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Hi... First time posting...
My partner and I recently adopted a beautiful Ginger girl, she is 2. I grew up with rescue cats, so I have some experience of rescue, but this is my first as an adult.
She has been hiding all the time which I expected (coming up to 3 weeks since we got her now). What I want to know is, is she making progress?
I have been bringing her a spoon with various tests and wet food when I visit her in her safe room. She usually eats the treats, less interested in the wet food (think she is a bit fussy, she seems to like tuna and ham, but I want to be careful giving her too much human food...)
She'll come out at night, play like crazy with her mice toys and then once we are up, she will go back to her hiding spot. Today she decided to go on top of the bookshelf instead of hide. So I gave her treats on the shelf and retreated to the other side of the room. She watched me and eventually ate the treats, then she started to move and jumped off the bookshelf onto the floor and ran into her hiding spot. Did I upset her and scare her into her spot or is this a sign she is feeling more confident around me because she is no longer frozen in place?
I have since given her a spoonful of treats and wet food in her hiding spot and she stayed there. I have noticed she isn't an overeater and when she is done with her treats she turns away from the spoon, I take it to mean she wants the smelly food gone from her spot, so I tend to move it when she turns away.
Sorry I know this is a long post, I just really want her go be happy and feel safe. I think she is happy at night, but I'm not sure how she feels during the day.
TIA
My partner and I recently adopted a beautiful Ginger girl, she is 2. I grew up with rescue cats, so I have some experience of rescue, but this is my first as an adult.
She has been hiding all the time which I expected (coming up to 3 weeks since we got her now). What I want to know is, is she making progress?
I have been bringing her a spoon with various tests and wet food when I visit her in her safe room. She usually eats the treats, less interested in the wet food (think she is a bit fussy, she seems to like tuna and ham, but I want to be careful giving her too much human food...)
She'll come out at night, play like crazy with her mice toys and then once we are up, she will go back to her hiding spot. Today she decided to go on top of the bookshelf instead of hide. So I gave her treats on the shelf and retreated to the other side of the room. She watched me and eventually ate the treats, then she started to move and jumped off the bookshelf onto the floor and ran into her hiding spot. Did I upset her and scare her into her spot or is this a sign she is feeling more confident around me because she is no longer frozen in place?
I have since given her a spoonful of treats and wet food in her hiding spot and she stayed there. I have noticed she isn't an overeater and when she is done with her treats she turns away from the spoon, I take it to mean she wants the smelly food gone from her spot, so I tend to move it when she turns away.
Sorry I know this is a long post, I just really want her go be happy and feel safe. I think she is happy at night, but I'm not sure how she feels during the day.
TIA