Hi
So this is my first post and I apologise for it being so long, I really just need some Advice or reassurance.
I found a little feral kitten living in a old car at my house a few months ago. She was completely wild and I couldnt just catch her. We fed her for about two month's and during this time we managed to get her a bit use to us and finally we trapped her and got her in our home. For a month she stayed in one of our bedrooms and we slowly introduced her to more of our home. She started getting more lovable; We could finally pet her and she would purr. So decided it was time to get her to the vet.
We got her to the vet and all went well, she got her shots and got sterilised. This happened last friday. (Naturally she got a bit wild and was scared of us but she calmed down in a day or two)
So since then we have slowly regained her trust and then we noticed she hasnt been feeling well the last two days or so.. shes been sleeping a lot and she hasn't eaten since yesterday afteroom
I called my vet and he told me to bring her in so I tried to get her but she got very wild very quickly. I struggled for over an hour trying to catch her and I think I just traumatised this poor little thing and I am feeling terrible about it. My vet told me rather to let her rest today and try again tomorrow if she hasn't gotten better on her own.
I honestly feel terrible that I scared her so much. Ive got two other cats, one of them being a stray but this kitten is my first feral. We believe shes about 5-6 months old and I am terrified that I have lost all her trust and that she may never come near me again and whats worse is that shes hiding under the bed now (has been for the last few hours) and now I wont be able to tell if she gets better or not.
I really just need some reassurance that this happens.. that emotionally she will be fine and grow out of it and that I can re establish a relationship with her.
So this is my first post and I apologise for it being so long, I really just need some Advice or reassurance.
I found a little feral kitten living in a old car at my house a few months ago. She was completely wild and I couldnt just catch her. We fed her for about two month's and during this time we managed to get her a bit use to us and finally we trapped her and got her in our home. For a month she stayed in one of our bedrooms and we slowly introduced her to more of our home. She started getting more lovable; We could finally pet her and she would purr. So decided it was time to get her to the vet.
We got her to the vet and all went well, she got her shots and got sterilised. This happened last friday. (Naturally she got a bit wild and was scared of us but she calmed down in a day or two)
So since then we have slowly regained her trust and then we noticed she hasnt been feeling well the last two days or so.. shes been sleeping a lot and she hasn't eaten since yesterday afteroom
I called my vet and he told me to bring her in so I tried to get her but she got very wild very quickly. I struggled for over an hour trying to catch her and I think I just traumatised this poor little thing and I am feeling terrible about it. My vet told me rather to let her rest today and try again tomorrow if she hasn't gotten better on her own.
I honestly feel terrible that I scared her so much. Ive got two other cats, one of them being a stray but this kitten is my first feral. We believe shes about 5-6 months old and I am terrified that I have lost all her trust and that she may never come near me again and whats worse is that shes hiding under the bed now (has been for the last few hours) and now I wont be able to tell if she gets better or not.
I really just need some reassurance that this happens.. that emotionally she will be fine and grow out of it and that I can re establish a relationship with her.