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My friend found Edie at a horse show, being tossed around by horses since she was stuck to a hay stack... abandoned. My friend Fiona bottle fed her, took her to the vet and gave her to us at five weeks.
Around nine weeks, my mom accidentally hit her with the basement door. My father had passed six weeks prior and my mom was in a fog. She forgot that Edie thought she was mommy and followed her everywhere.
She survived but after her personality completely changed. She regularly slept around my neck but now I could barely touch her. Oddly, she never acted like that toward my mom with the exception of the occasional snap with hissing and scratching. She was angry at me and my friend for years. It took her four years to warm back up to me, never for my friend but still does the occasional snap and scratch.
With the exception of myself, my Ma, and my other cat... she is scared and dislikes everyone. She loses her mind when she even smells a man nearby. I can’t have children or other pets around her.
I’ve taken her to vets, behavioral specialists and no one has answers on how to make her more friendly. (She has to be medicated to take her to the vet.) Edie’s 8yrs old, 4lbs, has a bit of a lazy eye from the accident but otherwise completely healthy. Loves string and laser lights with a massive appetite for a grown cat that still looks like a kitten. They said based off tests it’s brain damage. Has anyone else been through something similar? What did you do?
Around nine weeks, my mom accidentally hit her with the basement door. My father had passed six weeks prior and my mom was in a fog. She forgot that Edie thought she was mommy and followed her everywhere.
She survived but after her personality completely changed. She regularly slept around my neck but now I could barely touch her. Oddly, she never acted like that toward my mom with the exception of the occasional snap with hissing and scratching. She was angry at me and my friend for years. It took her four years to warm back up to me, never for my friend but still does the occasional snap and scratch.
With the exception of myself, my Ma, and my other cat... she is scared and dislikes everyone. She loses her mind when she even smells a man nearby. I can’t have children or other pets around her.
I’ve taken her to vets, behavioral specialists and no one has answers on how to make her more friendly. (She has to be medicated to take her to the vet.) Edie’s 8yrs old, 4lbs, has a bit of a lazy eye from the accident but otherwise completely healthy. Loves string and laser lights with a massive appetite for a grown cat that still looks like a kitten. They said based off tests it’s brain damage. Has anyone else been through something similar? What did you do?
