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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / May 2005I want KitKat and my Hubby to become friends.
So we have had KitKat for almost 3 months now and he is still afraid of my husband. Mike doesn't yell at him or anything I think that it is that he is just a loud man. The cat will run out of a room if Mike gets up from a sitting position and seems to only let Mike touch him when I am there and he is already very relaxed. We have had Mike feeding him and cleaning his litterbox hoping KitKat will see Mike as a care giver. I think Mike is getting a complex - any other ideas. > So we have had KitKat for almost 3 months now and he is still afraid of > my husband. Mike doesn't yell at him or anything I think that it is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > feeding him and cleaning his litterbox hoping KitKat will see Mike as a > care giver. I think Mike is getting a complex - any other ideas. Tell Mike not to try at all... Don't call the cat, don't make eye contact...watch the cat come check him out. > So we have had KitKat for almost 3 months now and he is still afraid of > my husband. Mike doesn't yell at him or anything I think that it is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > feeding him and cleaning his litterbox hoping KitKat will see Mike as a > care giver. I think Mike is getting a complex - any other ideas. I think you're doing the right thing with Mike feeding him. Sometimes with cats, food is trust. He could also keep treats in his pocket! Sherry > So we have had KitKat for almost 3 months now and he is still afraid of > my husband. Mike doesn't yell at him or anything I think that it is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > feeding him and cleaning his litterbox hoping KitKat will see Mike as a > care giver. I think Mike is getting a complex - any other ideas. Think about always sitting on the floor (and take shoes off in the house. Shoed feet are scary things) when being in KitKat's presence. While watching TV etc. Mike might even consider reading out loud from a book or the newspaper to KitKat. Animals like to be talked to. It relaxes us and so I think that transfers to relaxing them. > > So we have had KitKat for almost 3 months now and he is still afraid of > > my husband. Mike doesn't yell at him or anything I think that it is [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > newspaper to KitKat. Animals like to be talked to. It relaxes us and so I > think that transfers to relaxing them. This would probably help. He could read Of Mice And Men. I was reading an article about why cats always seem to goto the guests who really don't want the cat to get near them...just the opposite of what you might think. People who called the cat, the cat was not interested, but if they tried to avoid the cat..the cat couldn't stand it and would go find out why. If I read it...then it must be true...lol > So we have had KitKat for almost 3 months now and he is still afraid > of my husband. Mike doesn't yell at him or anything I think that [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > see Mike as a care giver. I think Mike is getting a complex - any > other ideas. I think it just takes time. Eric can now do just about anything with Oscar that I can do, but it took about two years for her (Oscar) to get comfortable. She still jumps and runs sometimes when people get out of chairs or do other innocuous things; she's just a nervous cat. When I first met Eric, he said he was not a cat person and would never be comfortable around Oscar. Now he picks her up, dances with her (holding her front paws and singing), and she trusts him enough to curl up on him to sleep. It just took time.  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Oh Monique I hope so. I feel so bad - although every once in awhile KitKat will sit with Mike - he is usually sitting just out of reach. > Oh Monique I hope so. I feel so bad - although every once in awhile > KitKat will sit with Mike - he is usually sitting just out of reach. THAT is fairly normal. Sugar does this all the time. Drives me nuts. It sounds like he will come around eventuallly. |
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