We gave up trying to understand what makes Mia tick a long time ago. Vets and behavior "experts" were continually telling us just leave her alone, "she will probably live in your house but nothing more"
We now know that she was about 11 weeks old when her feral mum finally deposited her with a couple who already had her siblings and other cats. Mia made in 8 or 9 we believe.
Her original owners were unable to socialize her and it took us over a year to do so confounding all exceptions, even ours although we continually tried.
Her behavior at the weekend really worried us however. She was clearly upset and when we found her looking to cross the road towards her original home we panicked. Thankfully, she did not leave and came back after some considerable time but remained very twitchy.
In the early hours of Monday morning, Mia came for a fuss and she purred loudly rubbing herself against my wife's hand. Hendrix remained calm and lay on our bed close by watching intently.
After her 7am fuss, which was interrupted by Hendrix we had a heart stopping moment.
After turning her back on Hendrix for a split second, he, predictably pounced on her sending her scurrying down the stairs where she stopped, washed herself then lay down appearing quite relaxed.
10 steps above her was Hendrix sitting on the landing looking at her and this continued for about 10 minutes - they never took their eyes off each other.
All of a sudden, Hendrix coiled himself up and jumped landing with pin point precision one inch in front of the still laying Mia. That is one mighty leap for such a small kitten and it seemed to stunn him a little and Mia did not flinch - except for a couple of slaps across his rear end - stupid boy.
Hendrix was uninjured although he was very quiet for the rest of the day!
Monday evening Mia's routine was back to normal, having her treats and then a fuss. Then, to our surprise, in walks Hendrix and they touched noses
With a tear in our eyes relief came over us. Mia then, for the first time, jumped on the new cat tree which Hendrix loves so much.
Hendrix is now 11 weeks old and is due for his booster jabs next week - and his claws clipping too! He is gaining weight at the rate of 30g a day and as fast as he is growing, he also seems to be growing up. He is now much calmer and the manic 2-4 hours has reduced to 1 hour at the most.
He is now very well settled and he is very well socialized so really hoping he will bring Mia on too. I had a lovely fuss with him this morning, he was so gentle and I received lots of head butts
Biting and scratching has drastically reduced to. Hendrix is fine, mad, loving and gorgeous. Mia remains work in progress!
Regards
Dave