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This community helped me once and soothed my pain, that's why I'm coming again for help.
As you could understand, I had a new member in my cat family. All her life Sonya has been a domestic cat. At her 1 year and help she got panleukopenia and, as a result, she became blind. She lived with this condition for 8 years and half, and now she is 10 years old. Her previous owners leaved her behind and went forward, they just abandoned her at the apartments they rented. The owner of the apartments was going to leave her at the streets... The laws in my country don't protect pets at all, that would be a death sentence for any cat.
It's terrible to be on the street at such an age, in such a condition, I couldn't leave this cat there, although she didn't fit into my financial plan and I don't have too much space (I have my own cats, and besides, I'm taking care of the kitties I bottle-fed, and I'm looking for a new home for them). I just couldn't.
I have a lot of work to do. The cat is not vaccinated, not sterilized by her previous owners. She was fed some kind of trash. She hasn't been to the vets. She needs an ophthalmologist to monitor. But for now I need to establish some kind of connection with her, because she does not see and therefore reacts hardly to any changes, and, most importantly, she is not used to me.
We've been living together for four days now. At first she was wary of me, even snorted, but then she began to explore the room (while she lives in mine), we even — I thought — established some kind of contact. She did not meow, she did not purr, I do not know if she is able to, but she made a "chirp" when I stroked her and she came for a caress. She reacted negatively to the smell of cats on my hands, she started hissing and snorting, and things got worse when my cat burst into the room. He was waiting at the door, I didn't have time and and hands to take him. He didn't do anything wrong, he just sat in the middle of the room and looked at her, she smelled him and began to growl. Now she growls at me, even if my hands are clean immediately after water and soap, does not want to communicate and prefers to sit in her cozy nest. She's been growling and snorting even at the sound of my voice for two days now.
The problem is that sooner or later she will need to get to know the cats, as I said above, I don't have much space, and my cats are nervous that I'm not available to them the way it was before. I would like to introduce her to the cat pride, make her part of the family. You could mention a re-homing but this is not — probably — the case, because of her age and her eyes condition (and my country is in some stone age in relation to animals and animals with special needs).
I believe that there are people with similar cats on the forum, and I really need advice.
1. How can I help the cat get used to her new home and me? I use matatabi (silvervine) to calm her down and get used to new places, I knock on the door if I left the room and I was gone for a long time so she knows I'm coming and didn't sit under the door. I offer her treats so she could know I am not an enemy. I'm absolutely fine if she doesn't love me. You know, she has lived with other people for many years and does not have to love me, but I would like to make friends with her. I do have an experience with tough cat ( I rescued a feral once) but I'm stuck here.
2. Do I need to exclude all the smells of other cats, or is it better for her to immediately understand and get used to the fact that she does not live alone?
3. When is it better for me to start rapprochement between cats? And how? I understand how healthy cats are introduced, but Sonya is blind, which means there are some nuances.
4. I just want cuddles because I feel like I'm failing as a cat parent and can't make the situation easier for everyone.
p.s I'm sorry for any spelling/grammar/etc mistakes, Eng isn't my native.
This community helped me once and soothed my pain, that's why I'm coming again for help.
As you could understand, I had a new member in my cat family. All her life Sonya has been a domestic cat. At her 1 year and help she got panleukopenia and, as a result, she became blind. She lived with this condition for 8 years and half, and now she is 10 years old. Her previous owners leaved her behind and went forward, they just abandoned her at the apartments they rented. The owner of the apartments was going to leave her at the streets... The laws in my country don't protect pets at all, that would be a death sentence for any cat.
It's terrible to be on the street at such an age, in such a condition, I couldn't leave this cat there, although she didn't fit into my financial plan and I don't have too much space (I have my own cats, and besides, I'm taking care of the kitties I bottle-fed, and I'm looking for a new home for them). I just couldn't.
I have a lot of work to do. The cat is not vaccinated, not sterilized by her previous owners. She was fed some kind of trash. She hasn't been to the vets. She needs an ophthalmologist to monitor. But for now I need to establish some kind of connection with her, because she does not see and therefore reacts hardly to any changes, and, most importantly, she is not used to me.
We've been living together for four days now. At first she was wary of me, even snorted, but then she began to explore the room (while she lives in mine), we even — I thought — established some kind of contact. She did not meow, she did not purr, I do not know if she is able to, but she made a "chirp" when I stroked her and she came for a caress. She reacted negatively to the smell of cats on my hands, she started hissing and snorting, and things got worse when my cat burst into the room. He was waiting at the door, I didn't have time and and hands to take him. He didn't do anything wrong, he just sat in the middle of the room and looked at her, she smelled him and began to growl. Now she growls at me, even if my hands are clean immediately after water and soap, does not want to communicate and prefers to sit in her cozy nest. She's been growling and snorting even at the sound of my voice for two days now.
The problem is that sooner or later she will need to get to know the cats, as I said above, I don't have much space, and my cats are nervous that I'm not available to them the way it was before. I would like to introduce her to the cat pride, make her part of the family. You could mention a re-homing but this is not — probably — the case, because of her age and her eyes condition (and my country is in some stone age in relation to animals and animals with special needs).
I believe that there are people with similar cats on the forum, and I really need advice.
1. How can I help the cat get used to her new home and me? I use matatabi (silvervine) to calm her down and get used to new places, I knock on the door if I left the room and I was gone for a long time so she knows I'm coming and didn't sit under the door. I offer her treats so she could know I am not an enemy. I'm absolutely fine if she doesn't love me. You know, she has lived with other people for many years and does not have to love me, but I would like to make friends with her. I do have an experience with tough cat ( I rescued a feral once) but I'm stuck here.
2. Do I need to exclude all the smells of other cats, or is it better for her to immediately understand and get used to the fact that she does not live alone?
3. When is it better for me to start rapprochement between cats? And how? I understand how healthy cats are introduced, but Sonya is blind, which means there are some nuances.
4. I just want cuddles because I feel like I'm failing as a cat parent and can't make the situation easier for everyone.
p.s I'm sorry for any spelling/grammar/etc mistakes, Eng isn't my native.
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