We’ve recently rescued an absolutely gorgeous girl. She’s about 5, a friend of a friend got her from a rescue a few years ago. He then lost his housing and had to give her up, she went to one person then another within 2 weeks. The last person was keeping her in a locked room with 24 other cats 😿. She was so so afraid when we got her a week ago, we’ve been keeping her in our bedroom with lots of places to hide, she had started to come out and was sleeping on our bed with us and she was extremely affectionate. She’s started eating well, is addicted to dreamies and uses her tray beautifully. Today we took her to the vets and it’s all gone downhill! She’s eating but is has very much gone back to hiding, she’s come out for a bit of fuss and dreamies occasionally but usually this time of night she’d be curled up inbetween us whereas tonight she’s under the bed again. I just feel so sad for her! She’s been through so much and had gotten so brave but I feel like by taking her for her check up/jabs we’ve just upset her more! I’ve never really had cats, grew up with them but wasn’t in charge of their care so didn’t pay much attention to this sort of thing. She’s still very jumpy, when we open the door if she’s on the bed she runs away or if we move too quickly! It’ll be a week tomorrow since we picked her up, I’m just looking for some advice on how we can help her settle in. The plan is for her to be an outside cat eventually but at the moment that won’t happen for the forseeable. We also have a dog, he’s a soft dope but we’re keeping them completely separate for now, he’s down stairs and she’s up with a stair gate in between them. We also have teens who haven’t met her yet (on holiday with their dad) but will do in a week or so which I’m aware will just stress her out again! Sorry I know I’m rambling, if you got to the end of this please give me any tips on how to settle her in! Photo for cat tax.