Adopted a male 6 year old ginger and white cat about 11 months ago from an animal shelter.
He has a brother also. Unfortunately I couldn't afford to adopt the both of them.
They came from a home where the owner also adopted some dogs (puppies?), but apparently the dogs and the cats didn't get on and the previous owner gave up the cats to the animal shelter for adoption.
I don't have further details of the cats background.
As far as is known, he doesn't wander out onto the street. Although he has been seen at both my neighbors places.
The cat I adopted is fairly sensitive (whereas his brother is apparently not so sensitive and more laid back). He hid for about a week when I adopted him. And often likes to go (hide?) under the house.
He is more an outdoors cat, but I try to keep him inside at night for safety reasons. And to an extent I keep him indoors during the day as well.
He often likes to hop on my lap and have a bit of a cuddle (indoors)!
He has been treated well. Plenty of affection. No hitting or slapping. And I haven't even yelled at him!
Problem is, especially outdoors, he will usually not come to me. In fact, he tends to run away from me as though he is scared of me!? After nearly a year of good treatment, why is he (still) scared of me? Perhaps he was mistreated by the previous owners??
Admittedly I am not a very patient person, and I'm concerned about his negative reaction to me (outdoors mostly). I'm even thinking about returning him to the animal shelter as I'm having a hard time dealing with his (negative) reactions.
As of today, he hasn't come inside for his breakfast and lunch (although I thin he nibbled some leftovers from last nights meal).
He usually has some breakfast and a bit of lunch, but after letting him outside around 9:15 am this morning he hasn't come inside for his meal(s). I am bit concerned about that.
At around 1:30 pm, I saw him jump over my fence to one of my neighbors back yard. I went to look for him at my neighbors yard, and saw him near the fence amongst some bushes. Despite me calling him he hid from me! And apparently he jumped back over my fence (spotted by a guy at a nearby factory) but I haven't seen him since so far (as of 3:30 pm).
I don't think he's sick as such (did spot him chewing a bit of grass though before he jumped over the neighbors fence). He was eating fine last night and seems (as far as I tell by his movements, which were agile) to be basically OK.
What's going on?
He has a brother also. Unfortunately I couldn't afford to adopt the both of them.
They came from a home where the owner also adopted some dogs (puppies?), but apparently the dogs and the cats didn't get on and the previous owner gave up the cats to the animal shelter for adoption.
I don't have further details of the cats background.
As far as is known, he doesn't wander out onto the street. Although he has been seen at both my neighbors places.
The cat I adopted is fairly sensitive (whereas his brother is apparently not so sensitive and more laid back). He hid for about a week when I adopted him. And often likes to go (hide?) under the house.
He is more an outdoors cat, but I try to keep him inside at night for safety reasons. And to an extent I keep him indoors during the day as well.
He often likes to hop on my lap and have a bit of a cuddle (indoors)!
He has been treated well. Plenty of affection. No hitting or slapping. And I haven't even yelled at him!
Problem is, especially outdoors, he will usually not come to me. In fact, he tends to run away from me as though he is scared of me!? After nearly a year of good treatment, why is he (still) scared of me? Perhaps he was mistreated by the previous owners??
Admittedly I am not a very patient person, and I'm concerned about his negative reaction to me (outdoors mostly). I'm even thinking about returning him to the animal shelter as I'm having a hard time dealing with his (negative) reactions.
As of today, he hasn't come inside for his breakfast and lunch (although I thin he nibbled some leftovers from last nights meal).
He usually has some breakfast and a bit of lunch, but after letting him outside around 9:15 am this morning he hasn't come inside for his meal(s). I am bit concerned about that.
At around 1:30 pm, I saw him jump over my fence to one of my neighbors back yard. I went to look for him at my neighbors yard, and saw him near the fence amongst some bushes. Despite me calling him he hid from me! And apparently he jumped back over my fence (spotted by a guy at a nearby factory) but I haven't seen him since so far (as of 3:30 pm).
I don't think he's sick as such (did spot him chewing a bit of grass though before he jumped over the neighbors fence). He was eating fine last night and seems (as far as I tell by his movements, which were agile) to be basically OK.
What's going on?
