Hi everyone! I wrote a few new posts to my last thread but maybe the length scared everyone away
I'll try to be more concise in a new thread
Patches was hanging outside in the landscape yesterday in the afternoon sun, so I used the opportunity to spend some time with her. We played the food trail game. She totally understands door open/closing means I'm out with food so I went out with a handful of food and sat by the front door. She made her way on the path, saw me, sat down. Then I threw some kibble, she ate it, and basically threw them closer to me each time. She happily gobbled them up and got to be about 2-3 feet from me!!! I did this in the afternoon and then again in the evening when she was just sitting on the welcome mat waiting for more food. It made me really happy...
She would get about 2 feet away, then go trot a bit farther away to keep her distance, but she'd always follow the path of food to come back to me and didn't really seem scared. Is that a sign that she may socialize well???
If we trap her again with a Havahart trap, will that destroy this growing bond..? Is it better to try getting her to go in a cat carrier on her own? I am not sure if that would happen...
Also, would it be better to socialize her in a spare bedroom or in a finished basement (that has a bathroom where we could isolate her first?) Our finished basement has a stinky stink problem right now - you can read more about that in my other thread, but I worry the smell might encourage potty using in the wrong place. There's more background in the other thread as well.
Thanks anyone with any feedback!!!
Patches was hanging outside in the landscape yesterday in the afternoon sun, so I used the opportunity to spend some time with her. We played the food trail game. She totally understands door open/closing means I'm out with food so I went out with a handful of food and sat by the front door. She made her way on the path, saw me, sat down. Then I threw some kibble, she ate it, and basically threw them closer to me each time. She happily gobbled them up and got to be about 2-3 feet from me!!! I did this in the afternoon and then again in the evening when she was just sitting on the welcome mat waiting for more food. It made me really happy...
She would get about 2 feet away, then go trot a bit farther away to keep her distance, but she'd always follow the path of food to come back to me and didn't really seem scared. Is that a sign that she may socialize well???
If we trap her again with a Havahart trap, will that destroy this growing bond..? Is it better to try getting her to go in a cat carrier on her own? I am not sure if that would happen...
Also, would it be better to socialize her in a spare bedroom or in a finished basement (that has a bathroom where we could isolate her first?) Our finished basement has a stinky stink problem right now - you can read more about that in my other thread, but I worry the smell might encourage potty using in the wrong place. There's more background in the other thread as well.
Thanks anyone with any feedback!!!