Anakin did great today! He ate vigorously, played ferociously, and then we were able to lure him back to us and, with me laying on my back, we used food to get him to stand and walk on me. He was even inches from my face at one point trying to figure out what he was stepping on. haha But he didn't hiss or attack, he was just curious.
He is also becoming curious about hands and if you put your hand out, he will come to sniff it, though he is still a little hesitant about it. But it is a great sign.
Petting is going better as well. We're still using food to distract him and keep him motivated enough not to run away, but he will let us touch his tail now and even rub his neck gently which he would absolutely not let us do several days ago.
He still hisses at us whenever we first come into the room but we hope that if we make our visits more frequent, this will go away. Up to this point, we've only been visiting him 2 or 3 times a day in order to feed him and staying for an hour or so to work with him. Now that he is more comfortable playing with us, though, we can try to make non-feeding visits and just play instead.
I have video of him playing but I still need to load it onto the computer. Look forward to seeing Anakin the Not-So-Angry Kitten in action soon!
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