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A family with young children wanted this "mean" cat out of their home as it was growling, hissing, clawing and spitting at them from behind their couch. When I arrived at their home, he had a car load of things (food, litter, treats, toys, furniture etc) and I peeked behind the couch and he looked scared but sweet to me. I laid on the ground and inched my fist towards this boy and he hissed a bit but wasn't wildly mean like they said. I wrangled him into a carrier where he turned from an aggressive growling ball of hiss into a little kitten mewing pretty kitty.
His previous owner, his only owner, was the family's grandmother, who passed away unexpectedly. I think he's scared and traumatized and undersocialized.
I've had him three days now. He hisses and growls at me even from another room when I try to chit chat with him. I am following instructions from this site and spending time on the floor of the bathroom, his den, and leaving him treats etc. He's finally started to eat, very little, and drink. He uses the litter box and wanders at night. He mews like a baby at night but if I gently coo at him when he's like that, he hisses. I've caught him purring here and there at night, just for moments. Why the mewing and purring?
Is there anything I can do for this five year old cat? I don't even really know what he looks like...he hides and I don't make eye contact with him. He's a shorthanded tuxedo looking guy but I don't even know the color of his eyes or the pattern of his tux. Obviously we are not close to being on petting terms although I'm dying to cuddle him.
How long will he be this way before he caves? Is there anything else I can do to help him? I'm sure he's mourning his owner on top of all this adjusting. :/
His previous owner, his only owner, was the family's grandmother, who passed away unexpectedly. I think he's scared and traumatized and undersocialized.
I've had him three days now. He hisses and growls at me even from another room when I try to chit chat with him. I am following instructions from this site and spending time on the floor of the bathroom, his den, and leaving him treats etc. He's finally started to eat, very little, and drink. He uses the litter box and wanders at night. He mews like a baby at night but if I gently coo at him when he's like that, he hisses. I've caught him purring here and there at night, just for moments. Why the mewing and purring?
Is there anything I can do for this five year old cat? I don't even really know what he looks like...he hides and I don't make eye contact with him. He's a shorthanded tuxedo looking guy but I don't even know the color of his eyes or the pattern of his tux. Obviously we are not close to being on petting terms although I'm dying to cuddle him.
How long will he be this way before he caves? Is there anything else I can do to help him? I'm sure he's mourning his owner on top of all this adjusting. :/