Two weeks ago we went to a cat rescue home and found a new cat Suki after we lost our 4 year old Charlie from kidney failure. Suki is 11 and was previously with a family which included two dogs and another younger cat. We have another male cat Bruno who we believe to be around 8 years old.
Suki has settled in well to the house and is very affectionate, sleeping on our laps and pawing us to get our attention. The only problem is that now she has got used to us, it's time for her to go outside and explore our front and back gardens. This she has done with great trepidation and she has always gone straight back inside.
We've sat outside in our garden and called to her, but she will just walk straight back in, whereas she'll coming running over to us inside. When we tried to keep her out with us by closing the backdoor she went down on her hunches, cried out in panic and started crawling around the doorway. We immediately opened the door and she run inside and hid.
What's wrong with her and what's the best thing for us to do?
Suki has settled in well to the house and is very affectionate, sleeping on our laps and pawing us to get our attention. The only problem is that now she has got used to us, it's time for her to go outside and explore our front and back gardens. This she has done with great trepidation and she has always gone straight back inside.
We've sat outside in our garden and called to her, but she will just walk straight back in, whereas she'll coming running over to us inside. When we tried to keep her out with us by closing the backdoor she went down on her hunches, cried out in panic and started crawling around the doorway. We immediately opened the door and she run inside and hid.
What's wrong with her and what's the best thing for us to do?