She was only 5-6 months old when she came in and so scared that RAPS staff couldn't be sure if she was feral or had formerly been tame. After a while, someone put a note up on her cage door saying that she liked to be scratched if approached slowly and quietly.
Recently, she's started peeking out from her hiding spots long enough to make me think it may be time to give this scratching thing a try.
It took some time sitting on the floor of her cage, scrunched up against her litterbox, before I could get her to relax from a tense look of horror into something a little more relaxed and, at last a rub and a purr. Definitely worth the time and embedded kitty litter.
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I wrote that a few months ago. When she was evil! But I haven't sat in the litter box to scratch her ;)Ann
ReplyDeleteDefinitely worth the time, Claire! I had a good visit with her on Sunday (scrunched up on the floor) - started out stroking her through her blanket-hide, but before long she was out and purring, and finally rolling over for some stomach-stroking. She still doesn't want to be held, but we're making progress!
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Did you get a chance to see her outside the cage Claire and Brigit? She's much like Orleans scoot and come over, scoot and come over!
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She was dancing around for me on Monday night but got scared when Leslie and Gaye had to catch Kirby and bring him in. After that she hid behind the chair next to her old cage but kept peeking out at me. She let me stroke her if I reached around behind the chair.
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