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Some background - We have 2 beautiful cats - Lucy and Garrus. Lucy is a 1 year old female Lynx-Point Siamese that we adopted from the Humane Society in April. She is very high energy and playful, and we love her so much. We decided we wanted another cat and just 2 Sundays ago (8/14) we adopted Garrus, a 3 year old male black and white tuxedo cat with a bobbed tail. He is a big boy but very, very sweet and Lucy and him get along quite well which I am very happy about, even though she does chase him around sometimes, but all in all, they seem to do very well with each other, which I was worried about because Lucy does have a very strong personality.
Anyways, the point: When I took Garrus home, I knew immediately he was afraid of boxes as he managed to break out and claw away at the one the Humane Society gave me to take him home in. We ended up carrying him in the house. No problem. He hid for about a day or so but started coming out, trusting us, getting along with Lucy and is very sweet, mellow and calm.
Fast-forward to this past Tuesday, we take Garrus to the vet to use the $250 that the Humane Society gives for the first vet check-up. Garrus is totally freaked about going back into the carrier (which I warned my fiancé about, but he didn't know how bad it was). We ended up having to carry him into the vet after 3 unsuccessful attempts to get him into the carrier which resulted in a very frightened cat.
The vet examined him, said he looked well, except for a slight ear issue and respiratory infection for which we are now administering meds. However, the vet worried me - he asked if Garrus was OK at home behavior-wise, I told him yes - he did tell me Garrus had been returned twice to the humane society twice. Once from a family he was with for 2 years (couldn't believe it) and then a second time from a lady who adopted him but returned him after a week because her daughter had allergies (that time we knew about). I told the vet I was really worried because he seemed so upset and he was like "well no wonder he won't get into the carrier, he's been returned twice."
I left with feelings of upset, I can't imagine returning a cat after having him in your home for 2 years since he was a tiny kitten, what are people thinking?
Since Garrus has been home (2 days now) he is still really freaked out and I'm very worried he thinks we were trying to return him. I absolutely have no intentions of doing so - we love him already and I have always understood that once you take in an animal, it is for life, not just dumping them away like a piece of garbage.
We are also moving in about a week and half....so this presents another problem. I'm worried he is once again going to be upset and think we are trying to take him back, YET AGAIN, when we have to move into our new apartment.
I'm sorry this is so long. I love this new cat so much and I just wanted any advice that anyone could offer. I don't want him to think we would ever try to get rid of him. Any tips, advice, help at all for now to calm him down and then when we do eventually move?
Thank you so much!
I have also attached some photos of Garrus and Lucy :-)
Some background - We have 2 beautiful cats - Lucy and Garrus. Lucy is a 1 year old female Lynx-Point Siamese that we adopted from the Humane Society in April. She is very high energy and playful, and we love her so much. We decided we wanted another cat and just 2 Sundays ago (8/14) we adopted Garrus, a 3 year old male black and white tuxedo cat with a bobbed tail. He is a big boy but very, very sweet and Lucy and him get along quite well which I am very happy about, even though she does chase him around sometimes, but all in all, they seem to do very well with each other, which I was worried about because Lucy does have a very strong personality.
Anyways, the point: When I took Garrus home, I knew immediately he was afraid of boxes as he managed to break out and claw away at the one the Humane Society gave me to take him home in. We ended up carrying him in the house. No problem. He hid for about a day or so but started coming out, trusting us, getting along with Lucy and is very sweet, mellow and calm.
Fast-forward to this past Tuesday, we take Garrus to the vet to use the $250 that the Humane Society gives for the first vet check-up. Garrus is totally freaked about going back into the carrier (which I warned my fiancé about, but he didn't know how bad it was). We ended up having to carry him into the vet after 3 unsuccessful attempts to get him into the carrier which resulted in a very frightened cat.
The vet examined him, said he looked well, except for a slight ear issue and respiratory infection for which we are now administering meds. However, the vet worried me - he asked if Garrus was OK at home behavior-wise, I told him yes - he did tell me Garrus had been returned twice to the humane society twice. Once from a family he was with for 2 years (couldn't believe it) and then a second time from a lady who adopted him but returned him after a week because her daughter had allergies (that time we knew about). I told the vet I was really worried because he seemed so upset and he was like "well no wonder he won't get into the carrier, he's been returned twice."
I left with feelings of upset, I can't imagine returning a cat after having him in your home for 2 years since he was a tiny kitten, what are people thinking?
Since Garrus has been home (2 days now) he is still really freaked out and I'm very worried he thinks we were trying to return him. I absolutely have no intentions of doing so - we love him already and I have always understood that once you take in an animal, it is for life, not just dumping them away like a piece of garbage.
We are also moving in about a week and half....so this presents another problem. I'm worried he is once again going to be upset and think we are trying to take him back, YET AGAIN, when we have to move into our new apartment.
I'm sorry this is so long. I love this new cat so much and I just wanted any advice that anyone could offer. I don't want him to think we would ever try to get rid of him. Any tips, advice, help at all for now to calm him down and then when we do eventually move?
Thank you so much!
I have also attached some photos of Garrus and Lucy :-)