Trauma Healing

Okay, I have to be honest, I already love this guy and I just got him yesterday. I still have yet for him to approach me. He ate a little food last night, but hasn’t touched anything all day today. He’s been under my bed, at the end of it, hiding in my blankets on the floor. Do I think this is odd? No. I’ve just never seen it before. A cat that cuddles blankets. I won’t call him skittish. I call him shy. He’s come out a few times, looks at me and slinks back to his hiding. Probably because I can’t keep my mouth shut. I try to talk to him, plus, I am looking at him and I know he’d rather be ignored for now. So I’m trying to keep things cool.

Well, Bobber eventually came out to eat. It took a lot of ignoring him to get him to go to the food dish. But he eventually did. I’m very happy about that. It tells me he’s starting to feel a bit more comfortable around here. Of course, he keeps an eye on me at all times.

I can tell he’s a friendly cat, just very shy. I guess I didn’t introduce him to the litter box correctly, he used my spare bed as a litter box instead of the litter box. I asked ChatGPT (she’s such a smart lady) how to get him to use his litter box. She told me to take the door off temporarily and if that doesn’t work then take the whole top off temporarily. She also said I could try moving it closer to him along with his food. But I’m getting really frustrated. He keeps trying to go back to that spot on the bed and sniffing it out. I guess I’ll just put the dang box on the bed for now. Along with his food dish. We will see if that works.

And awwwe, we got success right away! Such a good boy! If you can see, his tail is sticking out and he’s using the box. I bet he feels a tremendous amount of urine relief. And he’s doing a great job covering his mess up, he’s been in there scratching away! I’m pretty proud of him.

Lastly, this cat is the quietest cat I’ve ever owned. This guy didn’t say a peep on the way home in the car or in the kennel. He did make quite a bit of noise during our meet and greet at PetSmart, but I haven’t heard a word from him since.

And once again, this smart guy used his litter box!