On Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:22:13 -0700, Joy wrote:

On 6/24/2015 6:56 AM, dgk wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:14:44 +0100, Judith Latham
wrote:



So it looks like Baby has finally become an indoor kitty. It will be
one more complication for the move.


Bless you for going to all that trouble. I understand why you did it,
but many people wouldn't have bothered, under the circumstances.

Joy


I agree with Joy. Good Luck.

Judith

I'm still torn on what is the right thing to do. I put the collar on
her with no problem, and let her out when I got home. I was off from
workTuesday and Wednesday (today) so she's had the run of the house.
Scooter rubbed her face and sniffed her butt. Nipsy was non-commital,
more or less ignoring her. Marlo hid under my bed, but it took Marlo
months to get used to Scooter so that's simply her way of dealing with
it.

I took Baby to the vet and she got three shots, steroid, antibiotic,
and rabies. She weighs 8.2 lbs. I already know that she is negative
for HIV and Leukemia since I had her tested five years ago and it's
unlikely to have changed. The vet would have preferred if I could give
her the antibiotic orally for a week but I'm not doing that with a cat
that I'm trying to make comfortable. I did have them clip her claws
and she was pretty good about that. Her ear is looking much better
today and is scabbing over.

Monday night she yowled so loudly, from 1am right through 6am that I
had to put her back in her room and even then I could barely sleep.
Last night was better, pretty much yowling from 4am through 6am.

The last two days have been hot and humid so I had the A/C on, but
today is perfect so I have the window open and so far Baby hasn't been
at it. Maybe because I drugged her this morning - catnip mouse. She
played with it for quite a while.

I'm going away for a week starting Saturday so I'm hopeful that all
will be ok by then. Of course, her yowling won't bother anyone. I
won't leave the windows open though, I'll just leave the A/C on fan.

That;s the current state of affairs. Moving date is July 8th and
hopefully we all get to go.


I assume you have somebody taking care of your cats while you're away?
I'm sure you've warned them, or will warn them, that Baby might try to
get out.

Oh sure, and the front door opens into a little hallway and another
door opens friom the hallway into the house, so it's like an airlock.
My neighbor deals with my cats and I deal with theirs and we both know
to keep them inside.

I am uncomfortable about leaving them because Baby's only been in a
few days, but last night there was almost no yowling at all. I had the
back window open and she even climbed onto the perch while Scooter was
on it and both of them were staring out into the night. But I think
I'll leave the front window mostly closed since that's where she spent
her time. These are rowhouses so they're attached and it isn't easy
for cats to get from front to back. Basically, they have to go around
the block. So mostly the front cats stay in the front and the back
cats stay in the back. The back is much nicer of course, no street and
lots of grass and trees.

I think Baby will actually be visible to my neighbor. Nipsy and Marlo
will disappear, but Scooter will come by to say hello and I think Baby
is friendly enough. Of course, she knows the neighbors because they're
the ones who also feed her and the other outside (front) cats.

I have to go away so I can't really do anything about it except spend
the next two evenings giving all of them as much attention as I can.

Then, when I come back, I'm home for four days - no more work. Then on
the fifth day (July 8th) the moving van comes and packs up the house.
I'll leave all the cats in one room with the door closed and a big
sign saying to stay out. Once the van is gone, I load them into the
rented MiniVan and off we go. That's going to be some yowl-fest.