


Does my girl possibly have trauma?
I rescued this princess last December; she had just had kittens right here in my garage.
Everything is fine now. She had five babies; I found homes for three, and I kept her and the other two.
But her behavior makes me wonder what she went through before arriving here, and how I can give her the best approach.
She's very scared all the time. After practically six months here with me, I imagined she would be calmer by now.
She integrated normally with my other cats, never attacking any of them or getting into fights with them; she seems to get along very well with cats.
But with me, it's much more difficult.
She's not aggressive; she's never scratched me, but for example, whenever I reach out to touch her, she shrinks back, completely terrified.
Any sudden movement from me triggers this reaction, even if I'm not interacting with her. The other day I bent down to tie my shoe and she flinched, thinking I was bending down to hit her.
It makes me sad because I really want her to know what affection is. I don't know what she went through before here, I don't know if she was abandoned while pregnant. But her reactions make me wonder if she's been hit or something like that. I don't know how to make her trust me.