OK this is a pretty long post bc it has multiple events put in one so there is a good understanding of whats going on but please someone read it and reply please I really love my cat and I really want to keep her but I’m scared.
So I have a cat named Bella. I got her as a birthday present from my brother when she was a kitten (about 4 or 5 years ago). Ever since I got her i washed her when she got super dirty and she will get really scared and try and jump out but I would hold her up with one arm I am calm her with my voice while I do it and then hold her when she got out and we took naps together so we had a really strong bond that no one seems to understand she used to follow me around the house when she heard me come home she would run to the door bolt up to my room door and sit in front of the door and wait for me to open it and run inside and jump on the bed and lay in bed with me she will cuddle next to me. She licks my face, hands or whatever she can reach and rubs against me.
I loved every bit of it but my boyfriend cant stand her bc he’s allergic and he says shes mean. She’s been the only cat since I got her she’s actually my first and only cat. I’ve always wanted another cat and I have tried to bring another cat home twice but it didn’t work out. The first time I tried I didn’t know that cats get angry when new cats come around so Iet the new cat out immediately when I got home. Bella looked at the cat and her tail puffed up and she was hissing and growling i kept them in separate rooms for a few days and tried to slowly introduce them again but she bullied the new cat every chance she got even cornered and scared the little guy so bad he sat still and peed on himself several times so i gave him to a friend.
The second time was even worse and a lot of time passed since. I knew not to let the cat out so i took it to my room closed the door and then let him out i was petting and playing with him to loosen him up bc he was in the corner and wouldn’t move. Without thinking i opened my room door and saw bella right in front, i bent down to pet her and she got stiff her light green eyes grew into 2 pitch black eyeballs her tail puffed up and she jumped right in my face she was running at me jumping hissing biting and even left a claw in my eyelid ( ill try to put a pic) i had to beat her off with a trash can and she never stopped coming i had to hit her really hard to make her back up enough for me to get back in my room without her getting to the other cat she charged at my door full force as i slammed it and my heart broke into tiny pieces when i heard her scream in pain bc i caught her paw in the door.
I called my boyfriend crying bc i hurt her even though i had scratches bite marks and a claw in my eye my nephew managed to get her in her cage and we got the other cat out right away and i took a shower and tied up the clothes i had on and after a few hours she was okay and back to her old self.
Some time after i spent the night at a friends house and they have a cat i made sure not to interact with it but ig it rubbed against my clothes bc when i got home and ran into bella her eyes got pitch black and her tail was puffy i slammed the door before she jumped and my nephew got her in the cage and I showered and tied the other clothes up after a while she was cool and i let her out and she was good.
So the problem now is that back in late December i came home from work and found that i locked bella in my room all day (Her food and litter box is in a giant cage in my room and the door closest to the floor is always kept open) i came in my room pet her gave her kisses and everything was fine i went back out and closed the door to do my moms hair. Shortly after she started scratching on the door so my mom said let her out so my uncle did. My mom was sitting at the kitchen table i was behind her doing her hair my nephew was sitting on the floor infront of the fridge and my uncle was watching the tv. Bella came downstairs and started sniffing around she came across my moms bag and stayed there for a minute i had my back towards bella the bag and my nephew so i didnt see her tail get puffy or anything she walked into the corner were me and my mom were and just sat there then out of nowhere i see bella charge past us and i hear my nephew screaming so i ran and jumped infront of him and tried to keep her off him bc she had him in the corner and got bit twice my mom got up and bella ran for her locked onto her leg bitting and scratching her up and knocking her over luckily she fell into a soft surface and not on the floor.
My mom was beating her with said bag and she ran and hid underneath my moms bed my uncle took it and put the bag on the fire escape my nephew ran upstairs to his room while she was hiding and she didn’t come out then a little bit after i tried to run to my room without her noticing but she ran right behind me bc my belt made noise luckily i slammed my door in time catching her paw in it again. She ran back under my moms bed for a while and my nephew and I took that time to take showers and change clothes. Since the bag was gone we tried for hours to catch her and put her in her cage but she just ended up chasing my nephew into his room again and when she couldn’t get in his room she turned towards my door and i slammed it she sat in the hallway growling then went back under my moms bed my moms room is downstairs and doesn’t have a door and she was too scared to move bc bella was under the bed so i searched online for a professional that could get her in her cage to calm her like before but no luck
I ended up having to call the cops to get her it took til almost 1 am for them to catch her when the cops turned to walk away she looked at me from in the cage and meowed softly.. broke my heart in two. We cried uncontrollably for hours thinking she was gone forever while my uncle had the best sleep of his life. Eventually the animal shelter they took her to called and i had hope again. I was told that if i wanted her back i had to claim her within a certain amount of time but i cant have her back til she got fixed and went under observation for rabies so I agreed.
The day that i went for what i thought was a pickup I found out that I couldn’t have her bc they didn’t do the surgery bc she had a kitty cold. I went to visit her in a room full of caged sick cats and she was not my baby bella at all she immediately came to the cage door when i put my hand out but she was still growling and hissing. So i left her alone and cried the whole 2 hour ride home. After days of crying and thinking i came up with the plan to still bring her home but find a new home or no kill shelter.
Earlier this month I finally got to pick her up but I requested to see her im the cage first when i put my hand out she ran to the cage door immediately sniffed my hand and rolled around in the cage and rubbed her face against the cage door and wall but her eyes were still fully dialated and she kept coming to the door and then backing up. I still took her home but i was still scared of her so i put the carrier in the giant cage and her scratching post so she has food water a scratching post toys and her litter box in the cage i put locks on the cage to keep the kids from opening it when im not around. It was only supposed to be until i find her a new home but i cant stand the thought of losing her again especially after everything i went through for a whole month to get her back so I sit and talk/play with her every day she rolls around in the cage and rubs her face on the bars when im next to it she’s eating sleeping and using the litter box normally so i dont think shes uncomfortable in there (she used to go in and sleep on her own before the incident) but i hate seeing her locked up like this but for some reason this time im absolutely terrified of letting her out i can play and put my hand in the cage to pet , feed and clean her litter but the thought of her being out of the cage in the open terrifies me and my mom im trying to build the trust bc i dont want to give her away and ik i cant keep her in that cage for the rest of her life
So I have a cat named Bella. I got her as a birthday present from my brother when she was a kitten (about 4 or 5 years ago). Ever since I got her i washed her when she got super dirty and she will get really scared and try and jump out but I would hold her up with one arm I am calm her with my voice while I do it and then hold her when she got out and we took naps together so we had a really strong bond that no one seems to understand she used to follow me around the house when she heard me come home she would run to the door bolt up to my room door and sit in front of the door and wait for me to open it and run inside and jump on the bed and lay in bed with me she will cuddle next to me. She licks my face, hands or whatever she can reach and rubs against me.
I loved every bit of it but my boyfriend cant stand her bc he’s allergic and he says shes mean. She’s been the only cat since I got her she’s actually my first and only cat. I’ve always wanted another cat and I have tried to bring another cat home twice but it didn’t work out. The first time I tried I didn’t know that cats get angry when new cats come around so Iet the new cat out immediately when I got home. Bella looked at the cat and her tail puffed up and she was hissing and growling i kept them in separate rooms for a few days and tried to slowly introduce them again but she bullied the new cat every chance she got even cornered and scared the little guy so bad he sat still and peed on himself several times so i gave him to a friend.
The second time was even worse and a lot of time passed since. I knew not to let the cat out so i took it to my room closed the door and then let him out i was petting and playing with him to loosen him up bc he was in the corner and wouldn’t move. Without thinking i opened my room door and saw bella right in front, i bent down to pet her and she got stiff her light green eyes grew into 2 pitch black eyeballs her tail puffed up and she jumped right in my face she was running at me jumping hissing biting and even left a claw in my eyelid ( ill try to put a pic) i had to beat her off with a trash can and she never stopped coming i had to hit her really hard to make her back up enough for me to get back in my room without her getting to the other cat she charged at my door full force as i slammed it and my heart broke into tiny pieces when i heard her scream in pain bc i caught her paw in the door.
I called my boyfriend crying bc i hurt her even though i had scratches bite marks and a claw in my eye my nephew managed to get her in her cage and we got the other cat out right away and i took a shower and tied up the clothes i had on and after a few hours she was okay and back to her old self.
Some time after i spent the night at a friends house and they have a cat i made sure not to interact with it but ig it rubbed against my clothes bc when i got home and ran into bella her eyes got pitch black and her tail was puffy i slammed the door before she jumped and my nephew got her in the cage and I showered and tied the other clothes up after a while she was cool and i let her out and she was good.
So the problem now is that back in late December i came home from work and found that i locked bella in my room all day (Her food and litter box is in a giant cage in my room and the door closest to the floor is always kept open) i came in my room pet her gave her kisses and everything was fine i went back out and closed the door to do my moms hair. Shortly after she started scratching on the door so my mom said let her out so my uncle did. My mom was sitting at the kitchen table i was behind her doing her hair my nephew was sitting on the floor infront of the fridge and my uncle was watching the tv. Bella came downstairs and started sniffing around she came across my moms bag and stayed there for a minute i had my back towards bella the bag and my nephew so i didnt see her tail get puffy or anything she walked into the corner were me and my mom were and just sat there then out of nowhere i see bella charge past us and i hear my nephew screaming so i ran and jumped infront of him and tried to keep her off him bc she had him in the corner and got bit twice my mom got up and bella ran for her locked onto her leg bitting and scratching her up and knocking her over luckily she fell into a soft surface and not on the floor.
My mom was beating her with said bag and she ran and hid underneath my moms bed my uncle took it and put the bag on the fire escape my nephew ran upstairs to his room while she was hiding and she didn’t come out then a little bit after i tried to run to my room without her noticing but she ran right behind me bc my belt made noise luckily i slammed my door in time catching her paw in it again. She ran back under my moms bed for a while and my nephew and I took that time to take showers and change clothes. Since the bag was gone we tried for hours to catch her and put her in her cage but she just ended up chasing my nephew into his room again and when she couldn’t get in his room she turned towards my door and i slammed it she sat in the hallway growling then went back under my moms bed my moms room is downstairs and doesn’t have a door and she was too scared to move bc bella was under the bed so i searched online for a professional that could get her in her cage to calm her like before but no luck
I ended up having to call the cops to get her it took til almost 1 am for them to catch her when the cops turned to walk away she looked at me from in the cage and meowed softly.. broke my heart in two. We cried uncontrollably for hours thinking she was gone forever while my uncle had the best sleep of his life. Eventually the animal shelter they took her to called and i had hope again. I was told that if i wanted her back i had to claim her within a certain amount of time but i cant have her back til she got fixed and went under observation for rabies so I agreed.
The day that i went for what i thought was a pickup I found out that I couldn’t have her bc they didn’t do the surgery bc she had a kitty cold. I went to visit her in a room full of caged sick cats and she was not my baby bella at all she immediately came to the cage door when i put my hand out but she was still growling and hissing. So i left her alone and cried the whole 2 hour ride home. After days of crying and thinking i came up with the plan to still bring her home but find a new home or no kill shelter.
Earlier this month I finally got to pick her up but I requested to see her im the cage first when i put my hand out she ran to the cage door immediately sniffed my hand and rolled around in the cage and rubbed her face against the cage door and wall but her eyes were still fully dialated and she kept coming to the door and then backing up. I still took her home but i was still scared of her so i put the carrier in the giant cage and her scratching post so she has food water a scratching post toys and her litter box in the cage i put locks on the cage to keep the kids from opening it when im not around. It was only supposed to be until i find her a new home but i cant stand the thought of losing her again especially after everything i went through for a whole month to get her back so I sit and talk/play with her every day she rolls around in the cage and rubs her face on the bars when im next to it she’s eating sleeping and using the litter box normally so i dont think shes uncomfortable in there (she used to go in and sleep on her own before the incident) but i hate seeing her locked up like this but for some reason this time im absolutely terrified of letting her out i can play and put my hand in the cage to pet , feed and clean her litter but the thought of her being out of the cage in the open terrifies me and my mom im trying to build the trust bc i dont want to give her away and ik i cant keep her in that cage for the rest of her life
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