We recently fostered a batch of Maine Coon kittens (3 were polydactyl, one wasn't). We adopted the grey kitten who was more shy than the others and does NOT like going out. She has always been skittish, which is why we named her Skit, but now she's just different.
Skit has 6 toes (polydactyl) but 7 nails. She has 2 nails fused together on each front paw. One of these nails was curling into her foot and it had to be removed. Now I took her to Petco once (showing the foster kittens) and she hid during that visit and then pooed in the carrier on the way home (I had to put the litter box on the back seat and let them loose in the car). She was just shook up by that experience. Since coming home from her surgery she has been licking her paw a lot, hiding in boxes and behind things, and doesn't like to be petted or messed with.
Before this kitten would sit in your lap and get very happy if you petted her. She still reacts well to getting treats, but that's about it. At that, she now gobbles them down and then runs off. She just looks at you when you pet her and pushes her head back away from you, and sometimes she'll bite.
I don't know what to do. I'm just worried she's angry with me and I don't know how to make it up to her. She wouldn't let me clip the nail, so I had no choice. I want my Skitty back
Skit has 6 toes (polydactyl) but 7 nails. She has 2 nails fused together on each front paw. One of these nails was curling into her foot and it had to be removed. Now I took her to Petco once (showing the foster kittens) and she hid during that visit and then pooed in the carrier on the way home (I had to put the litter box on the back seat and let them loose in the car). She was just shook up by that experience. Since coming home from her surgery she has been licking her paw a lot, hiding in boxes and behind things, and doesn't like to be petted or messed with.
Before this kitten would sit in your lap and get very happy if you petted her. She still reacts well to getting treats, but that's about it. At that, she now gobbles them down and then runs off. She just looks at you when you pet her and pushes her head back away from you, and sometimes she'll bite.
I don't know what to do. I'm just worried she's angry with me and I don't know how to make it up to her. She wouldn't let me clip the nail, so I had no choice. I want my Skitty back