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Taking care of the neighbor's cats
They're away on a cruise for 10 days so I get to go over twice a day
to feed and do litterbox doody. And there is a lot of doody since there are six cats in a small apartment with two litterboxes side by side. I know all the cats pretty well. Bluebell is a long white haired boy with two different colored eyes. I'm going to have to brush him well tonight since I felt the mats already forming. Gizmo is the boy who gets into trouble all the time. Sort of a grey-brown mixed color and also quite friendly. Raven is all shiny black, friendly and the yowler of the group. Callie is naturally a calico girl, and quite old, pulled in off the street a few years back so we don't know how old. Friendly but can swat at you if she feels like it. She can also bite but it won't hurt much since there aren't many teeth. Dusty is a huge grey longhaired furball who I never see when I catsit because he hides the whole time. When I visit and the family is home he'll watch me from a distance but when they aren't there, neither is he. Monquin (cross between a monkey and a penguin I think) is a longhaired girl beauty who I also won't see. I don't even normally see her when the family is home but sometimes she'll make an appearance. She's all black, but has a full mane and those lynx-like tufts of hair that make her look really exotic. I cut the matts off her when I could still hold her whole body in one hand. We don't know where she came from but she was a small kitten that my neighbor just found in our street. No mother or siblings as far as we ever found out. That concludes the inside cats. We both also feed the outdoor strays Baby, Jet, Buddy, and Elmer. It's pretty funny when I put food out for them in front of my door and then go over to their house and do the same. It confuses the cats that one person is feeding them in two places. Well, that concludes the cat report for today. |
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Taking care of the neighbor's cats
On 11/6/2014 8:56 AM, dgk wrote:
They're away on a cruise for 10 days so I get to go over twice a day to feed and do litterbox doody. And there is a lot of doody since there are six cats in a small apartment with two litterboxes side by side. I know all the cats pretty well. Bluebell is a long white haired boy with two different colored eyes. I'm going to have to brush him well tonight since I felt the mats already forming. Gizmo is the boy who gets into trouble all the time. Sort of a grey-brown mixed color and also quite friendly. Raven is all shiny black, friendly and the yowler of the group. Callie is naturally a calico girl, and quite old, pulled in off the street a few years back so we don't know how old. Friendly but can swat at you if she feels like it. She can also bite but it won't hurt much since there aren't many teeth. Dusty is a huge grey longhaired furball who I never see when I catsit because he hides the whole time. When I visit and the family is home he'll watch me from a distance but when they aren't there, neither is he. Monquin (cross between a monkey and a penguin I think) is a longhaired girl beauty who I also won't see. I don't even normally see her when the family is home but sometimes she'll make an appearance. She's all black, but has a full mane and those lynx-like tufts of hair that make her look really exotic. I cut the matts off her when I could still hold her whole body in one hand. We don't know where she came from but she was a small kitten that my neighbor just found in our street. No mother or siblings as far as we ever found out. That concludes the inside cats. We both also feed the outdoor strays Baby, Jet, Buddy, and Elmer. It's pretty funny when I put food out for them in front of my door and then go over to their house and do the same. It confuses the cats that one person is feeding them in two places. Well, that concludes the cat report for today. You know, that's quite a kindness. I've fed a few feral cats. And done dog sitting for some friends. Years ago, I did a cat care lady, she had probably 50 or so in a chicken wire building out back of her house. As you say, some were outgoing, and some hid out of sight. She had several litter pans, which likely also needed change often. - .. Christopher A. Young Learn about Jesus www.lds.org .. |
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Taking care of the neighbor's cats
On Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:39:45 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham
wrote: In article , dgk wrote: They're away on a cruise for 10 days so I get to go over twice a day to feed and do litterbox doody. And there is a lot of doody since there are six cats in a small apartment with two litterboxes side by side. I know all the cats pretty well. Bluebell is a long white haired boy with two different colored eyes. I'm going to have to brush him well tonight since I felt the mats already forming. Gizmo is the boy who gets into trouble all the time. Sort of a grey-brown mixed color and also quite friendly. Raven is all shiny black, friendly and the yowler of the group. Callie is naturally a calico girl, and quite old, pulled in off the street a few years back so we don't know how old. Friendly but can swat at you if she feels like it. She can also bite but it won't hurt much since there aren't many teeth. Dusty is a huge grey longhaired furball who I never see when I catsit because he hides the whole time. When I visit and the family is home he'll watch me from a distance but when they aren't there, neither is he. Monquin (cross between a monkey and a penguin I think) is a longhaired girl beauty who I also won't see. I don't even normally see her when the family is home but sometimes she'll make an appearance. She's all black, but has a full mane and those lynx-like tufts of hair that make her look really exotic. I cut the matts off her when I could still hold her whole body in one hand. We don't know where she came from but she was a small kitten that my neighbor just found in our street. No mother or siblings as far as we ever found out. That concludes the inside cats. We both also feed the outdoor strays Baby, Jet, Buddy, and Elmer. It's pretty funny when I put food out for them in front of my door and then go over to their house and do the same. It confuses the cats that one person is feeding them in two places. Well, that concludes the cat report for today. You've got your hands full there but I'm sure you'll enjoy it. They do sound nice cats. Do the outside cats show their surprise when you feed them at the neighbours house too? It reminds me of when we sold our house. We only moved over the road and as we were buying the new house from a builder, it was part exchange, they allowed us to have the keys before we moved in. That way we could keep an eye on the house. The surveyor from the building society our buyers were using came to our house and I was there, obviously, to show him our house. Then a few days later the surveyor from our building society came to the new house and I was there too and it was the same surveyor. His face was a picture. Judith I don't think the cats are quite that surprised because I'm often over there anyway and the neighbors are sometimes at my house so the cats are used to following us from house to house. Baby is very friendly; her mom Jet is fairly feral but lets us get very close. Buddy is still intact and won't approach my steps until I'm inside. Oddly, he comes closer when I'm feeding at the neighbor's house. And Elmer (white with dark brown spots) is totally afraid of everyone and bolts if anyone comes within 20 feet. |
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