KNOWN HISTORY:: Indoor Cat Previously lived with: 2 adults and occasionally 2 children (ages: 10 and 11 years old) Behavior toward strangers: Hisses, Growls when she’s around lots of people or people she doesn’t know well Behavior toward children: Prefers contact on their terms Behavior toward cats: No experience Behavior toward dogs: No experience Bite or Scratch history: On 6/3/2023, when she felt defensive or too much play. Litter box training: No concerns reported Energy level/descriptors: Medium energy Other notes: Rza is described as Affectionate, Quiet, Prefers contact on their terms, Lazy/Couch potato. She spent most time in the kitchen and living room. She rarely (once a month or less) got interactive playtime. Likes to scratch on: Wood, Cardboard, Carpet/Fabric. The previous owner's favorite things about the Rza is her face and eyes and how sweet she can be once she finds that connection. She eats Sheba wet and dry food. Her favorite treats are chicken and turkey, occasionally shrimp flavor. Hisses and growls when trimming her nails. Hisses, struggles, or squirms when brushing her coat and being picked up or held. Struggles or squirms when placed in a carrier

ENRICHMENT NOTES:: 8/16/24 FB32 1- Both sides of her kennel are covered with the door covers. She immediately begins hissing, growling, lunging, and stress meowing loudly upon approach when standing about 2 feet of distance away. It takes at about 1-2 minutes for to calm down. I mark with good girl and she repeats her severely high FAS behavior. I wait again for a minute for her to calm down, then mark and leave. 2- Repeated the same behavior. 3- Repeated the same behavior. 8/20/24 FB04 When staff speak loudly or with a high pitch voice for sweet talk, Rza hisses, lunges, swats at the door, stress meows, and thrashes her tail. 8/20/24 Copied from Behavior summary from this date due to lack of space. Rza is a shy, timid, and independent cat who needs time to adjust to her new home. When opening the door, she hisses harshly and begins thrashing her tail. She was sitting at the back of the kennel up and focuses on the assessor with a tense body and wide eyes and begins growling. She lowers her head to sniff and accept puree treat offered on the scratcher tool. She leans back and hisses when the assessor reaches close with the tool and rubs her cheeks. The tip of Rza's tail continues to flick and she tilts her ears when pet on the head. When stroking her body, she looks back at the tool and continues to growl and lip lick. When bringing more of the puree treat in front of her, she eats more of it from the tool and then the assessor's finger as the assessor coaxes her to the front of the kennel. Her tail continues to flick or sway sideways and low grumbles; however, she tolerates petting and cheek rubs by hand when Rza is occupied with eating the puree treat in front of her. Pick up was not attempted in order to reduce stress. 8.22.24 FB04 1-Resting in litter box, raised head when staff soft-talked. Had neutral body language, didn't vocalize at all. Staff slow-blinked for about 5 minutes before Rza gave one back. Staff marked and left. 2-Lying in litter box with dilated pupils and tail thrashing/flicking. Staff waited until she returned slow-blink, marked and left. 9.1.24 FB04 When seeing the cat next to her she came to the front of the kennel meowing for attention and stuck her paw out. She rubbed against the door and ate treats. 9/17/24 ACS Reported to be fearful (hiss or swat) during cleaning and feeding. After some time, she calms down and tolerates petting and attention. 9/18/24 Vol. Rza was inside den, and came out when spoken to, giving a full body stretch. She came to front of kennel with her tail in the air, and ate offered treats. She rubbed her face and body against kennel bars, then head bunted and leaned into petting. Her tail remained in the air, and she purred softly. 9/25/25 FB32 Curled up hiding in den, immediately comes to the front to greet me. Eagerly accepts treats and welcomes petting on head, leans in for cheek rubs. Tenses up and pushes away when handled but remains calm. Continues to enjoy more treats and petting.

ACTIVITY LEVEL:: Moderate,Energetic

VOCAL:: Quiet

CHARACTER TYPE: : Bold,Social,Calm,Sweet,Affectionate,Curious

POTENTIAL CHALLENGES:: Other,New home adjustment period,Carrier aversion

Potential challenges comments:: She has a history of fractious behavior and despite some recent and significant improvements, she is still capable of highly fractious behavior. When leaving to go to a foster home on 9/8/24 it took 45 minutes to get her into a carrier. She struggled heavily and broke out of the towel and had to be netted. After being released in the foster home she began swatting whenever she got near the foster and is scheduled to be returned today. See additional notes in the behavior summary about how to better integrate her into a home.

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION: : Level 3

RECOMMENDATIONS:: Adult only home

BEHAVIOR SUMMARY:: 8/20/24 See notes from this date above in enrichment notes. 9/7/24 Rza has made huge improvements since her last assessment, so much so that she seems to be a different cat! She was asleep, but woke when spoken to, came forward immediately, curious and pawed gently through the door, and then when the door was opened she remained at the front with a tall tail, allowed and enjoyed all petting, leaning in for cheek rubs, arching her back, with her tail swishing slightly. She loved squeeze up treats, never tired of petting and was calm when picked up not once but twice and held in the assessor's arms. She was calm when set back down and wanted more petting and treats, giving lots of head bunts. See her video! 9/9/24 Rza has a serious carrier aversion, so much so that after a long struggle ensued to get her in a carrier to go to a foster home (See potential challenges above) she was so upset in the new home that she began swatting and attacking the foster. Because of this is is very important that in her next home she be given a significant decompression period in a a room that she has entirely to herself, possibly for several days with access to food, water and a litter box. All these necessities should be near the door for easy replenishment and cleaning, but she should be given 12-24 hours with no interactions while ensuring that she has an adequate food and water supply. After this initial decompression the people can start replacing food, water and litter and begin evaluating her for additional interactions. These should be kept short, and the first thing they should do upon opening the door is offer wet food and squeeze up treats to distract her, possibly by pushing the food into the room with a long handled tool. Once she has calmed down, she can be given additional access to the home, slowly and with care. If the adopter can't put her in her own room they are at serious risk and it is highly recommended that she only go to a home that can provide this type of decompression. If there is only one bedroom this is an option if the adopter is willing to sleep in the living room during the decompression period. She has become a very friendly cat provided she isn't stressed out and moving her to a home has proven to be very stressful. Rza has been known to love attention (see video) but can become very reactive especially to carriers and as a result can become very fearful or stressed. She will need time to warm up to her new home, see notes above and in "potential challenges." We recommend that this cat go to a home with experienced cat parents.