I’ve had my first ever cat for about a year now, she was a former feral in very rough shape and she’s made lots of progress in the last year, but unfortunately not in the way that was most important.
She still will not let me handle her in any way and will sprint away from me if she even thinks I’m going to try and do anything other than pet her, as such, her claws are very out of control (I legit can’t even do it while she’s sleeping, she wakes up every time). Her teeth are getting very bad but she will not even let me near her to brush them, I’m occasionally successful getting an oral gel on her gums, but at this rate she’s going to lose all her teeth by the age of 4-5. (I’m willing to pay for surgery, but now that I lost my job due to COVID, it’s money I definitely do not have)
I’m constantly scared of her getting out as she refuses to wear a collar and will freak out until I get it off her
She still violently defecates if I have to restrain her to, for example, get in her carrier for even the smallest trips.
I just feel unequipped for dealing with this as I’m nowhere near as experienced with cats as someone who should own her and the last thing I want is her to end up horribly sick because I’m too dumb to figure out how to be “firm but gentle” like all the internet guides say.
Add on top of that me feeling like I’m never playing with her enough, or brushing her enough, or making sure she’s eating the best food, and it’s really just making me feel her life would be much better off with someone else that could give her the type of environment she needs.
idk man it’s 4am and I should really just try and sleep
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from Pets https://www.reddit.com/r/Pets/comments/hst5eb/feel_like_im_failing_my_cat/
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