Scaredy cats

[opera142]

The adjustment period with the kitties is not going well. They pretty much hide while we are home. Sophie hides in the furnace vent. -_______- Idek where Mazy goes. They come out to eat and stare at us a couple of times during the evening.

They are destructive. I suppose, it's Mazy just being a kitten. I come home from work, and stuff is scattered, knocked over, and broken. Also, someone is not covering her poop.

Sophie gets another week of hiding in the furnace, then a citrus air freshner is getting put near the vent. I really don't want to take away her "safe space", but I don't think her hiding there is good for her or the furnace.

We're going back and forth about trapping them. We haven't been able to give them a health check or even a good look over. Trapping them will freak them out, though, and erase all the minor gains we've made. idk, idk.

Comments

[topknot.livejournal.com]

Is there any way you can isolate them to just one room of the house? A room that isn't too big without much they can get into? Like a bathroom or a study? Then you can go in, sit down on the floor, and read or something in there with them on a regular basis so they'll get used to seeing and smelling you. That's what a friend of mine does when she traps feral cats and socialises them.