Cesar seems to be loosening up. Example: for the first week the only sounds I heard from him were a couple of sad-sounding meows on the way home. After that, he was silent. For a Siamese, this is not normal.
Almost exactly a week after I brought him home, he gave me two soft, small meows. Since then, he's not a 'talker' but he does meow, especially in greeting me when I get home from work.
Also, for the past week and a half, he's showed NO interest in toys of any kind. Catnip mice, whiffle balls, nothing seemed to interest him. Imagine my surprise and pleasure tonight when I noticed he was actually playing with the scratching box. I'd bought a flat cat-scratcher that has openings so cats can bat at the balls inside. He used it as a scratching device until tonight, when he began poking his paws into the openings.
Then, he started batting around the catnip mice. And having a great, good time doing so. I was at the computer when he jumped up on my desk and dumped a mouse (catnip) in my lap. I threw it. He attacked it and then brought it to me. I threw it. He attacked it and brought it to me. Lather, rinse, repeat. Being a cat, this was only for a few reps, but my new cat fetches!
Quite a change from the traumatized, quiet cat I brought home a week and a half ago.
Progress!
Papillon
