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Hello everyone and thank you for taking the time to read my post.
To give a little background info and making a long story short, I had two cats until two weeks ago, until I saw an ad on facebook with a picture of a cat who was in pretty bad shape.
This cat (no one knows what happened) but had to remove one eye, had its jaw broken and his hip also broken. Had some missing teeth, some of the other teeth were broken and the eye that he didnt had to remove is all black. They found him like that. So... he is blind and deaf along with the other isues that he is currently recovering.
I decided to adopt that cat to try and give him a good place to live among my two previous cats.
Now I was warned by the vet on the clinic were I picked him that he had bad temper (no wonder, blind, deaf and with a lot of broken bones I would have bad temper too)
Anyway he is in my house now and I am having a hard time trying to deal with him and trying to make him trust me. He didnt had contact with my other two cats yet. He is currently on my bathroom separated from the others.
It seems like one day I make some progresses and can pet him for a while, and in the next day he is all agressive and trying to bite.
I dont know if he can smell me or not. He does feel the smell of food but only when its too close to him. I always approach my hand to his nose before touching him but it seems like he doesnt smell anything, the only reaction he has is when I eventually touch his nose. Usually he hisses, I step back, and try again a couple of minutes later.
A couple days ago he started purring when I was petting him. Suddenly I stoped petting and as soon as I started again he hissed and tried to bite my hand.
I know he doesnt have bad temper... he is sweet I just haven't found the right way to deal with him. I want him to get along with me before trying to introduce him to my other cats.
Right now I'm at the point that I try to interact with him, and if I see any sign of agression I stop and come back later. I don't try two and three times to pet him because it usually gets worse. But i don't know if thats the correct approach.
Suggestions and advices are greatly appreciated as I am running out of ideas and honestly my hands can not take any more bites
I know probably two weeks is not a long time, and I don't want to give up on him. I know deep down there is sweet cat who probably had a rough past.
Thank you very much.
To give a little background info and making a long story short, I had two cats until two weeks ago, until I saw an ad on facebook with a picture of a cat who was in pretty bad shape.
This cat (no one knows what happened) but had to remove one eye, had its jaw broken and his hip also broken. Had some missing teeth, some of the other teeth were broken and the eye that he didnt had to remove is all black. They found him like that. So... he is blind and deaf along with the other isues that he is currently recovering.
I decided to adopt that cat to try and give him a good place to live among my two previous cats.
Now I was warned by the vet on the clinic were I picked him that he had bad temper (no wonder, blind, deaf and with a lot of broken bones I would have bad temper too)
Anyway he is in my house now and I am having a hard time trying to deal with him and trying to make him trust me. He didnt had contact with my other two cats yet. He is currently on my bathroom separated from the others.
It seems like one day I make some progresses and can pet him for a while, and in the next day he is all agressive and trying to bite.
I dont know if he can smell me or not. He does feel the smell of food but only when its too close to him. I always approach my hand to his nose before touching him but it seems like he doesnt smell anything, the only reaction he has is when I eventually touch his nose. Usually he hisses, I step back, and try again a couple of minutes later.
A couple days ago he started purring when I was petting him. Suddenly I stoped petting and as soon as I started again he hissed and tried to bite my hand.
I know he doesnt have bad temper... he is sweet I just haven't found the right way to deal with him. I want him to get along with me before trying to introduce him to my other cats.
Right now I'm at the point that I try to interact with him, and if I see any sign of agression I stop and come back later. I don't try two and three times to pet him because it usually gets worse. But i don't know if thats the correct approach.
Suggestions and advices are greatly appreciated as I am running out of ideas and honestly my hands can not take any more bites
I know probably two weeks is not a long time, and I don't want to give up on him. I know deep down there is sweet cat who probably had a rough past.
Thank you very much.