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Hello cat livers,
On Dec 26th, we uprooted a fairly feral kitten of about 4-5 months from a friend’s backyard. Friend in question a cat lover who has 4 indoor cats and about 9 who live outdoors. She feeds them all and they all live happily close to her back door. Kitten in question (Charlie) is therefore used to human proximity but had never been stroked. Forward to today, we’ve managed to create a safe space for her and she’s now living on top of a wardrobe in our office. She’s feeding well, uses litter box BUT is frightened of everything. We can’t stroke her, she doesn’t play (even a feather type toy is scary). The only new thing is she’ll accept a treat from my fingers (whilst still on top of wardrobe and she has let me in room albeit skittishly while she was eating.
Questions: Will she ever come around?? Did we simply take her too old, too feral? Now feeling cruel for having taken her, she seemed happy where she was but I made eye contact with her that day and that was it!
sorry so long, hope someone has insight
On Dec 26th, we uprooted a fairly feral kitten of about 4-5 months from a friend’s backyard. Friend in question a cat lover who has 4 indoor cats and about 9 who live outdoors. She feeds them all and they all live happily close to her back door. Kitten in question (Charlie) is therefore used to human proximity but had never been stroked. Forward to today, we’ve managed to create a safe space for her and she’s now living on top of a wardrobe in our office. She’s feeding well, uses litter box BUT is frightened of everything. We can’t stroke her, she doesn’t play (even a feather type toy is scary). The only new thing is she’ll accept a treat from my fingers (whilst still on top of wardrobe and she has let me in room albeit skittishly while she was eating.
Questions: Will she ever come around?? Did we simply take her too old, too feral? Now feeling cruel for having taken her, she seemed happy where she was but I made eye contact with her that day and that was it!
sorry so long, hope someone has insight