We have owned Penny our all black exotic for about three years but for some reason she is not a very affectionate at all to neither my or my wife though she does sometimes show some attention to my wife.
The main thing that bothers me is most of the time when I go to pet her or walk near her she runs off and hides from me as if I was some type of abuser and I just don't get it. We have never even really yelled at this cat and we got her because we heard they were very affectionate but this one just runs around screaming and does not really want anyone to touch her and is still scared to death of me for some reason even after three years of waiting hand and foot on her not to mention the other cat (stray) does not want anything to do with her and gets totally jealous when she gets any attention.
One thing me and my wife thought of was when we first got her we were really worried about FIV so we kept her in the bathroom for about a month and did give her attention but we think maybe that may have mentally screwed her up a little bit or maybe the the breeders were not that nice to her (it was not the nicest enviroment but we did not know any better at the time and still got her)
So I am trying to find a way to kind of bond with her more and see if we can actually get her to act like a cat instead of hiding in the closets (70% of her life is this) all day long.. I can however get her to show up if I shake the food bag she does not mind me being in her presence but other then that we don't see much of each other
Other thing I wanted to mention is she has some urinary problem and has crystals in her urine so she is on Science Diet XD formula, not sure if it could relate in anyway or not.
Thanks in advance,
Tara and Paul
The main thing that bothers me is most of the time when I go to pet her or walk near her she runs off and hides from me as if I was some type of abuser and I just don't get it. We have never even really yelled at this cat and we got her because we heard they were very affectionate but this one just runs around screaming and does not really want anyone to touch her and is still scared to death of me for some reason even after three years of waiting hand and foot on her not to mention the other cat (stray) does not want anything to do with her and gets totally jealous when she gets any attention.
One thing me and my wife thought of was when we first got her we were really worried about FIV so we kept her in the bathroom for about a month and did give her attention but we think maybe that may have mentally screwed her up a little bit or maybe the the breeders were not that nice to her (it was not the nicest enviroment but we did not know any better at the time and still got her)
So I am trying to find a way to kind of bond with her more and see if we can actually get her to act like a cat instead of hiding in the closets (70% of her life is this) all day long.. I can however get her to show up if I shake the food bag she does not mind me being in her presence but other then that we don't see much of each other
Other thing I wanted to mention is she has some urinary problem and has crystals in her urine so she is on Science Diet XD formula, not sure if it could relate in anyway or not.
Thanks in advance,
Tara and Paul