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Taking In Our 6th Stray Cat
"Helen Miles" wrote in message news:824962123dc8b029b8d862da855f11be.76411@mygate .mailgate.org... "Phil P." wrote in message news:1HMSf.182$wD1.137@trnddc02 Hiya Helen, I love to watch how differently the cats in the shelter formed their little community from my feral colonies. I can't really say there're any true alpha cats. They just seem to time share the center seat. lol Still working with FS Grampia? I'm not working with F.S.Grampia in the field at the moment - I'm in the process of starting a new project. We're looking into something to do with skull morphometrics next year. The African Wildcat seems to be facing the same threat of extinction through hybridization as the Scottish Wildcat. Its very sad. What hurts the most is that I just don't see how it can be prevented other than by the impossibility of neutering every domestic and feral cat on the continent or fencing in a huge sanctuary. I'm currently on feral trapping mode as spring is on its way! Its getting harder and harder for me to release the cats after neutering. I try to convince myself that they're happier in their colony. I haven't recovered from last kitten season. Last year's kits are now a year old and even harder to home. And now another kitten season is right around the corner. The one thing I find fascinating about my house crew, is the fact they all have their defined "spots" and time share a favourite bed or favoured spot. For example, in the morning Pandora is in her spotted bed on the sofa in the morning sun. In the afternoon, Robbie has the bed and the afternoon sun. Cleo has her bed under my bed in the bedroom, and no other cat shares it. Tiger has his bed on the bookshelf and no one is allowed to use it, but the bed next to it is used by everyone else at different times - kind of like a comunal bed. And each cat is fed in a different spot in the kitchen, and if I try to swap them around and feed them at soemone elses spot, they leave that dish and wait in their special place. There are definite dynamics within the household. Helen M I bought one of those pyramid beds- Three of my ladies started using it so I bought another one and then another so each cat would have her own. But Jadeomine and Chatter didn't want their own bed. Noooooo, they want whichever bed Titi is sleeping in. lol Phil |
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Taking In Our 6th Stray Cat
"Helen Miles" wrote in message news:d509fe755361376bcc607d6038e1dd84.76411@mygate .mailgate.org... "Phil P." wrote in message news:N51Sf.13009$o41.6909@trnddc06 "Buddy" wrote in message oups.com... What about naming her Sugar? Sugar is a great name for a white female: http://maxshouse.com/Ours/sugar-5-12-05-4.jpg/// Wasn't Sugar your lass with the pee-ing problem because some a$$hole declawed her and then threw her away when she developed "inappropriate behaviour"? She's gorgeous! ....and a sweetheart, too. She was returned to another shelter twice. She had all sorts of problems when I adopted her- she was clearly abused. The only reason the other shelter didn't kill her after the second return was because she's beautiful. The personality that has emerged in the last few years is even more beautiful than her looks. I don't believe there is such a thing as a naturally 'bad' or evil cat- just bad or evil owners. Phil |
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Taking In Our 6th Stray Cat
Well, I wish I could say things are going well. Dh is at the Urgent
Care Center right now having his bitten hand looked at. Beginning Friday night, the cat began allowing him to get near him, actually coming out of her carrier, rubbing up against him, purring and allowing him to pet her. Yesterday things were going along the same. He goes in and checks on her every hour or so. He sits on the floor and waits for her to approach him. She began rubbing up against him and purring, make a fuss, allowing him to scratch under her chin ... all the same stuff as the night previous. Then CHOMP! We washed the hand well, put anti-bacterial ointment and hoped for the best. When he awoke this a.m. his finger is all swollen and red extending up into his hand... I went into the room late afternoon oh say an hour or two after this happened and sat on the floor and read a book for 25 minutes. She totally ignored me. Trying the same this a.m. and I received the same reaction...no reaction... |
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Gosh, maybe she was trying to see what kind of reaction your husband
would have? Strange. I hope he is ok, please let us know. Maybe she just needs more space right now. This has to be very traumatic for her. |
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Taking In Our 6th Stray Cat
Thanks Buddy for your concern. Dh was glad he went to see a Dr. The
swelling just kept getting worse this a.m. and he developed a fever. Dr. prescribed 10 days antibiotic and of course gave dh a tetanus shot. Snowy on the other hand is very lovey dovey! Like night and day...When we enter her room she is now talking to us and greets us by coming directly up to us, rubbing up against us, holding her neck up for scratching, she is even rolling over for her belly to be rubbed!!! I would never have believed all this without seeing it with my own eyes...we'll have to begin thinking about how to expand her territory while limiting the exposure to the 5 boys. When we move on to that, life is going to be REAL interesting. I hope to post some pics of her tomorrow. She is a real beauty with some extremely interesting patterns of stripes and spots! |
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Taking In Our 6th Stray Cat
Thank you for the update!! I am so happy she is doing well.
Gail "Arubalisa" wrote in message oups.com... Well finally have a couple of pictures of Snowy http://www.hoosierkitties.com/boys/snowy.htm She is doing well, spending most of her day sleeping on top of the bed, but of course underneath the covers! Last night she did a short exploration of our second floor and made her way back to "her room". Two nights ago after we said good night to her and went to bed she began meowing. I ended up sleeping in her room and she was fine the rest of the night. She slept at the foot of the bed, waking me up twice for some lovin's :-) From here on in, my daughter happily volunteered to sleep with Snowy. Dh and I were hanging out with Snowy tonight when one of our boys, Blackie snuck in the room. He is pretty easy going and gets along with everyone except our special needs cat. We were pleasantly surprised to see that Snowy was not too phased by him. Blackie approached slowly to get a sniff and Snowy only replied with a little hissing. Thanksfully NO raised paws! Blackie was a prefect gentleman, but if Snowy had raised a paw, Blackie would have struck back. This weekend we'll gather the 5 boys upstairs in two of the bedrooms to get some more exploration time in for her. Especially downstairs (only bedrooms upstairs where Snowy is now) where we spend most of our waking hours. Just our luck, tonight, a brand new stray who I have never seen before, showed up meowing at our backdoor. One of the opussums scared it off before I could think about what to do...I swear we either have "sucker" written on our foreheads or they are out there taking numbers :-) Dh says no more cats. He said no after number 3, he said no after number 4, he said no after number 5...now we have number 6 and he has said no more cats...we shall see... __ http://www.hoosierkitties.com Resource Links for You About Your Cat |
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"Arubalisa" wrote in message oups.com... Well finally have a couple of pictures of Snowy http://www.hoosierkitties.com/boys/snowy.htm She is just lovely. And the way she is looking at you! She seems to really appreciate being taken in. |
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Arubalisa wrote:
Two nights ago after we said good night to her and went to bed she began meowing. I ended up sleeping in her room and she was fine the rest of the night. She slept at the foot of the bed, waking me up twice for some lovin's :-) That is just too sweet! This weekend we'll gather the 5 boys upstairs in two of the bedrooms to get some more exploration time in for her. Especially downstairs (only bedrooms upstairs where Snowy is now) where we spend most of our waking hours. With our last arrival, we kept him in a separated area for a couple of weeks, then started bringing the other cats in one at a time. It was interesting to watch his reaction to each one and theirs to him. Our oldest, friendliest cat walked over and licked him on the head on the first meeting. Now Abernathy always presents his head to him like "okay, you're supposed to lick me now" and usually he does. There were still some squabbles when he finally came out of the room, but nothing terrible. I think it helped that he knew who they were and vice versa. Good luck with your new guy. Rhonda |
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Just our luck, tonight, a brand new stray who I have never seen before, showed up meowing at our backdoor. The neighbourhood cats obviously told them which door to meow at! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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