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Firstly, this is the first time raising my own cat. Here is the backgroud and the situation:
My uncle found Luna at their old apartment under the floor of his daughters closet as a kitten. So they think she was feral and abandoned. They decided to keep her. This was about 2 years ago. The few times i stayed over and slept on the couch, she would never stop messing with stuff around the house and meowing. She did also grow up with a now 7 year old girl that is hyperactive and would constantly be loud and chasing her. Everytime I would come over, Luna would be hiding somewhere and wouldn't come out. Or slinking around the house.
Now, I decided to take her because my uncle and his family are moving to a place that cannot have another cat. We paid to have her spayed and rabies, thinking also that getting her fixed would help her calm down. It has now been 3 nights my husband and I have had her. I know that is a short amount of time, but both of my hands are now completely scratched up and she's made me bleed a few times. Just by softly petting her head. She has to stay in our room for now because we have roommates and they have two sibling cats. We dont want to over stimulate her going to a new house, then exposing her immediatly to new people and new cats. The other cats have never seen another cat either. And she is underweight so the vet said to keep food out at all times for her. That would be an issue for the other cats.
She started out very shy, staying in her new cat tree hidey hole. Didnt really eat much unless i prompted her to. I even put the towel that had the smell of her old home in the tree too. She's started to come out a bit more the last few days. However, now she comes out at night at tries to get in the window and causes all sorts of trouble along with obnoxiously loud meowing. So i moved the cat tree hoping to prevent the trouble she was causing on the blinds. She is also very mean and aggressive to the point that i try to comfort her like I normally do during the day and to get her to stop meowing. She is otherwise very sweet and loves to cuddle. But too much and she'll try to rip your hand off.
What can i do to help her and let me and my husband sleep at night until we can let her out of the bedroom?? The last thing I want to do is completely give her up....that would break my heart...
My uncle found Luna at their old apartment under the floor of his daughters closet as a kitten. So they think she was feral and abandoned. They decided to keep her. This was about 2 years ago. The few times i stayed over and slept on the couch, she would never stop messing with stuff around the house and meowing. She did also grow up with a now 7 year old girl that is hyperactive and would constantly be loud and chasing her. Everytime I would come over, Luna would be hiding somewhere and wouldn't come out. Or slinking around the house.
Now, I decided to take her because my uncle and his family are moving to a place that cannot have another cat. We paid to have her spayed and rabies, thinking also that getting her fixed would help her calm down. It has now been 3 nights my husband and I have had her. I know that is a short amount of time, but both of my hands are now completely scratched up and she's made me bleed a few times. Just by softly petting her head. She has to stay in our room for now because we have roommates and they have two sibling cats. We dont want to over stimulate her going to a new house, then exposing her immediatly to new people and new cats. The other cats have never seen another cat either. And she is underweight so the vet said to keep food out at all times for her. That would be an issue for the other cats.
She started out very shy, staying in her new cat tree hidey hole. Didnt really eat much unless i prompted her to. I even put the towel that had the smell of her old home in the tree too. She's started to come out a bit more the last few days. However, now she comes out at night at tries to get in the window and causes all sorts of trouble along with obnoxiously loud meowing. So i moved the cat tree hoping to prevent the trouble she was causing on the blinds. She is also very mean and aggressive to the point that i try to comfort her like I normally do during the day and to get her to stop meowing. She is otherwise very sweet and loves to cuddle. But too much and she'll try to rip your hand off.
What can i do to help her and let me and my husband sleep at night until we can let her out of the bedroom?? The last thing I want to do is completely give her up....that would break my heart...
And thank you for bringing Luna home with you. 
