KNOWN HISTORY:: Babalone was brought in with limited information on his behavior history in a home environment.

ENRICHMENT NOTES:: 12/10/22 Laying in his litter box with a tense face and body, eyes wide and dilated, and frozen with ears slightly to the side. He tolerates touch but remains frozen while lip licking. 12/11/22 Lying in back of kennel, body and face tense. His pupils are dilated and his feet and tail are tucked. I open the kennel door to attempt petting, but once I open the door he turns his head quickly and tenses as if about to flee. I close the door to prevent this from happening and I offer some treats through the kennel door. He remains frozen and wary. 12/13/22 Hunched in back of kennel, body and face tense and tail wrapped tightly around feet. He avoids eye contact with dilated pupils and retreats back and forth through his portal door when I try offering treats. I do not push petting today to avoid creating a negative association and I leave him some feliway scented paper before ending our session. Needs time. 12/20/22 Lying in back of kennel, body and face tense with his ears flat and his body low. He makes eye contact when spoken to, then hisses and retreats when offered treats. I speak to him softly and slow-blink before ending the session. Needs time, high level of FAS. Not comfortable with interaction at this time. 12/27/22 Lying on top of kuranda bed, bod tense and head lowered onto floor. He sniffs the treat that’s gently tossed towards him and I’m able to get a couple of clicks in to begin to create an association between me and the treat. He becomes overwhelmed by the room and the interaction quickly and stops engaging with the treats eventually. I spray feliway and end the session. 12/29/22 Babalone has been showing consistent behaviors in our care center and have not shown improvement with daily interactions or enrichment offered. For this reason, the feline behavior team is going to discontinue recording daily behavior notes in Shelter Buddy. He is still going to receive daily enrichment and we will continue to monitor their behavior. Notes will resume if we notice any changes in behavior.

ACTIVITY LEVEL:: Subdued

VOCAL:: Quiet

CHARACTER TYPE: : Timid,Independent,Skittish

POTENTIAL CHALLENGES:: Fearful,New home adjustment period

BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION: : Level 3

RECOMMENDATIONS:: Adult only home

BEHAVIOR SUMMARY:: Babalone was hunched in front of his kennel as the assessor lifted his cage cover, body and face tense, eyes wide and tail wrapped tightly around body. Babalone made eye contact when spoken to, pupils dilated, then he quickly retreated to the other side of the kennel as the cage door opened. Babalone tolerated touch with the assessor’s hand while hissing and rushing through his portal with a low body and tail to avoid further contact. Pick up was not attempted at this time to reduce stress. Upon re-assessment, Babalone has progressed to tolerating petting without hissing or fleeing. He remains hesitant and uncomfortable with petting but is more tolerant. On approach, Babalone is sitting on his kuranda bed with a tense face and body, low posture, eyes wide and dilated and tail wrapped loosely around his body. He tolerates petting with the scratcher tool through the cage door but will turn to watch and smell the tool as he is pet. As the tool is removed from the cage, he reaches out to swat a few times but does not escalate past this. When the door is opened, he begins to low growl with airplane ears but remains tolerant of petting with the scratcher tool and allows petting along his cheeks. He low growls throughout the petting. Pick up was not attempted at this time. Babalone tolerates attention and petting but may be fearful or stressed in the shelter, and may be intimidated by small children. He may be a little more independent, and may need time to warm up to his new home. Due to the behaviors seen in the care center, we feel that this cat will do best in an experienced, adult only home.