Hi I made an account here to ask for advice. Three days ago we received an 8 month old male cat who is 3 generations feral. He was with another lady for the past 3 months who managed to make some progress with him.
We currently have him in a small-ish bedroom, set-up with a litter box, food, water and toys. (the lady was kind enough to give us his bed, toys and some food/ litter!). When we go into the room he is always hiding in the corner of the bed, out of reach. We are mostly leaving him alone in there, hoping he becomes less scared! We also have 2 other cats (1 indoor 1 outdoor) and we are keeping them seperated for the time being. Anyway we need some advice as we have not made any progress yet - see below.
-He is eating and using the litter box - presumeably at night when he feels safe.
-We tried to feed him with a spoon and some wet food - but he attacked the spoon/ our hand.
-From a distance he stares at us wide-eyed and not moving. If we get too close he hisses.
We might be moving him to our very small bathroom at some point, as the room might be too big (not looking forward to the task!!). We really need some advice to make him more comfortable and not scared of us! We are only experienced with friendly house cats!
Thank you so much!
We currently have him in a small-ish bedroom, set-up with a litter box, food, water and toys. (the lady was kind enough to give us his bed, toys and some food/ litter!). When we go into the room he is always hiding in the corner of the bed, out of reach. We are mostly leaving him alone in there, hoping he becomes less scared! We also have 2 other cats (1 indoor 1 outdoor) and we are keeping them seperated for the time being. Anyway we need some advice as we have not made any progress yet - see below.
-He is eating and using the litter box - presumeably at night when he feels safe.
-We tried to feed him with a spoon and some wet food - but he attacked the spoon/ our hand.
-From a distance he stares at us wide-eyed and not moving. If we get too close he hisses.
We might be moving him to our very small bathroom at some point, as the room might be too big (not looking forward to the task!!). We really need some advice to make him more comfortable and not scared of us! We are only experienced with friendly house cats!
Thank you so much!