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Anonymous
As for rehabilitating your cat:
If your cat survives, (I'm sorry, but there's a real possibility, however remote, that she may not, and you may need to emotionally prepare yourself for this outcome,) then you will first need to get a court order barring your brother from being withing 100 yards of the cat. Make sure he LEGALLY CANNOT EVER GET NEAR THAT CAT AGAIN. DO seek legal action against your brother. Make the court force him to go to counseling. He may even have to do community service or get a job working for the government to pay for damages and for the cost of the vet plus damages.
The next step is the longest and most painful, and that's rehabilitating your cat. You must not confront your cat, hold it against its will, etc. You must let the cat come to you. You cannot make him love you again. He must relearn to trust you all over again. Only this time it may take twice as long. And he may not be the same since. Cats that have been abused rarely are. I'm sorry to tell you the truth about this, but this is just how it is. Eventually, your pet will become curious towards your presence if you are not agressive towards it and slowly, gradually begin to trust you and warm up to you. When petting a cat who may not distrust you, offer your hand, palm up, below the muzzle first, scratch below the neck around the chest and pet that area, and slowly work your way up towards the head if it is comfortable with letting you do so.
I'm sorry this had to happen to you. Your brother is very very sick, and should not be around animals.
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