NikkiA
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I am sorry that Jasmine is still frightened. Have you tried Feliway? We use multi-cat. I also have a supplement that I give our anxious kitty, Jarvis. For perspective, it took me about 5 months after Jarvis came home before I could touch him without upsetting him, and really about a year to gain his trust.
Now that i have it, I can do almost anything with him. Pick him up, carry him, hug him. He just took a while to figure it out. I hope Jasmine is that way too.
I don't have a ton of experience with cats, Diablo, our F5 savannah, was our first cat (he turns 5 this summer!), but I have found that our kitties like to be groomed. You may find that Jasmine and Abbas respond positively to alone time with you or your girlfriend where you make a fuss over them and groom them.
Re: your saltwater and freshwater tanks. You may want to get secure covers. We have an ELOS 160XL and a JBJ30 gallon rimless. The ELOS is in our living room, the JBJ in our bedroom.
We have covers on both, even though it completely destroys the design.
We have covers because after years of no interest, Diablo went swimming. Then Mickey did. Little baby Rey hasn't tried yet, but we went through a period where Jarvis would dangle from the rim of the ELOS with one paw, and swat at the fish with the other. I've caught Mickey and Rey on top of the JBJ rimless several times. Thank goodness the tempered glass cover is strong. You just don't know when they are going to look up at the tank and go, "oh. that looks interesting. I will check it out."
Washing a cat that took a swim in a saltwater aquarium, if the cat isn't used to being bathed, will REALLY be a challenge.
Now that i have it, I can do almost anything with him. Pick him up, carry him, hug him. He just took a while to figure it out. I hope Jasmine is that way too.
I don't have a ton of experience with cats, Diablo, our F5 savannah, was our first cat (he turns 5 this summer!), but I have found that our kitties like to be groomed. You may find that Jasmine and Abbas respond positively to alone time with you or your girlfriend where you make a fuss over them and groom them.
Re: your saltwater and freshwater tanks. You may want to get secure covers. We have an ELOS 160XL and a JBJ30 gallon rimless. The ELOS is in our living room, the JBJ in our bedroom.
We have covers on both, even though it completely destroys the design.
We have covers because after years of no interest, Diablo went swimming. Then Mickey did. Little baby Rey hasn't tried yet, but we went through a period where Jarvis would dangle from the rim of the ELOS with one paw, and swat at the fish with the other. I've caught Mickey and Rey on top of the JBJ rimless several times. Thank goodness the tempered glass cover is strong. You just don't know when they are going to look up at the tank and go, "oh. that looks interesting. I will check it out."
Washing a cat that took a swim in a saltwater aquarium, if the cat isn't used to being bathed, will REALLY be a challenge.