I'm just so excited because the female I took in a few months ago has not made any progress in socialization. I really worried over and over that she'd never come around and questioned keeping her in. Some days she acts brave and we end our session on good terms- meaning she doesn't act terrified and will slow blink or yawn and sometimes even stretch in my presence or act bored instead of panicked and then later in the day she reverts to hissing and hiding and like we had never met before.
Over the last few days she's started to come out of hiding for food finally! And tonight for the very first time I was able to hold out a treat and have her take it. It's been weeks and weeks and weeks (and weeks) since she lost her fear of my hands being anywhere near her but she just couldn't cross the boundary into moving towards me. Yesterday she got her first good sniff of my hand while I was holding the treat and today she actually risked it all to take the treat. I had to keep my composure so as not to scare her by being so visibly overjoyed. I certainly didn't expect her to do that.
Three days ago I was worried I made a bad choice keeping her in but her sibling was killed by a car about a month ago and I couldn't bring myself to set her back out after spaying knowing that my area is a bit urban and risky for community cats. But this step forward is giving me hope.
Over the last few days she's started to come out of hiding for food finally! And tonight for the very first time I was able to hold out a treat and have her take it. It's been weeks and weeks and weeks (and weeks) since she lost her fear of my hands being anywhere near her but she just couldn't cross the boundary into moving towards me. Yesterday she got her first good sniff of my hand while I was holding the treat and today she actually risked it all to take the treat. I had to keep my composure so as not to scare her by being so visibly overjoyed. I certainly didn't expect her to do that.
Three days ago I was worried I made a bad choice keeping her in but her sibling was killed by a car about a month ago and I couldn't bring myself to set her back out after spaying knowing that my area is a bit urban and risky for community cats. But this step forward is giving me hope.