Re: Pets chit chat thread
Oh, I totally know it was due to fear. You could see it in the way he held himself. It's stopped now though. He's still unsure around us, but he wants to make friends and he's feeling us out. He comes and says hi and he even tried to sit with us last night (though he quickly decided he wasn't ready for that yet haha).
The upstairs room isn't an option. It's not a bedroom and there are no doors, just stairs. We basically have a one bedroom place with a lot of other rooms because most rooms open into one another. After I wrote that he went on his own to the bathroom, so I put him in there (it's one of the lowest traffic areas of the house...upstairs is my office, music, and sewing room so I am there allll day and a good chunk of the night too). I let him into the hall after that, which does close off from the living room. After a while he decided he wanted to come out, so I let him out.
He's doing so much better today. He has stopped trying to attack. Sometimes he still hisses and then we leave him alone, but I think he's decided that we are not threats. He's starting to be the affectionate, sweet kitty that we first met when we decided to adopt him. He's still settling in and getting used to us but I think the fear and stress is going away pretty quickly
Oh, I totally know it was due to fear. You could see it in the way he held himself. It's stopped now though. He's still unsure around us, but he wants to make friends and he's feeling us out. He comes and says hi and he even tried to sit with us last night (though he quickly decided he wasn't ready for that yet haha).
The upstairs room isn't an option. It's not a bedroom and there are no doors, just stairs. We basically have a one bedroom place with a lot of other rooms because most rooms open into one another. After I wrote that he went on his own to the bathroom, so I put him in there (it's one of the lowest traffic areas of the house...upstairs is my office, music, and sewing room so I am there allll day and a good chunk of the night too). I let him into the hall after that, which does close off from the living room. After a while he decided he wanted to come out, so I let him out.
He's doing so much better today. He has stopped trying to attack. Sometimes he still hisses and then we leave him alone, but I think he's decided that we are not threats. He's starting to be the affectionate, sweet kitty that we first met when we decided to adopt him. He's still settling in and getting used to us but I think the fear and stress is going away pretty quickly
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