What a precious, handsome boy Tommy is!! So you live in an apartment, too, where it can be extra challenging while trying to feed ferals outdoors - dogs, nosy neighbors, etc. The fact that he was yowling once inside must have been really difficult! My girl never yowled once, with the exception of the two minutes it took to transport her from outdoors to her Safe Room.
It is definitely easier with kittens, no doubt, but I still don't think it is easy for anyone trying to get their feral acclimated to the inside.
That is a great idea about trying to pet her with a toy first. I have been using treats to get my hand near her, but when I try to pet her, she skittishly backs away, clearly afraid. I will try to start touching her paw with her toy like you did with Tommy!
Thank you, Tommy is very handsome & charming - he knows what buttons to press to get what he wants!
The yowling was a very difficult time and I'm not allowed cats in my apartment on top of that! It became quite the behaviour problem with him & went from him wanting to be outside and calming once I sat with him to him then realising he gets all the attention he wants by acting that way! (& if he saw Maggie my other cat outside he would be uncontrollable) During that month I would sleep during the day if I could when Maggie was on " babysitting duties" (she sleeps in the house at this time) and at night I would have to sit next to him try and calm him. It really was like having a newborn and it really tested Tommy and I, out of pure sleep deprivation.
Though I'm happy to report he is a good boy now, some tough love after it became purely a behavioural issue and getting a inside only playmate of similar age, Luna helped alot too, though he will sometimes still cry if Maggie is out there (& she is a lot more now, that's a new drama in the household!)
They are very smart and sometimes if he saw the toy and felt touching would just looking at his paw and jump back. Though he had a favourote toy, a little catnip mouse that & I would also use the end of the wand toys, the stick part!
What has helped on my life & the kitties is being on mood stabilisers/calming treats & supplements. They have done wonders helping each of my felines with their personal anxieties & they are all natural too. They make Tommy much more calm even now and allow alot of progress and less step backs!
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The yowling was a very difficult time and I'm not allowed cats in my apartment on top of that! It became quite the behaviour problem with him & went from him wanting to be outside and calming once I sat with him to him then realising he gets all the attention he wants by acting that way! (& if he saw Maggie my other cat outside he would be uncontrollable) During that month I would sleep during the day if I could when Maggie was on " babysitting duties" (she sleeps in the house at this time) and at night I would have to sit next to him try and calm him. It really was like having a newborn and it really tested Tommy and I, out of pure sleep deprivation.
Though I'm happy to report he is a good boy now, some tough love after it became purely a behavioural issue and getting a inside only playmate of similar age, Luna helped alot too, though he will sometimes still cry if Maggie is out there (& she is a lot more now, that's a new drama in the household!)
They are very smart and sometimes if he saw the toy and felt touching would just looking at his paw and jump back. Though he had a favourote toy, a little catnip mouse that & I would also use the end of the wand toys, the stick part!
What has helped on my life & the kitties is being on mood stabilisers/calming treats & supplements. They have done wonders helping each of my felines with their personal anxieties & they are all natural too. They make Tommy much more calm even now and allow alot of progress and less step backs!
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