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Hello, all!
For the past seven weeks, I've been looking for my little baby Loki. (You might have seen my thread in Cats S.O.S.) We unfortunately have not been able to find him (yet), but we did manage to trap a stray cat about two miles from our house. The vets told us that she was unspayed and un-microchipped, so we're not sure if she's someone's cat or just a stray kitty. Just in case she does have a family, we've put up found cat flyers around where we found her and also posted about it on social media. If no one reaches out to us, however, we will be keeping her. We've decided to name her Clipper after the road we found her on, haha!
Anyway, all of that aside, Clipper has been in my room for about four days, mainly restricting herself to one corner of my room (with windows). She responds positively to pets and kindness, but she always shrinks up when we first enter the room. She has changed hiding spots in my room several times -- my closet, as well as both ends of my bed -- and she's even dared to step foot outside of my room three or four times, always only for about twenty seconds at a time...but she always returns to my windowsill. At night, she paws and scratches at the window, asking to be set free. She has never hissed or scratched us (or our other cat, Uno), only meowed.
I'm definitely not an expert on cat behavior, but this is probably normal for a kitty in a completely unfamiliar environment with strange -- and scary! -- people. I certainly don't want to rush her progress! I was just wondering if there was anything I could do to make her less scared of us or to make this process a little more smooth for her. We're also hoping to keep her completely indoors, although that was probably obvious!!
Thank you all in advance!!
For the past seven weeks, I've been looking for my little baby Loki. (You might have seen my thread in Cats S.O.S.) We unfortunately have not been able to find him (yet), but we did manage to trap a stray cat about two miles from our house. The vets told us that she was unspayed and un-microchipped, so we're not sure if she's someone's cat or just a stray kitty. Just in case she does have a family, we've put up found cat flyers around where we found her and also posted about it on social media. If no one reaches out to us, however, we will be keeping her. We've decided to name her Clipper after the road we found her on, haha!
Anyway, all of that aside, Clipper has been in my room for about four days, mainly restricting herself to one corner of my room (with windows). She responds positively to pets and kindness, but she always shrinks up when we first enter the room. She has changed hiding spots in my room several times -- my closet, as well as both ends of my bed -- and she's even dared to step foot outside of my room three or four times, always only for about twenty seconds at a time...but she always returns to my windowsill. At night, she paws and scratches at the window, asking to be set free. She has never hissed or scratched us (or our other cat, Uno), only meowed.
I'm definitely not an expert on cat behavior, but this is probably normal for a kitty in a completely unfamiliar environment with strange -- and scary! -- people. I certainly don't want to rush her progress! I was just wondering if there was anything I could do to make her less scared of us or to make this process a little more smooth for her. We're also hoping to keep her completely indoors, although that was probably obvious!!
Thank you all in advance!!
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