r/birmans • u/s1d3b00b • 1d ago
My new little companion
6 months old. It didn’t work out at her first home, so I adopted her. Overstimulated and stressed out. Constantly on guard. We’re 9 days into it and she is slowly warming up, and are adjusting to a new calm home without kids. Such a sweet and gentle little creature. But reserved. She is the first kitten ever not to trash my house when I’m out. Even though I don’t mind. Lol. I have a lot of focus on reverse cat psychology, stimulating her curiosity, scheduled play time, finding out which types of playing she likes and building trust. And making sure she gets breaks, and learn to also calm down again. Even though she might never be a lap cat, she follows me everywhere and she is never more than 6 feet away. Favorite play is hide and seek and fetching small curled up paper balls, I shoot through the room with a rubber band. She brings it back every single time. Apparently she taught herself. Regular cat toys are not interesting at all. I think the previous home have “over played” her in an unhealthy way. And it ended up with a confused little girl. She just gets better and better here with me for every day that passes, and it’s so so rewarding noticing the small changes in her overall behavior.
