Waking up Sadcat with some pets! Everytime we see him we try to remind him what it's like to be loved - soon, he'll learn this is all normal <3

Figured I'd share my stick technique, Sadcat is real into it and it helps us gauge how he's feeling about interacting with us in that moment. We try to touch him whenever we can so we can hopefully rewire that defensive part of his brain someday!