for trust building I have found with various animals one very effective way.

1) Shut yourself and animal(s) in a room with a couple places they can hide if they wish

2) Sit on floor with newspaper in front of you

3) Play with some smelly food (Tuna for cats is great) in a plastic tub so you get scraping noise and waft the smell around

4) ignore the animal(s) so they don't feel challenged

5) As soon as you get a positive reaction (they come out of hiding) leave the food and ignore both it and cats, your smell is all over food area

6) Repeat twice a day but hold out for stronger reaction each time, so by day 4 they should be eating from the bowl as you hold it, however sometimes can take longer depending on animal

And for cats... when they have started to relaxe with you in the room then it is time for non-tactile toys, laser pointer, Da Bird, jingly balls are great


hope that helps at all?

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