Laura W
Savannah Super Cat
Just an update on where we are.
He is playing more with DaBird the last couple of days and it has become his favorite toy. Favorite place to take DaBird when he catches it is to a folded sheet from the other cat room that smells like the other 3 cats. He has spotted the 3 girls when I put them in the catio to play for a bit each night. He watches and is very curious, tried to get to Mitzi through the window (I close the door off from his room when the girls are playing.) He is fine when Mitzi puts her paws under the door when he and I play in his quarantine room and I also play with her to encourage her paws under the door for him to see and smell. The others continue to act as if they don't know he's there, although Dolos spotted him in the window while in catio and was her grumpy self, growling and snarling. It's just her way of warning this is her house, but she is harmless.
When we play, he will randomly stop and flatten his ears and bare his teeth but it never goes any further, probably because I will just do soft blinks and tell him it's okay. Takes maybe 5 second for his ears to go forward and he continues to play. There has been a couple times he looks like he is thinking of doing his rushing at you but it he doesn't follow through. I think he knows I'm not intimidated by him. Still cannot touch him, but he is willing to take tiny bit of chicken from my fingers and is very gentle. He pulls back when touched with anything, I think he is still a bit scared.
Litter habits are great with a proper size box, drinking a lot of water and he is an eating machine. He mainly stays under the large desk where the chair would normally be but comes out to play as soon as he sees the toy. In the evenings, he likes to be in the window or the catio. I noticed since he saw the girls and the door was closed, he isn't out there as often, so tonight I lifted the flap and used the toy to show him it is open for him.
Overall, I think it is going well. As always, open to any suggestions!
He is playing more with DaBird the last couple of days and it has become his favorite toy. Favorite place to take DaBird when he catches it is to a folded sheet from the other cat room that smells like the other 3 cats. He has spotted the 3 girls when I put them in the catio to play for a bit each night. He watches and is very curious, tried to get to Mitzi through the window (I close the door off from his room when the girls are playing.) He is fine when Mitzi puts her paws under the door when he and I play in his quarantine room and I also play with her to encourage her paws under the door for him to see and smell. The others continue to act as if they don't know he's there, although Dolos spotted him in the window while in catio and was her grumpy self, growling and snarling. It's just her way of warning this is her house, but she is harmless.
When we play, he will randomly stop and flatten his ears and bare his teeth but it never goes any further, probably because I will just do soft blinks and tell him it's okay. Takes maybe 5 second for his ears to go forward and he continues to play. There has been a couple times he looks like he is thinking of doing his rushing at you but it he doesn't follow through. I think he knows I'm not intimidated by him. Still cannot touch him, but he is willing to take tiny bit of chicken from my fingers and is very gentle. He pulls back when touched with anything, I think he is still a bit scared.
Litter habits are great with a proper size box, drinking a lot of water and he is an eating machine. He mainly stays under the large desk where the chair would normally be but comes out to play as soon as he sees the toy. In the evenings, he likes to be in the window or the catio. I noticed since he saw the girls and the door was closed, he isn't out there as often, so tonight I lifted the flap and used the toy to show him it is open for him.
Overall, I think it is going well. As always, open to any suggestions!
