Cats in Boxes

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leaguefreak Nov 2023 10:02pm, 9 Nov 2023 11,645 posts	0 leaguefreak Absolutely. Then will come the complaints the cushion smells of hooman cleaning and not like a proper cat resting place.
ITG 🇮🇸 Nov 2023 8:09am, 10 Nov 2023 17,127 posts	0 ITG 🇮🇸 Little Edda (shelter name) ate and used her box overnight. She hides all the time but she lets me stroke her gently. I hope she can gradually get used to people.
Garfield Nov 2023 8:10am, 10 Nov 2023 17,565 posts	0 Garfield Awww, she's lovely ITG. She'll come around with time...as fraggle knows from her Monty.
EvilPixie Nov 2023 8:30am, 10 Nov 2023 48,592 posts	0 EvilPixie aww bless she is a nervous cat but she'll come round
jda Nov 2023 8:44am, 10 Nov 2023 15,845 posts	0 jda How old? It sounds like she's basically tame already, just a bit scared.
ITG 🇮🇸 Nov 2023 9:07am, 10 Nov 2023 17,128 posts	0 ITG 🇮🇸 She is about 5 months, jda. Her mother is a stray and they have never been able to catch her; but she has 3 or 4 sets of kittens every year which the shelter takes in and tries to rehome. She is very calm - she never tries to stratch or bite, but just sits very still if I stroke her. I am pretty sure she would be happier to be left in peace so I will not bother her too much and let her come out on her own. I am told she really likes other cats so hopefully Pascal will step up and teach her that we humans in her new home are gentle creatures.
jda Nov 2023 9:23am, 10 Nov 2023 15,846 posts	0 jda Ok. Our basic trick is to always make them come to us for food (we don't leave it out for them, beyond a very bare minimum in the first day or two if they are really petrified) and they soon learn to associate us with good things! We've tamed a dozen or so in the past year, the three black (+white) ones on previous pages being the current set, now ready for rehoming.
Hanneke Nov 2023 10:50am, 10 Nov 2023 114,090 posts	0 Hanneke She sounds and looks very promising! Lasya hid when she first arrived too and she was tame and not a stray! I had a right panic, as I could not fing her ANYWHERE! Then she appeared on my pillow at night, purring madly: look, I found you! 🥰
ITG 🇮🇸 Nov 2023 10:58am, 10 Nov 2023 17,129 posts	0 ITG 🇮🇸 Thanks, jda, I may come to you for advice. I will leave food out for her for a couple of days so she does not feel starved as well as scared. I think she will need to know she has food to feel secure. She is in a little office next to our tv room so last night (and in future), we will keep the door open when we are there so she gets used to our presence and hopefully less frightened.
Serendippily Nov 2023 12:53pm, 10 Nov 2023 29,274 posts	0 Serendippily Prim lived behind the washing machine for a bit. That was quite inconvenient. Little Edda looks gorgeous