this now 6 year old neutered male once ferral cat has lived with me for a year now....he still doesnt trust, watches me intensly for any flub ups (mostly anger or any aggresion (including a females horse voice) has decided to be intensly angry inside, and is obviously upset, but he does not act out at all, rendering my getting help with this not possible so far..... he loves cat calming music, fishing pole toy 24/7... with no outward behaviors requiring any human interaction. this is unheard of, and it is real in my home. he is on survival mode, and the most intelligant cat iv ever known...he is an orange short haired tabby...beautiful coat... but doesnt fight...bite, scratch, urinate (spray) inappropriatly...he doesnt like being touched most of the time, as he can sense when i am a angry (even not directly at my ferral kitty)..even before even i know im angry at something else, (not my kitty).... if he doesnt sense anger, or anxiety of any kind, im ok to trust, pet him, or let me be close....i .dont try to touch...he sniffs me out, than decides if i can be trusted...when i do touch him, and most of the time, his body revolts as tho he were electricaly shocked...or like an angry adolecent child, pulls away, or throws youre hand off...the vets comment when i was presenting this was..."you have a very sweet kitty here"...and he can be, but he also is smart enough not to present a troubled kitty to strangers.
here is the question...all people feel anger from time to time. what does one do when my once ferral kitty 1 year ago senses anger, and to my kitty, this means "red flag"? does this mean my once ferral kitty will never trust me? im getting very frustrated, as i repeatedly say to kitty, "i love you...cant you see? i iove you' we have been thru so much together! i cant even think of "throwing" him away, and yet iv been miserable with this cats mistrust...
yes, i got him a 4 month old spayed female kitten...he loves her...she loves him, and she also is very devoted to him!...it is such a privelage to watch these 2 kittys relate to each other...they love each other so....she, now 9 months old is very athletic, fun, effectionate, sweet, and was trusting....not in the last 3 months tho, ..my 6 year old once ferral kitty, has been teaching my now 9 month old kitten (my baby), not to trust me...(humans if you will) she egnores me unless older brother kitty lets her know its safe...which isnt offten... .....it is sweet the way big brother cat protects his adopted little kitten sister, and at the same time, its not nessesary.... i am not an out of average person behavior wise. im average period ...and yet .im sick with not knowing what to do!!! as i said previously, my ferral kittys behavior is unheard of for our ferral kittys normal behavior patterns...
i (67 yrs old) live alone in an apartment, we all like peace and not alote of loud noise in this family....on adopting my ferral kitty, it was stated he needs to be in a quiet home, no children or other pets..he stayed at the back of his cubicle the whole time he was at the humane societys animal shelter. he never did anything else there.....the only aggresive thing he did when i got him home once out of his special space needed untill he adjusted some to his new environment was jump from high spot to high spot growling scaring me....cats do this for fun when they are just being mischievious...at the time he was angry and very scared....does anyone have feedback on this?
here is the question...all people feel anger from time to time. what does one do when my once ferral kitty 1 year ago senses anger, and to my kitty, this means "red flag"? does this mean my once ferral kitty will never trust me? im getting very frustrated, as i repeatedly say to kitty, "i love you...cant you see? i iove you' we have been thru so much together! i cant even think of "throwing" him away, and yet iv been miserable with this cats mistrust...
yes, i got him a 4 month old spayed female kitten...he loves her...she loves him, and she also is very devoted to him!...it is such a privelage to watch these 2 kittys relate to each other...they love each other so....she, now 9 months old is very athletic, fun, effectionate, sweet, and was trusting....not in the last 3 months tho, ..my 6 year old once ferral kitty, has been teaching my now 9 month old kitten (my baby), not to trust me...(humans if you will) she egnores me unless older brother kitty lets her know its safe...which isnt offten... .....it is sweet the way big brother cat protects his adopted little kitten sister, and at the same time, its not nessesary.... i am not an out of average person behavior wise. im average period ...and yet .im sick with not knowing what to do!!! as i said previously, my ferral kittys behavior is unheard of for our ferral kittys normal behavior patterns...
i (67 yrs old) live alone in an apartment, we all like peace and not alote of loud noise in this family....on adopting my ferral kitty, it was stated he needs to be in a quiet home, no children or other pets..he stayed at the back of his cubicle the whole time he was at the humane societys animal shelter. he never did anything else there.....the only aggresive thing he did when i got him home once out of his special space needed untill he adjusted some to his new environment was jump from high spot to high spot growling scaring me....cats do this for fun when they are just being mischievious...at the time he was angry and very scared....does anyone have feedback on this?