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Hey there,
So I have an orange tabby cat, and it's almost coming up on 1 year of having my little guy! He's been such a cool cat to have around, but I did have a little fiasco with him about 6 months ago.
I was trying to make him into an outdoor cat, so I thought I would take him to my parents and try to get him accustomed to the outside there. BIG MISTAKE. He jumped thru the screened in porch and he ran into a culvert at the end of my driveway. After 2 DAYS OF searching for him I finally found him underneath our neighbors porch. You can see the whole fiasco here:
Cat went into culvert and can't get him out
Well anyways, what I have noticed is that before this happened, when anybody came over to my apartment, he was still pretty chill. He would just hang out and not care who was around. He would be able to play with other people and not get super spooked at anyone.
After this whole culvert fiasco, when anybody comes over, he instantly scampers away and hides away in a dark corner until the "threat" is gone. My question is, was he so traumatized by the whole culvert fiasco that he just doesn't trust anyone except for me now? Or was it the whole stretch of Covid where he saw nobody else but me, so now I'm the only one he trusts and he doesn't trust anyone else. I can't quite figure it out.
Anyways, its a bummer that nobody else can interact with him. I have my pops come cat sit for me when I have to travel away for work on vacation, and he just hides the whole time he is over. I have tried different techniques...where I come into my apartment, grab him and squeeze him, then have somebody else come in. But the result is always: he starts meowing, the fear comes in his eyes, and I let him go and he hides away.
Does anybody know a good way to get my cat more "socialized"? Or is he just set in his ways now?
Thanks,
Pop
So I have an orange tabby cat, and it's almost coming up on 1 year of having my little guy! He's been such a cool cat to have around, but I did have a little fiasco with him about 6 months ago.
I was trying to make him into an outdoor cat, so I thought I would take him to my parents and try to get him accustomed to the outside there. BIG MISTAKE. He jumped thru the screened in porch and he ran into a culvert at the end of my driveway. After 2 DAYS OF searching for him I finally found him underneath our neighbors porch. You can see the whole fiasco here:
Cat went into culvert and can't get him out
Well anyways, what I have noticed is that before this happened, when anybody came over to my apartment, he was still pretty chill. He would just hang out and not care who was around. He would be able to play with other people and not get super spooked at anyone.
After this whole culvert fiasco, when anybody comes over, he instantly scampers away and hides away in a dark corner until the "threat" is gone. My question is, was he so traumatized by the whole culvert fiasco that he just doesn't trust anyone except for me now? Or was it the whole stretch of Covid where he saw nobody else but me, so now I'm the only one he trusts and he doesn't trust anyone else. I can't quite figure it out.
Anyways, its a bummer that nobody else can interact with him. I have my pops come cat sit for me when I have to travel away for work on vacation, and he just hides the whole time he is over. I have tried different techniques...where I come into my apartment, grab him and squeeze him, then have somebody else come in. But the result is always: he starts meowing, the fear comes in his eyes, and I let him go and he hides away.
Does anybody know a good way to get my cat more "socialized"? Or is he just set in his ways now?
Thanks,
Pop