Bodhi

Well, I've finally got my kitty. I know you've already met him. Bodhi's a 5 year old male cat. Blue Scottish Shorthair (Scottish Fold) and he's a purebred one, so I have a receipt that proves he was $500 when he was bought as a kitten.  I just got him from his owner in Chippendale, and he's so shy right now. I'm not entirely sure where he is. I know, you're thinking, you got a new cat and you don't know where he is? But he's hiding right now, and I am 80% sure its under my bed. He's not making ANY noise, even though there's tonnes of crap under my bed in plastic bags. There's not even a rustle of plastic. I tried to put a tinkling collar on him so I would know if he moved his head, but he tried to scratch me! Well, not exactly, but he held up a paw like he was saying, back away. So I let him be. He was quite friendly when I met him, he came up to me and headbutted my hand for a pat and he did the same thing to my mum. He's a very, very quiet cat. I only heard him meow very softly once, when his owner tried to put him in his carrier (he hates going to the vet so I'm assuming that's where he thought he was going). I hope he doesn't think my house is worse than the vet!

So I'm in my room typing this because I'm trying to wait for him to come out from under my bed. He's suc h a freak. Why won't he come out???

Ok, this is like 30 mins later. My mum tried to make him come out by moving some books out of the way and he did come out. He's not scared, exactly, more confused and panicked I think. Or if he's scared, he's not scared of us. And, HE VOMITED on the living room carpet. It smells really bad now. He wondered around for a bit then went back under a bed. I sure hope he knows how to use the litter tray or my mum will be even more pissed than she already is. Yikes, maybe I should swap him for a kitten. He's been with his owner his whole life (5 years) and he's strictly an indoor cat. I was kind of crazy to adopt a cat like that I guess. I mean if he's been with his owner 5 years, I'm sure it'll be very hard on him. His owner can't keep him because he has a 1 year old that pulls his tail and stuff, and she gets scratched sometimes because of the tail-pulling and cat-annoying.

I don't know what to do. I just REALLY REALLY hope he can use his litter box.