We adopted two cats on the 6th from a local rescue. One of them (the 2 year old) adjusted great...she sits with us and plays and is really the perfect cat. No litter box problems, she is well behaved except for scratching (trimmed nails seem to be protecting us until we get her on the scratching posts).
The other one was a bengal mix and he was just crazy. He was 4 years old and apparently used to be a stray (they didn't tell us this when we adopted him). He spent all his time hiding under the bed, but after about 4-5 days he got a little comfortable with us. That is when he started attacking our hands.
The bengal was really freaking out my wife so we took him back and picked up a different one on the 13th. He's very quiet and timid and even after 10 days he only comes out from under the futon for food, water, or the bathroom. He is fine with you petting him under the futon but we have tried getting him out and he runs back after a few minutes. Any time he is out of the guest room, if he sees you his only mission is to get around you and back to the safety of the futon. I don't think he's happy and we don't want to invest money into a cat which is going to spend all it's time under the bed.
What should we do? I really want to just give him back and keep the 1 female but the woman at the rescue is being very resistant. She loves the 2 YO cat and thinks it really needs a companion.
The other one was a bengal mix and he was just crazy. He was 4 years old and apparently used to be a stray (they didn't tell us this when we adopted him). He spent all his time hiding under the bed, but after about 4-5 days he got a little comfortable with us. That is when he started attacking our hands.
The bengal was really freaking out my wife so we took him back and picked up a different one on the 13th. He's very quiet and timid and even after 10 days he only comes out from under the futon for food, water, or the bathroom. He is fine with you petting him under the futon but we have tried getting him out and he runs back after a few minutes. Any time he is out of the guest room, if he sees you his only mission is to get around you and back to the safety of the futon. I don't think he's happy and we don't want to invest money into a cat which is going to spend all it's time under the bed.
What should we do? I really want to just give him back and keep the 1 female but the woman at the rescue is being very resistant. She loves the 2 YO cat and thinks it really needs a companion.