Talkin' About Thud
 

Thud is the dark calico that I adopted last August. She had been passed
around several shelters because she was so terrified of people, and was
finally scheduled to be put down as unadoptable. By a rather
complicated chain of circumstances, she found her way to my home.

You may recall that she spent the first couple of weeks huddled under
furniture, absolutely terrified. Then she mauled me so badly that my
arm swelled up like Popeye, necessitating a trip to the urgent care
center. But that's the only time she was aggressive.

She's gradually improved, and while I can't yet pick her up, the
situation has gotten a lot more tolerable. She gets along well with the
others, especially my monster tabby Giovanni; he isn't sure about having
a trophy wife. Sometimes they'll groom each other, happy as can be, and
other times he growls if she gets near, and snaps at her on occasion.
I'm worried that he could rip her to shreds if he wanted - he's twice
her size. But she often follows him wherever he goes.

She'll accept affection, usually a foot or so away from me, and usually
only if one of the others is nearby for some reason. Thud has a loud,
gurgling purr, and it's easy to hear when she's happy.

I've finally started letting her outside the last couple of weeks, with
supervision, and she is now always eager to escape the house.
Fortunately, she's shown no tendency to climb up a bush and get up and
over the wall around my property. Getting her back in is always an
issue, as I can't pick her up, but so far it hasn't been an extremely
time-consuming task after I'm tired of sitting outside watching her.

Here's a picture from several days ago of Thud in one of my gardens:

http://www.ocrebels.com/images/ThudO...eStoneWall.jpg

Art

Talkin' About Thud
 

"Judith Latham"


Art Shapiro Wrote
Thud is the dark calico that I adopted last August. She had been passed
around several shelters because she was so terrified of people, and was
finally scheduled to be put down as unadoptable. By a rather
complicated chain of circumstances, she found her way to my home.

You may recall that she spent the first couple of weeks huddled under
furniture, absolutely terrified. Then she mauled me so badly that my
arm swelled up like Popeye, necessitating a trip to the urgent care
center. But that's the only time she was aggressive.

She's gradually improved, and while I can't yet pick her up, the
situation has gotten a lot more tolerable. She gets along well with the
others, especially my monster tabby Giovanni; he isn't sure about having
a trophy wife. Sometimes they'll groom each other, happy as can be, and
other times he growls if she gets near, and snaps at her on occasion.
I'm worried that he could rip her to shreds if he wanted - he's twice
her size. But she often follows him wherever he goes.

She'll accept affection, usually a foot or so away from me, and usually
only if one of the others is nearby for some reason. Thud has a loud,
gurgling purr, and it's easy to hear when she's happy.

I've finally started letting her outside the last couple of weeks, with
supervision, and she is now always eager to escape the house.
Fortunately, she's shown no tendency to climb up a bush and get up and
over the wall around my property. Getting her back in is always an
issue, as I can't pick her up, but so far it hasn't been an extremely
time-consuming task after I'm tired of sitting outside watching her.

Here's a picture from several days ago of Thud in one of my gardens:

http://www.ocrebels.com/images/ThudO...eStoneWall.jpg

Art

She sounds a happy cat now, you've done really well to get her to the
stage she is when she was so terrified. I love the description and images
it brings when you talk of her as Giovanni's Trophy wife.

Judith

--
Judith Latham
Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

Judith, you are a hoot..LOL --Giovanni' Trophy wife indeed...
Thud is a beautiful cat, Art and I am glad she is happy with you now:)
Love,
Kyla

Talkin' About Thud
 

On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:37:33 -0700, "Kyla=^..^="
wrote:



"Judith Latham"


Art Shapiro Wrote
Thud is the dark calico that I adopted last August. She had been passed
around several shelters because she was so terrified of people, and was
finally scheduled to be put down as unadoptable. By a rather
complicated chain of circumstances, she found her way to my home.

You may recall that she spent the first couple of weeks huddled under
furniture, absolutely terrified. Then she mauled me so badly that my
arm swelled up like Popeye, necessitating a trip to the urgent care
center. But that's the only time she was aggressive.

She's gradually improved, and while I can't yet pick her up, the
situation has gotten a lot more tolerable. She gets along well with the
others, especially my monster tabby Giovanni; he isn't sure about having
a trophy wife. Sometimes they'll groom each other, happy as can be, and
other times he growls if she gets near, and snaps at her on occasion.
I'm worried that he could rip her to shreds if he wanted - he's twice
her size. But she often follows him wherever he goes.

She'll accept affection, usually a foot or so away from me, and usually
only if one of the others is nearby for some reason. Thud has a loud,
gurgling purr, and it's easy to hear when she's happy.

I've finally started letting her outside the last couple of weeks, with
supervision, and she is now always eager to escape the house.
Fortunately, she's shown no tendency to climb up a bush and get up and
over the wall around my property. Getting her back in is always an
issue, as I can't pick her up, but so far it hasn't been an extremely
time-consuming task after I'm tired of sitting outside watching her.

Here's a picture from several days ago of Thud in one of my gardens:

http://www.ocrebels.com/images/ThudO...eStoneWall.jpg

Art

She sounds a happy cat now, you've done really well to get her to the
stage she is when she was so terrified. I love the description and images
it brings when you talk of her as Giovanni's Trophy wife.

Judith


A real beauty!