Comments by "Glamdolly" (@glamdolly30) on "Hissing Feral Cat Becomes A Couch Potato | The Dodo Adopt Me!" video.

  1. What a beautiful cat! He'll get adopted soon, for sure. I so envy the people who will have him join their family. Scared, stand-offish animals have usually been hurt by humans. They can be unfairly branded 'aggressive', when all they are is afraid. And all they need to come round, and learn to trust people, is TIME. Too often people rush this, get impatient and try to hurry the process. And make no mistake, winning the trust of an animal as hurt and neglected as this one, IS a process. A friend of mine was asked by a rescue shelter to adopt a second cat from them, after he gave a male cat such a happy home. The rescue had unsuccessfully adopted out Jessie , a small, timid female, 3 times, but each time the family brought her back to the shelter after a week, complaining that she wasn't friendly and would not settle with them. The shelter was losing hope of ever re-homing her, and were considering releasing her back into the wild. When my friend heard this he had to take her, he couldn't bear to think of her all alone, a small, vulnerable cat, living feral. As soon as he got her home and opened the cat carrier she shot out, and hid under his couch. And there she stayed, for days. So he gave her all her meals under there, and put the litter box nearby. He didn't hassle her to come out, and neither did his other cat. After a week she finally emerged, and started exploring her new home. She was soon sitting on her new owner's lap. 5 years later she's the happiest, cuddliest, most affectionate lap cat you can imagine. She's a real home bird, who never goes out, loves pets from him, and is even friends with her feline brother. All she needed was TIME. People must be patient and not put pressure on a nervous animal. Take things at THEIR pace. Patience always pays off!
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