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My Bengal, Nari.
 
FoxEye said:
Well, it turns out that cat ownership is not fun. Or maybe my cat is just abnormal.

She won't eat, meows all the time, won't play, won't cuddle. She's been to the vets twice who say there's nothing physically wrong with her. Charged me £100 to tell me that tho.

She's been here for over a month but is scared of everything, including myself. She is the only animal here and everybody treats her with affection. But her eyes are always dilated, she's nervous, and bolts away if someone so much as looks at her. Then meows *loudly* for attention.

The stress of owning her is making me regret the decision to have a cat at all. I've tried multiple different brands of pet food including the Tesco value stuff the breeder fed her, and she won't eat any of it.

I'm not going to take her back to the vets as they seem useless. At this point she either starts eating or she starves. It's her choice.

I've bought her a crapload of toys of various types, a water fountain (she won't drink at all), two cat trees, loads of stuff. She just wants to hide and starve herself, while being very vocal about it. But I told the vets all this and they say "come back in a week" each time. Of course they do, it's $$$$ if I come back each week and they tell me nothing is wrong.

Man I'm so stressed right now. Considering force-feeding her.
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This is bad news considering the commotion of getting a cat. Hopefully everything will come through in the end. I'm sure, considering how much you wanted a cat in the first place, you'll put the effort in, endure the stress and take the time to ensure the cat will eventually calm and settle into her home.
 
It is quite ironic that you wanted a pedigree and refused a rescue cat for pretty much all of the reasons that you are currently experiencing. I hope you get it sorted though, for the cats sake if nothing else :)
 
ubern00b said:
It is quite ironic that you wanted a pedigree and refused a rescue cat for pretty much all of the reasons that you are currently experiencing.
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It is only because it is a pedigree cat that I believe the problems can be sorted out within a week. My feeling is that this is a bonding issue, where the cat is scared of the humans and the humans are scared of the cat.

If it was a rescue cat, there would be all sorts of variables (ie. what is the history of the cat before you took ownership of the cat. If it was a rescue cat, he wouldnt know the answer to the question), which would reduce the probability of sorting out these issues.
 
Warning kitten photo dump:

This is our new kitten Apollo

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He loves his Kickeroo

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And the scratching post

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He loves going on adventures

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But he doesn't love the beds that we got him....the rug is much more cosy

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And the mantelshelf

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sunama said:
It is only because it is a pedigree cat that I believe the problems can be sorted out within a week. My feeling is that this is a bonding issue, where the cat is scared of the humans and the humans are scared of the cat.

If it was a rescue cat, there would be all sorts of variables (ie. what is the history of the cat before you took ownership of the cat. If it was a rescue cat, he wouldnt know the answer to the question), which would reduce the probability of sorting out these issues.
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Regardless, it is still ironic :)
 
FoxEye said:
Well, it turns out that cat ownership is not fun. Or maybe my cat is just abnormal.

She won't eat, meows all the time, won't play, won't cuddle. She's been to the vets twice who say there's nothing physically wrong with her. Charged me £100 to tell me that tho.

She's been here for over a month but is scared of everything, including myself. She is the only animal here and everybody treats her with affection. But her eyes are always dilated, she's nervous, and bolts away if someone so much as looks at her. Then meows *loudly* for attention.

The stress of owning her is making me regret the decision to have a cat at all. I've tried multiple different brands of pet food including the Tesco value stuff the breeder fed her, and she won't eat any of it.

I'm not going to take her back to the vets as they seem useless. At this point she either starts eating or she starves. It's her choice.

I've bought her a crapload of toys of various types, a water fountain (she won't drink at all), two cat trees, loads of stuff. She just wants to hide and starve herself, while being very vocal about it. But I told the vets all this and they say "come back in a week" each time. Of course they do, it's $$$$ if I come back each week and they tell me nothing is wrong.

Man I'm so stressed right now. Considering force-feeding her.
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put cat in bed room with you sit quietly doing your own thing, ie reading a book (not the computer banging away on a keyboard or your phone with bright lights), wait for the cat to approach you, let it sniff you out and get used to you without you paying it any attention once it satrts touching you etc, then give him your hand to sniff before trying to stroke him.


may take several long noisy hours.
 
Some pictures of my 2.
You will see how they have aged over the last year.
Reflex the Egyptian Mau and Tiny the Bengal.

Reflex and Tiny, 2 days after Tiny arrived.
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A couple of months later...
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Tiny at approximately a year old.
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Tefal said:
put cat in bed room with you sit quietly doing your own thing, ie reading a book (not the computer banging away on a keyboard or your phone with bright lights), wait for the cat to approach you, let it sniff you out and get used to you without you paying it any attention once it satrts touching you etc, then give him your hand to sniff before trying to stroke him.
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He's had the cat for a few months.
You think he hasn't tried this already?
 
When we first got Floyd he was majorly unhumanised, god knows what the person we got him from did.

We basically waited for him to come to us and someone said above its worth sitting quietly rather than having the tv/ computer/ music blaring away. Anyway it took about a fortnight for him to come around, he still doesn't like strangers and he'll disapear when the door goes. But if you've had her for a few months I can only think you're trying too hard and trying to force the relationship? Or there's too much going on in the house and it's stressing her out?
 
My other thought would be what age was she split from her mother and rest of the litter? Could be separation anxiety if it was a little too early.
 
I must admit that I am a sucker for pedigree cats.
That Ragdoll is a good looking girl.
I am guessing that she is laid back and the sort who will be happy to laze around and sit in someone's lap, without issue.
 
She's done really well having gone from a large farmhouse to my apartment. Was naturally timid the first couple of days, not eating much and mostly under the couch, but now she's super comfortable.

She'll only be hard to approach when she wants to play, at first I thought she was still getting scared again on and off, but it turns out it's one of her ways of saying "oi, I want to play- now". And she's livelier than I expected! She's easy to pick up, but won't stay put unless she really wants to (obviously)

She's my first pet (apart from a goldfish when I was little) so I'm pretty pleased that she's settled in so quick, that she's perfectly litter trained, and that we're able to read each other reasonably well so soon :)

Jesus christ I sound like a new parent :o :vomit: :p
 
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