So, I recently adopted a cat from a shelter. let me specify that it is a one eyed cat, and I do not know the story behind it, but I would like to hope it was just a nasty infection or a fight with another animal that did that to her, and that knowledge or lack thereof may influence how she behaves and may be why she’s behaving this way, however, as the title states, I don’t think I even have a grasp of what I’ve gotten myself into, or any reasonable way to rectify what’s happened/is happening around my cat.
So three days ago, I woke up at 3am because I heard my cat, she was puking and pretty much projectile vomited on a bunch of my D&D stuff, and overall just woke us up. (Not stressed about it too much, they’re just books) I wanted to see how she was doing and when I got up and approached her, she bolted off for the first hiding spot she could (her little “dungeon” behind my books is her favorite spot.) and I wanted her out of there so I could check her tummy because I heard that vast and various changes could bloat a kitty up, so I went checking for bloating and other various things to indicate she may be having a large amount of indigestion, so I closed off the little safe area so I could check her,
she then got out of my light grasp and went for the couch, and in between the seats (very dangerous mechanical inner parts that the kid was sleeping on and got her out of there) and only when she went to the closed off “dungeon” and tried wedging herself into the walls and the table comprising her “dungeon” was when I was able to get a hold of her and inspect her, she was a little apprehensive and surprisingly didn’t get scratched. I didn’t find anything that would offset me like the expert* that I am, and leave her be, and go to work for the day. (I wake up at 3am anyways)
When I come home, she want nothing to do with ANYBODY, and has been this way for days now.
•she won’t accept treats from anybody •she hasn’t eaten in days •she hasn’t come out of any hiding spot for longer than it takes to get water, or go to the restroom •she doesn’t want to get brushed by me or anybody else anymore.
Overall, it was NEVER like this, she would eat, interact, and even come and lay by us, but now, 3 weeks plus of interaction and training, all almost for nothing, now I have to either build this “trust” back up, or do something about this cat.
I love her dearly, but I cannot fathom how one little instance of chase has RUINED all these weeks in interaction and training.
It is either she doesn’t trust me, or she has gotten sick somehow and I am not understanding, I don’t know what, or how I did anything wrong and I feel like I failed because it seems like she’s never going to trust me? Is this how all new cat owners feel? Should I have started off with a kitten? I don’t know, but it’s hitting me real hard that I don’t know what to do...
I don’t know, all I know is that it’s taking some sort of effect on me, I really can’t tolerate people and even social interaction right now because I’m a mix of both peeved and stressed that this is even happening. I’ve been getting really pissy around my co-workers and overall just don’t give a hoot about their lives or almost anybody because of the shit that’s happening in mine right now. can the cat pick up on that? Am I just dumb? I don’t know...
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