Hi,
Nice to be here with you all, i'd like to kick off with a question that some of you maybe come across and can offer some advice as i'm at my wits end.
We recently adopted a cat or more accurately a cat that had been hanging around day and night which never seemed to go home.
She was extremely timid to begin with and use to run away as soon as we went into the garden, whilst she appeared to be in relatively good condition (albeit it a tad thin) we decided to try and befriend her rather than let her continue be scared of us (we were fearful she had been mistreated due to how fretful she was).
Over a period of weeks she became accustomed to us (didn't run away) then slowly but surely she would allow us to pet her, it was several months before she made a surprise visit in our living room and again week by week started to spend more time with us.
She currently spends her day time hours either patrolling the garden of sleeping in a makeshift cat house (basically a crate on it's side with a waterproof covering and a blanket at the bottom) in the evenings she spends it with us and at night sleeps on our bed.
Whilst she has accepted us she will not tolerate strangers (she even panics when the doorbell rings!!) and definitely won't come in the house while we have visitors.
Sorry for going on so much but i want to give you a picture of how she came to use.
We will shortly be moving from London (essex border) to Norfolk and really don't know what to with regard to taking her or not, we have grown very fond of her but we are concerned she won't settle in Norfolk due to her skittish nature and may run away putting her in danger.
I'm sure we can't be the first to be in this position and would welcome any advice on what we should do that would be best for her, leaving her will be tough (it will feel like we are abandoning her) but if its considered to be for the best its what we will do.
Thank you in advance for any advice you may have.
Nina
Nice to be here with you all, i'd like to kick off with a question that some of you maybe come across and can offer some advice as i'm at my wits end.
We recently adopted a cat or more accurately a cat that had been hanging around day and night which never seemed to go home.
She was extremely timid to begin with and use to run away as soon as we went into the garden, whilst she appeared to be in relatively good condition (albeit it a tad thin) we decided to try and befriend her rather than let her continue be scared of us (we were fearful she had been mistreated due to how fretful she was).
Over a period of weeks she became accustomed to us (didn't run away) then slowly but surely she would allow us to pet her, it was several months before she made a surprise visit in our living room and again week by week started to spend more time with us.
She currently spends her day time hours either patrolling the garden of sleeping in a makeshift cat house (basically a crate on it's side with a waterproof covering and a blanket at the bottom) in the evenings she spends it with us and at night sleeps on our bed.
Whilst she has accepted us she will not tolerate strangers (she even panics when the doorbell rings!!) and definitely won't come in the house while we have visitors.
Sorry for going on so much but i want to give you a picture of how she came to use.
We will shortly be moving from London (essex border) to Norfolk and really don't know what to with regard to taking her or not, we have grown very fond of her but we are concerned she won't settle in Norfolk due to her skittish nature and may run away putting her in danger.
I'm sure we can't be the first to be in this position and would welcome any advice on what we should do that would be best for her, leaving her will be tough (it will feel like we are abandoning her) but if its considered to be for the best its what we will do.
Thank you in advance for any advice you may have.
Nina
Nina, welcome to TCS!
