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hopefully you cat lovers can help me.

Next door have a cat which they rescued called Charlie. I've let him in and out for a week while they were on holiday and fed and brushed him. It took a lot of work but he gradually got very comfortable around me.

When hes in our garden hes very shy and only yesterday I managed for the first time to get him to come to me.

Hes mega shy and scared of everything inc the wind!lol does anyone have any tips on how I can make him feel comfortable around me? and help me win his confidence back again?


hes a little photo of him I took from the kitchen window. After the birds as usual, although this method of bird catching is pure fail! :p
 
hopeful_builder said:
hopefully you cat lovers can help me.

Next door have a cat which they rescued called Charlie. I've let him in and out for a week while they were on holiday and fed and brushed him. It took a lot of work but he gradually got very comfortable around me.

When hes in our garden hes very shy and only yesterday I managed for the first time to get him to come to me.

Hes mega shy and scared of everything inc the wind!lol does anyone have any tips on how I can make him feel comfortable around me? and help me win his confidence back again?

hes a little photo of him I took from the kitchen window. After the birds as usual, although this method of bird catching is pure fail! :p
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When I got my cat (a rescue from the RSPCA) she was quite shy/ jumpy. No one could tell us what had happened to her, just she was a stray in very bad condition when the RSPCA picked her up, so she is a bit of mystery.

She loves me now...all because of TREATS!! Dreamies to be precise (you can get them from Tesco for about a £1). Just sit quietly in your garden when Charlie is out and about in it and talk to him normally...shake the bag of treats (so he hears them) and drop a few on the floor...he should nom them up and he will start to realise that your not a threat but a nice human with nice noms :D
 
He looks great. I would second the advice on those dreamies. And the whiskas ones with the cheesy stuff in the middle. Even our slightly anti social female cat loves them.

Also a small plastic ball to play with will (ping pong or you can get cheap ones with little rattles inside, supermarkets sell them in packs for a pound or so) attract him over for a game and then he will relax playing around you. And it might save a bird!
 
hopeful_builder said:
hopefully you cat lovers can help me.

Next door have a cat which they rescued called Charlie. I've let him in and out for a week while they were on holiday and fed and brushed him. It took a lot of work but he gradually got very comfortable around me.

When hes in our garden hes very shy and only yesterday I managed for the first time to get him to come to me.

Hes mega shy and scared of everything inc the wind!lol does anyone have any tips on how I can make him feel comfortable around me? and help me win his confidence back again?
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dont give him food to win him over, your neighbours might not like it if he starts getting fed at 2 places, my lad cat Jester needs SD cat food for a medical condition.. if one of my neighbours started giving him normal food/biscuits id kick them in the face :)
 
cainer said:
dont give him food to win him over, your neighbours might not like it if he starts getting fed at 2 places, my lad cat Jester needs SD cat food for a medical condition.. if one of my neighbours started giving him normal food/biscuits id kick them in the face :)
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Normally I would agree with you, but he has been feeding the cat all week so he would know if he is on a special diet, esp if he has been feeding him Whiskers/Felix/Go Cat :p
 
Same here, the diet is a bit of a known at this stage! If he was encouraging the cat to socialise because it lives next door and he likes it it would be another matter of course and you should never feed strange cats. But in this case it makes sense to be able to get near the cat to check on him, as the responsible 'guardian' :D
 
Thanks for all your replies :)

He does love these like meaty sticks, they look like peperami? cant remember what they are called as I the neighbors had left him some to give him over the week.

When I used to go out in the garden if he was there he would run off until I called his name. then he would turn around, look at me and sit down. But not come any further and run if I tried to get closer.

No he starts to walk to me gradually. So I'm hoping your advice with the treats may work.

My neighbors last car was lovely, she always used to come over for some fuss and the neighbors were very happy that we got on really well and that we would look after her. Unfortunately she was hit by a car and died (as mentioned earlier in this thread) :mad:

Looking forward to trying to win Charlie over :) Thanks folks! Maybe I'll get some better photos of him.
Oh ps, here a video I took of him in the neighbors kitchen when I looked after him for the week. Keep watching to 18 seconds, he gets a bit too close to the camera! lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn4NAycdYFE

Sorry not sure how to embed the video?
 
You could try getting a cheap cat toy

Something like this maybe?

Just leave it on the floor and slowly drag it along the floor - if he likes chasing birdies then he will like this :)

Watching that vid he looks like he would like something he could pounce on and chew :)
 
trixilux said:
You could try getting a cheap cat toy

Something like this maybe?

Just leave it on the floor and slowly drag it along the floor - if he likes chasing birdies then he will like this :)

Watching that vid he looks like he would like something he could pounce on and chew :)
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Thank you. that looks perfect! Will be purchase one ASAP. That thing hes chewing was the handle to a mouse on string, but he preferred the handle lol
 
hopeful_builder said:
Thanks for all your replies :)

He does love these like meaty sticks, they look like peperami? cant remember what they are called as I the neighbors had left him some to give him over the week.

When I used to go out in the garden if he was there he would run off until I called his name. then he would turn around, look at me and sit down. But not come any further and run if I tried to get closer.

No he starts to walk to me gradually. So I'm hoping your advice with the treats may work.

My neighbors last car was lovely, she always used to come over for some fuss and the neighbors were very happy that we got on really well and that we would look after her. Unfortunately she was hit by a car and died (as mentioned earlier in this thread) :mad:

Looking forward to trying to win Charlie over :) Thanks folks! Maybe I'll get some better photos of him.
Oh ps, here a video I took of him in the neighbors kitchen when I looked after him for the week. Keep watching to 18 seconds, he gets a bit too close to the camera! lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn4NAycdYFE

Sorry not sure how to embed the video?
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Why not get a cat of your own?! You obviously like cats and crave their attention - I'm sure you would make a very good cat owner (and therefore be the owner of a happy cat) :)

Go down to your local RSPCA / rescue centre, and have a nosey round!

(note - I'm not trying to say you shouldn't make friends with the neighbours cat, just that you would probably get a lot more enjoyment from having a mog or two of your own)
 
Duff-Man said:
Why not get a cat of your own?! You obviously like cats and crave their attention - I'm sure you would make a very good cat owner (and therefore be the owner of a happy cat) :)

Go down to your local RSPCA / rescue centre, and have a nosey round!

(note - I'm not trying to say you shouldn't make friends with the neighbours cat, just that you would probably get a lot more enjoyment from having a mog or two of your own)
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would love to! and I would rescue one ASAP, but still living with parents and they aren't keen :(
 
Mmmm seems one of the cats I foster hasn't quite got the idea behind this toy lol :D

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grudas said:
here's maze.. we got her yesterday

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she's 8 weeks old now and a very playful little girl! no litter training and has some fleas sadly.. but she's learning quick and getting to know the house :) don't want to force her.. fleas are being threated too
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from that.. to this..


shes still the same crazy girl.. she bites she jumps like crazy and all that.. haven't seen a cat as hyper as her! :D
 
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