Well as many of you all know Miss Teeny Tiny Nutini suffers from PTSD and in the 2 1/2 years (brought her home at 4 weeks old) I have had her she has been with me 24/7 with one exception where I was away from home for 48 hours..
Now in all that time of living so closely with her she will only ever approach me if I am at her level on the ground maybe twice a week or occasionally she wants me to pick her up for 10seconds and even when I can ( sometimes even If she wants to be picked up she’ll still run away) she only stands on my chest never relaxes! Not once!
Well I thought it was funny that yesterday morning she wanted to be held and she stayed still long enough for me to pick her up .. And when I did she settled into my arms for the first time ever!
I thought it was a fluke until last night as i was sitting on the couch she approached me , gave me a
Head rub and as she walked across my lap ( rarely but sometimes she would just walk across my lap it’s only happened 10 times in 2 1/2 years)
Well she SAT down .. Just like that she sat on my lap and went to sleep .. I was so scared to move to wake her .. My leg was in an awkward position and hurt like hell but there was no way I was moving!
She has never in all those 2 1/2 years ever even came close to doing this ! I even took a pick cause I thought I was imagining it.. I hope this means her comfort level is increasing after the loss of Buttons and the introduction of Noodle ..
He has started to approach her more so he’s getting a lot more swats but when he is a bit bigger and can follow her everywhere she’ll have no choice then to just accept him .. I still think she has been doing incredibly well but for a cat with PTSD it’s going to take a bit of time..