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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  Patience!!! She is scared and lost and feels like she has been abandoned by the people she has been with for 4-5 years! Start her out in a kennel, because she is used to that and will be more secure there....leave the door open so she can come and go as she pleases. Feed her what she is used to eating....you can worry about changing her diet after she is settled in and is comfortable with you in 4-5 months. Give her distilled water so the change in water from what she is used to getting, to the water in your part of town will not cause her to have diarrhea....you start out with distilled and over 2-3 weeks, slowly start switching/adding water she will be drinking into the bottled distilled water, until she is completely on the water she will be drinking living with you. Take it easy, move slowly, let her adjust to you and get used to you....move at HER speed.....she will come around! Congratulations on your new little lady....allow her to hide out in a cave type crate which is what she is used to, and she will be fine....just takes time! |
Yes lots of patience, speak in soft gentle voice, let her come to you in her own time, if you have to hand feed her, so be it, it won't last forever. Her whole world has changed, new smells, house, schedule and you, you are a stranger to her. I have an adopted boy, he was 2.5 y/o when I got him. Your new little girl needs time to adjust to all these new things. It's wonderful she is now drinking water, everything with this little girl needs to be done in baby steps. If she'll allow you to pick her up to be cuddled awesome, but do not force her if she is scared or afraid. If she has been crated most of her life she may not be use to being handled and cuddled. Everything has to be done on her terms, when she is comfortable around you, loses the fear of her new surroundings she will come to you, patience is the key word with rescues. Play with her, walk her, this all builds trust in you, and always praise and reward with a treat for every little accomplishment, like coming to you on her own, playing with you or potting in the area you want. She WILL come around and your reward will be over whelming. Thank you for rescuing this little girl. Please keep us up-dated on her new life and accomplishments with you.