Hi there,
So recently my family moved into basement (currently renting till our new house is built), and a stray male kitten estimated probably 7-12 months started showing up in our backyard. My parents bought cat food because it seemed malnourished, was very skinny. Over time the kitten and come adopted to us, especially me as I go pet him and feed him everyday.
The cat is super friendly, and non aggressive at all. Hes actually quite timid, and will run away if my parents walk too fast towards him. However he has adopted to us, and has formed an attachment to us. He even sleeps on our porch.
Hes visually pretty healthy, clean fur, no skin problems that we can visually see. Hes not neutered and has no collar. Almost 100% sure hes stray, but hes so friendly its hard to believe its a stray. We let him inside the house but hes scared to explore unless everyone else in the house is gone besides me and my sisters.
The main issue here is, we'd like to get him checked out, however he can be extremely timid, and seems accustomed to a small environment. We feel like if we try to cage him he we get scared and will start to panic. Hes used to us cause his scent is on us. But if hes near someone hes never met before, he panics and runs away.
Another issue is that when we move, we don't want him to come to our backyard porch and expect us to be there to feed him and take of him. Of course we'd like to take him with us, but like I mentioned above its hard cause of his nature. Also, we do not to remove him from an environment hes used to.
What do I do in this situation? Hes become attached, but is super timid of new things so, and will definitely panic if we try to cage and take him to vet. We are moving soon and we don't want to just leave him when hes already so attached to us.
**Also just to mention, we've never had pets as a Family, but my parents have had pet cats when they were kids back in Fiji.
Thanks for reading, any advice helps.
So recently my family moved into basement (currently renting till our new house is built), and a stray male kitten estimated probably 7-12 months started showing up in our backyard. My parents bought cat food because it seemed malnourished, was very skinny. Over time the kitten and come adopted to us, especially me as I go pet him and feed him everyday.
The cat is super friendly, and non aggressive at all. Hes actually quite timid, and will run away if my parents walk too fast towards him. However he has adopted to us, and has formed an attachment to us. He even sleeps on our porch.
Hes visually pretty healthy, clean fur, no skin problems that we can visually see. Hes not neutered and has no collar. Almost 100% sure hes stray, but hes so friendly its hard to believe its a stray. We let him inside the house but hes scared to explore unless everyone else in the house is gone besides me and my sisters.
The main issue here is, we'd like to get him checked out, however he can be extremely timid, and seems accustomed to a small environment. We feel like if we try to cage him he we get scared and will start to panic. Hes used to us cause his scent is on us. But if hes near someone hes never met before, he panics and runs away.
Another issue is that when we move, we don't want him to come to our backyard porch and expect us to be there to feed him and take of him. Of course we'd like to take him with us, but like I mentioned above its hard cause of his nature. Also, we do not to remove him from an environment hes used to.
What do I do in this situation? Hes become attached, but is super timid of new things so, and will definitely panic if we try to cage and take him to vet. We are moving soon and we don't want to just leave him when hes already so attached to us.
**Also just to mention, we've never had pets as a Family, but my parents have had pet cats when they were kids back in Fiji.
Thanks for reading, any advice helps.
