start trying?