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Some updates about fireball:
things are going very slowly since he's been neutered and moved indoor.
He only eats once a day, in the evening/night after we put food and leave the room. During the night we can hear him jumping around so we know he inspects the room. A couple of times I entered to get something and found him hiding behind a computer screen in the corner on top of the desk.
When he was outside he would eat twice a day, but now, even if I provide new food in the morning and leave the room he doesn't eat it. (maybe once or twice he eat half of it). My guess is that he is afraid we come in the room during the day, while maybe in the hutch he felt more safe. I am a bit concerned about whether eating only once is too little. I give him a 3 oz can and he also have a large bowl or yummy dry food. He sometimes eat all of the wet food and looks like he also eats some dry food. He has fresh water all the time and he is using his litter box diligently. I have a very large storage plastic box with high walls as a litterbox.
He spends the most time hiding in a small corner tv/cabinet, where he can enter a small drawer from the back. I have been opening the drawer to expose him sometimes during the time we spend here. I also moved that small cabinet on the opposite side of the room, so he can see us while he is hiding there.
Sometimes if I leave the drawer open he goes hide in the closet on top of a furniture and he hides behind some hanging clothes storage bags.
Other times he simply hides behind the open drawer in the triangle of space between the corner-tv cabinet and the walls. At which point I usually remove the drawer so he can clearly seem me where i sit. (you can see this in the picture, the small drawer was removed and is sitting on the ground on the right. I usually put it back in, so he can go hide and rest in his favorite spot when I am gone)
Once a couple evening ago I noticed him rolled on his back, and belly-up sleeping in that triangle of space. It was very cute and filled me with joy to see him so relaxed and comfy.
We still cannot get him to eat from a long wooden/rubber spoon, even with gerber yummy turkey or chicken baby food. Once or twice he ate some of it, but only after we propped it there in front of him and moved back to out desk chairs. We have been trying to repeat the spoon offering every evening to create a routine.
Sometimes in the evening I leave the door open and my cats walk in. They look at each other, if my cats approach him I stop them, caress them and tell the to leave him alone, otherwise if they manage to get close, they simply hiss at each other. A couple of times fireball managed to sneak out of the room and went to hide under my bed in my bedroom. We used a broom to make him move back to his 'office' room.
Sometimes I feed my cats in the room in front of fireball, I caress them in front of him, I also make sure to offer him some of the same food by putting it on the rubber/wooden spoon and prop it close to his hiding spot. Is this good thinking?
We have been very busy so we had little time to routinely approach him but in the next month we should have more time.
things are going very slowly since he's been neutered and moved indoor.
He only eats once a day, in the evening/night after we put food and leave the room. During the night we can hear him jumping around so we know he inspects the room. A couple of times I entered to get something and found him hiding behind a computer screen in the corner on top of the desk.
When he was outside he would eat twice a day, but now, even if I provide new food in the morning and leave the room he doesn't eat it. (maybe once or twice he eat half of it). My guess is that he is afraid we come in the room during the day, while maybe in the hutch he felt more safe. I am a bit concerned about whether eating only once is too little. I give him a 3 oz can and he also have a large bowl or yummy dry food. He sometimes eat all of the wet food and looks like he also eats some dry food. He has fresh water all the time and he is using his litter box diligently. I have a very large storage plastic box with high walls as a litterbox.
He spends the most time hiding in a small corner tv/cabinet, where he can enter a small drawer from the back. I have been opening the drawer to expose him sometimes during the time we spend here. I also moved that small cabinet on the opposite side of the room, so he can see us while he is hiding there.
Sometimes if I leave the drawer open he goes hide in the closet on top of a furniture and he hides behind some hanging clothes storage bags.
Other times he simply hides behind the open drawer in the triangle of space between the corner-tv cabinet and the walls. At which point I usually remove the drawer so he can clearly seem me where i sit. (you can see this in the picture, the small drawer was removed and is sitting on the ground on the right. I usually put it back in, so he can go hide and rest in his favorite spot when I am gone)
Once a couple evening ago I noticed him rolled on his back, and belly-up sleeping in that triangle of space. It was very cute and filled me with joy to see him so relaxed and comfy.
We still cannot get him to eat from a long wooden/rubber spoon, even with gerber yummy turkey or chicken baby food. Once or twice he ate some of it, but only after we propped it there in front of him and moved back to out desk chairs. We have been trying to repeat the spoon offering every evening to create a routine.
Sometimes in the evening I leave the door open and my cats walk in. They look at each other, if my cats approach him I stop them, caress them and tell the to leave him alone, otherwise if they manage to get close, they simply hiss at each other. A couple of times fireball managed to sneak out of the room and went to hide under my bed in my bedroom. We used a broom to make him move back to his 'office' room.
Sometimes I feed my cats in the room in front of fireball, I caress them in front of him, I also make sure to offer him some of the same food by putting it on the rubber/wooden spoon and prop it close to his hiding spot. Is this good thinking?
We have been very busy so we had little time to routinely approach him but in the next month we should have more time.
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