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Hi there! I was wondering if anyone had any tips for helping a cat become tolerable of being held. And let me say this, I don’t mean so that I can pick him up and cuddle him and all that. I recognize that may never be him. Rather I would prefer to be able to hold him so I can cut his nails and if needed in the future, give him medicine.
Just for a bit of context, I just adopted a 7-8 year old who, I think once we work through some stuff, will be very sweet and possibly very cuddly, but he has had a rough go of things. He got taken in as a kitten by a man, and then got put out on the streets shortly after because the individual was killed in an accident. He fended for himself on the streets for a while and apparently he was bullied by the other cats and because of his sweet nature he never defended himself and his ears were so bad they had to be removed.
He was adopted out last year and was returned recently because the person did not feel a connection with him. I won’t go into my feelings about all of that because it’s not nice, but she was a first time cat owner, he I think is very nervous and not used to being someone’s pet, and I think she sort of neglected him in a lot of ways. Definitely not food wise because he put 5 pounds on in her care, but that’s a separate story.
He definitely is very sweet and loves getting pets, but he has his limitations and he has batted at me a few times (kept the claws in, thankfully).
That was a much longer post than I intended (sorry!), but I just wanted to know if anyone had any tips for helping a cat get more comfortable being handled. Also, it would probably help a TINY bit at the vet because he apparently hates that, too.
Just for a bit of context, I just adopted a 7-8 year old who, I think once we work through some stuff, will be very sweet and possibly very cuddly, but he has had a rough go of things. He got taken in as a kitten by a man, and then got put out on the streets shortly after because the individual was killed in an accident. He fended for himself on the streets for a while and apparently he was bullied by the other cats and because of his sweet nature he never defended himself and his ears were so bad they had to be removed.
He was adopted out last year and was returned recently because the person did not feel a connection with him. I won’t go into my feelings about all of that because it’s not nice, but she was a first time cat owner, he I think is very nervous and not used to being someone’s pet, and I think she sort of neglected him in a lot of ways. Definitely not food wise because he put 5 pounds on in her care, but that’s a separate story.
He definitely is very sweet and loves getting pets, but he has his limitations and he has batted at me a few times (kept the claws in, thankfully).
That was a much longer post than I intended (sorry!), but I just wanted to know if anyone had any tips for helping a cat get more comfortable being handled. Also, it would probably help a TINY bit at the vet because he apparently hates that, too.
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