We took in a kitten last year, my daughter a vet nurse brought her home one night, she was only 5 weeks old and had been brought in for emergency surgery, I won’t go into long details suffice to say she had been cruelly treated. She needed over night care, hence my daughter bringing her home, and home she stayed !, it was touch and go, but she made it.
The result is a very small, very timid cat, who is full of life and a joy to have. I take her in the garden, and she loves it so long as I’m with in jumping distance. She doesn’t let anyone else take her, she just hides under the nearest plant. Even with me after a few minutes she’s desperate to get back in my arms and indoors. She can get out if she wants she just doesn’t like it, I’ve really tried and will keep encouraging her, I believe cats should go out my other ones have always come and gone as they please But Bonnie, she’s my shadow indoors, and happy to watch me in the garden whilst she sits in the door way.