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She seems to be fitting in pretty well after 10 days. She has been out
of the Cat Introduction room full time for the past 3 days. There was some sort of altercation last evening. I heard a major shriek and I found her and Nipsy staring at each other. I sat between them (very brave on my part I might add) and petted them and everyone was ok after that. It was sort of surprising since Nipsy is pretty laid back. Espy no longer rushes to get past her and was sniffing at her without his usual hissing. In fact, I heard no hissing at all last night, nor was I woken up by Epsy just howling like the night before. I have no idea what that was about but for fifteen or twenty minutes he was just letting off steam. It was around 3am so I wasn't too keen on figuring out what was up once I realized that no one was in any danger. The major trouble revolves around food. I'm now feeding them all in the same room (the bathroom), with Espy turned away from Marlo so he doesn't see her while he eats. I feed Marlo a bit away from the two boys. She is very serious about her food supply and does not appreciate the others checking out to see what she has in the bowl. I'm going to have to watch her weight. I always have left out dry food for between meal snacks but she still takes every feeding opportunity as if it might be the last one. All and all, not too bad. I take her into the vet on Monday to get the stiches out. I think the next big hurdle is when I let the boys go out in the backyard as I usually do on weekends. They can't get out, but Marlo is neighborhood trained and I'm concerned that she might be better at it. Of course, if she does get out, she knows how to handle it. Then we'll find out if this was a keeper or a TNR. Now that she knows what indoor living is like, I don't think that she'll want to go far. The backyard for some air and sun will probably do her fine. I'd best go get a collar. |
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They are all doing soooo welll and have integrated very quickly. I hope you
can continue to keep her as a house pet as she will live much longer and healthier. Gail "dgk" wrote in message ... She seems to be fitting in pretty well after 10 days. She has been out of the Cat Introduction room full time for the past 3 days. There was some sort of altercation last evening. I heard a major shriek and I found her and Nipsy staring at each other. I sat between them (very brave on my part I might add) and petted them and everyone was ok after that. It was sort of surprising since Nipsy is pretty laid back. Espy no longer rushes to get past her and was sniffing at her without his usual hissing. In fact, I heard no hissing at all last night, nor was I woken up by Epsy just howling like the night before. I have no idea what that was about but for fifteen or twenty minutes he was just letting off steam. It was around 3am so I wasn't too keen on figuring out what was up once I realized that no one was in any danger. The major trouble revolves around food. I'm now feeding them all in the same room (the bathroom), with Espy turned away from Marlo so he doesn't see her while he eats. I feed Marlo a bit away from the two boys. She is very serious about her food supply and does not appreciate the others checking out to see what she has in the bowl. I'm going to have to watch her weight. I always have left out dry food for between meal snacks but she still takes every feeding opportunity as if it might be the last one. All and all, not too bad. I take her into the vet on Monday to get the stiches out. I think the next big hurdle is when I let the boys go out in the backyard as I usually do on weekends. They can't get out, but Marlo is neighborhood trained and I'm concerned that she might be better at it. Of course, if she does get out, she knows how to handle it. Then we'll find out if this was a keeper or a TNR. Now that she knows what indoor living is like, I don't think that she'll want to go far. The backyard for some air and sun will probably do her fine. I'd best go get a collar. |
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on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:55:51 GMT, dgk wrote:
She seems to be fitting in pretty well after 10 days. She has been out of the Cat Introduction room full time for the past 3 days. There was some sort of altercation last evening. I heard a major shriek and I found her and Nipsy staring at each other. I sat between them (very brave on my part I might add) and petted them and everyone was ok after that. It was sort of surprising since Nipsy is pretty laid back. Espy no longer rushes to get past her and was sniffing at her without his usual hissing. In fact, I heard no hissing at all last night, nor was I woken up by Epsy just howling like the night before. I have no idea what that was about but for fifteen or twenty minutes he was just letting off steam. It was around 3am so I wasn't too keen on figuring out what was up once I realized that no one was in any danger. The major trouble revolves around food. I'm now feeding them all in the same room (the bathroom), with Espy turned away from Marlo so he doesn't see her while he eats. I feed Marlo a bit away from the two boys. She is very serious about her food supply and does not appreciate the others checking out to see what she has in the bowl. I'm going to have to watch her weight. I always have left out dry food for between meal snacks but she still takes every feeding opportunity as if it might be the last one. All and all, not too bad. I take her into the vet on Monday to get the stiches out. I think the next big hurdle is when I let the boys go out in the backyard as I usually do on weekends. They can't get out, but Marlo is neighborhood trained and I'm concerned that she might be better at it. Of course, if she does get out, she knows how to handle it. Then we'll find out if this was a keeper or a TNR. Now that she knows what indoor living is like, I don't think that she'll want to go far. The backyard for some air and sun will probably do her fine. I'd best go get a collar. This all sounds fabulous! Great work. I'd be very careful, though, and keep her in. How will you feel if she leaves and doesn't come back? Or if she teaches your other 2 how to escape the yard? -- Lynne |
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On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:24:27 -0600, Lynne
wrote: on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:55:51 GMT, dgk wrote: She seems to be fitting in pretty well after 10 days. She has been out of the Cat Introduction room full time for the past 3 days. There was some sort of altercation last evening. I heard a major shriek and I found her and Nipsy staring at each other. I sat between them (very brave on my part I might add) and petted them and everyone was ok after that. It was sort of surprising since Nipsy is pretty laid back. Espy no longer rushes to get past her and was sniffing at her without his usual hissing. In fact, I heard no hissing at all last night, nor was I woken up by Epsy just howling like the night before. I have no idea what that was about but for fifteen or twenty minutes he was just letting off steam. It was around 3am so I wasn't too keen on figuring out what was up once I realized that no one was in any danger. The major trouble revolves around food. I'm now feeding them all in the same room (the bathroom), with Espy turned away from Marlo so he doesn't see her while he eats. I feed Marlo a bit away from the two boys. She is very serious about her food supply and does not appreciate the others checking out to see what she has in the bowl. I'm going to have to watch her weight. I always have left out dry food for between meal snacks but she still takes every feeding opportunity as if it might be the last one. All and all, not too bad. I take her into the vet on Monday to get the stiches out. I think the next big hurdle is when I let the boys go out in the backyard as I usually do on weekends. They can't get out, but Marlo is neighborhood trained and I'm concerned that she might be better at it. Of course, if she does get out, she knows how to handle it. Then we'll find out if this was a keeper or a TNR. Now that she knows what indoor living is like, I don't think that she'll want to go far. The backyard for some air and sun will probably do her fine. I'd best go get a collar. This all sounds fabulous! Great work. I'd be very careful, though, and keep her in. How will you feel if she leaves and doesn't come back? Or if she teaches your other 2 how to escape the yard? I have to sell her on the idea that it's better indoors. Not a hard sell I think. My former girl Jackie, clearly a street cat, didn't even want to walk out the backdoor until she realized that I wasn't closing it. That's the problem I'll face later this year. Once the weather is warmer, if I'm home, the door is open and the boys can go in the yard as they please. I'm not anticipating a problem with Marlo. She already likes it inside. Her stitches were removed yesterday and she did not look going out to the vet. She's ok. The boys are another thing. |
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