I think he lives with us for three weeks now and we're all so excited to make friends with him that it feels like forever to get him closer to us. He's definitely making progress every day so we have to keep that in mind, but he's not as fast accepting us as Mojo did, unless we feed him delicious ham that is, lol. The way through this guy's heart is definitely through his stomach, lol. He's still not eating from our hand and prefers to snipe it from our hand instead, but I have to say not once did he try to use his nails on any of us. He just walks away, and goes back to his spot when we move, he never lashes out while we keep trying to pet him every day. He's a good little fella and SSOOOO soft! Unbelievable, to be honest.
Well, of course we had a few "lucky shots" trying to pet him while he didn't realize it until after a few strokes to then run away. Sometimes he doesn't let me pet his head but I can gently touch the paws for a minute without him running. But it was when I was allowed to pet his back when I found out he's sooooo soft. It makes me want to pet him even more haha.
I was able to trick him with the stick that has feathers on the end some days ago. I was touching his head with it which he often allows. That's our way of showing at least some affection, and sometimes he starts playing with it, he did so this time. He was biting in the stick and holding it at some point where I (at the same time) started touching the back of his head and he loved it. He let me scratch everywhere and even moved his head around like he was enjoying it fully and I realized he let me do it for a few minutes. I got all excited and then the funniest thing happened, it should have been recorded, haha. He looked up at me, at the stick he was holding and then the realisation came that it was my hand!! Oh the horror! I swear this moment was so funny that it still makes me laugh.
As he feels that it could be a golden opportunity to snatch some meat or chicken, and let's be honest, he's usually right. I love how adorable he stares at my daughter at the dinner table. But I admit that I was so happy when I was watching tv on the couch and suddenly he decided to lay there with me, and started grooming himself. He stayed there until my boyfriend wanted a spot on the couch too. That was probably a bit too crowded to his liking for now.
I hope we become great friends soon though..
Unfortunately, no sign of Mojo anywhere and I kind of gave up hope for now. I will be extra alert in January when she's likely to have kittens if she's still alive (gosh I hate saying that) because I assume if she found a new home, they are offered somewhere online and we recognize her in the pictures if they share the mother cat too. I will return the trap we borrowed today and it feels like a (temporary) chapter closing, which sucks. Let's hope she will return at some point, with our without kittens..
