SO! Hey everyone!
Yesterday I adopted and brought home a little shy guy, who I’ve decided to name Buddha. He’s almost 9 months old. He hasn’t been able to find a forever home due to what I guess would be his shyish nature. I brought him on, fully expecting this. He’s super sweet. I’m sure in enough time he’ll warm up.
My plan was to eventually give him free reign, for at least my living room. My apartment is very minimal and there isn’t anything for him to get into (my only concern being the books on the book shelf, which I’m in the middle of creating something to protect that). Cords are completely unable to be gotten to. Anyway, he had his own room at his foster’s house…but he was always alone in it (for which I can see why he’s maybe shy). It was a room JUST for him and she didn’t seem to mention any problems with it though lately he had beginning to chew at their molding before getting him toys. I didn’t want to put him in a cage at all, being he’s never lived in one. I didn’t want to stress him out any further than that car ride. I had an exercise pen on hand, which was mostly for the evening or the rare occasion that someone wasn’t home. He’s FANTASTIC with a litter box. I just feel like it’s way too soon to be living him completely unattended. Welllllll….last night, I was awoken around 2am. Nothing crfazy, but it was the sound of his escape. I came out to him running around (which made me happy), but all I could think was….crap…haha. He had settled down and sprawled out on the floor. I fearfully had a hard time sleeping, but let him be. Everything was fine when I came out this morning, but for some reason I’m still worried. He was just hanging out under the couch…the couch being my other small concern. It is an Ikea couch, an Ektorp. Nothing fancy, but underneath does exist some wood that I don’t know if he might find interesting or not. I put chew toys under the couch and everywhere he’s been hanging out, to hope that his attention gets diverted…if he decides he’s feeling adventurous. I know this is a lot!
What do you guys think? I mean…my partner and I have polar opposite schedules, so someone is home 97% of the time. I’m just worried at night. Thanks for any advice!
I’m also concerned with clipping his nails, which will HAVE to be done preferably sooner than later. I noticed his foster mom hadn’t done so in a long time. He is impossible to hold, which she was the first to admit. I don’t mind that he doesn’t want to picked up (I get it, I’m not the most affectionate person either), but that would be the only area of concern for me.
Happy Saturday!
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