First of all, sorry if this gets long. I think the context will help.
So, about two weeks ago, we rescued a kitten from the garage roof across my apartment. We had reasons to believe that this kitten had been abandoned by his mother, since he was being pushed away and attacked whenever he seemed to follow her. He also couldn't jump for reasons we later found out was a malformation in his hind legs (doesnt hurt and doesnt trouble his walking/running, but we have reasons to believe he can't jump). This kitten was so malnourished, so traumatized and so scared that it took us a whole week to capture him. We then proceeded to find someone to adopt him due to the fact that we already have two cats (one of which just recovered from stress related problems). Turns out that even though he spent some days on a foster home, no one wanted to keep this cat because he would need to take meds and all the girls that fell in love with him suddenly couldnt cope with the responsibility it takes to raise a special, traumatized kitten. We took him to one of the best cat hospitals in the city and then me and my roomie decided to adopt him ourselves. He had an infection, worms and fleas.
It's been a week or so since he's been living with us, and we've been taking and giving him pills every morning and night. There's only 3 days left for his treatment to finally end. Of course he despises us because we grab him and push a pill down his throat two times a day. The other cats are honestly not caring about him at all, hardly ever taking a sniff under the door of my room to get his scent. Probably because we've put Feliway all around the house.
He has been acting a little less scared around me specially. When at first he would barely leave the house, sometimes he catches himself wandering around my room chasing the toy I've bought him. The other day I caught him sitting behind my chair while I was working, although these little moments often come to a hault when I make a slight movement or noise. He's just that terrified. This is getting a little better though.
Around like 2 days ago, my roomie started bravely attempting to pet him while he was chilling listening to some classical music (that shit works!). Once he even got so into it that he tilted his head like any other cat does to find that good spot, even if just for a few seconds. That got me really happy.
This is gonna sound stupid, but I'm terrified of getting scared by scarying him so I just tremble at the though of attempting to pet him. I did it once but it felt so weird even though he allowed it. There were other times where I would let my hands down so he would approach and when he finally did I was like shaking and retreated and he jumped out of pure fear. I felt the worst person ever!
However, even though he allowed us a couple days ago, now he absolutely refuses to let us pet him. It's making me sad, like we went all the way back. Will it get better after the treatment is over or what can I do to make him more at ease?
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