Hello,
I adopted a three months old Abyssinian kitten last month. I was very happy that she is very intelligent, friendly, socialized and brave. I tried to introduce water to her paws and give her treats to gradually teach her bathing (according to many websites that recommend how to bath a kitten). But after one week I noticed that kitten still badly fears of water and I depressed when I saw she does not trust my hand anymore when I want to put her on unknown surfaces (for example on vet's electronic balance). After one week I gave up that training, coz she had the spaying surgery. Now I want to fix this problem but I am not sure how.
Another problem that I am facing to is after spaying surgery I concerned she afraid to go out of home's door and fears of people and their voice, what she loved to do already. I have an 11 month old Persian cat who fears of people too. May she learn this kind of fear from my Persian? They do play "Chase me" game several times per days but always after around 10-20 minutes Abyssinian kitten withdraws of the game cuz Persian converts the game to wrestling.
I will appreciate for your professional comments.
I adopted a three months old Abyssinian kitten last month. I was very happy that she is very intelligent, friendly, socialized and brave. I tried to introduce water to her paws and give her treats to gradually teach her bathing (according to many websites that recommend how to bath a kitten). But after one week I noticed that kitten still badly fears of water and I depressed when I saw she does not trust my hand anymore when I want to put her on unknown surfaces (for example on vet's electronic balance). After one week I gave up that training, coz she had the spaying surgery. Now I want to fix this problem but I am not sure how.
Another problem that I am facing to is after spaying surgery I concerned she afraid to go out of home's door and fears of people and their voice, what she loved to do already. I have an 11 month old Persian cat who fears of people too. May she learn this kind of fear from my Persian? They do play "Chase me" game several times per days but always after around 10-20 minutes Abyssinian kitten withdraws of the game cuz Persian converts the game to wrestling.
I will appreciate for your professional comments.