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Hello, I'm new here and hoping to get some assitance with how to love my semi-feral kitty, Gayla, well...
I adopted a cat from a rescue 5 months ago. I am in my 60's and this is the first time I've ever had a pet! Well, it turns out the cat I adopted is semi-feral, and she was not socialized by the rescue and it is very overwhelming. I had a mobile vet come see her last week because it seems impossible for me to get her into a carrier to go see a vet outside my home, since the cat will not let me pick her up or anything like that. I had to acclimate her into going in a particular room to eat for a week before the vet came so that I could get her in there and shut the door when it was time for the appointment day.
She has been VERY distrusting ever since. She is very skittish with me and bolts away from me if I get up from sitting or try to move in her presence. I worked so hard over the past 5 months, knowing nothing about cats and learning everything I could online and in books...and I feel like I've been set back to the beginning. I had gotten her to the point of coming when I held out my bent finger and being pet most anytime, but now that's not happening... I don't know what to do. I get it that's she's distrusting now, but I feel so co-dependent with this cat, LOL! What should I do at this point?
I adopted a cat from a rescue 5 months ago. I am in my 60's and this is the first time I've ever had a pet! Well, it turns out the cat I adopted is semi-feral, and she was not socialized by the rescue and it is very overwhelming. I had a mobile vet come see her last week because it seems impossible for me to get her into a carrier to go see a vet outside my home, since the cat will not let me pick her up or anything like that. I had to acclimate her into going in a particular room to eat for a week before the vet came so that I could get her in there and shut the door when it was time for the appointment day.
She has been VERY distrusting ever since. She is very skittish with me and bolts away from me if I get up from sitting or try to move in her presence. I worked so hard over the past 5 months, knowing nothing about cats and learning everything I could online and in books...and I feel like I've been set back to the beginning. I had gotten her to the point of coming when I held out my bent finger and being pet most anytime, but now that's not happening... I don't know what to do. I get it that's she's distrusting now, but I feel so co-dependent with this cat, LOL! What should I do at this point?