If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Another cat? I have four already
My neighbor Serene had a new cat come to feed. Calico, very friendly.
Too friendly to be a stray. Serene had to run out just then so her son brought it over to my house. She doesn't have a spare room and didn't want to let it in with her five cats unsupervised. Reasonable. I think she wanted me to take it in, but I didn't want to disrupt my four so I left it outside and fed it, and it went away. It isn't very cold or anything and I figured that it might live somewhere around. If it was really a stray, it would show up again to feed. Well, it did. Serene, once again having to run out (sweet sixteen party that her son was attending), asked if I could take it in until she got back. I put Callie in the Cat Introduction Room (tiny spare bedroom) and let it get acclimated. Last night we took Callie to North Shore Animal Hospital, which has late hours even on Sunday without extra charge. The cat is negative for FLV and AIDS, and is about a year old. Headbutting friendly, and must have been dumped just recently. So it's in my CIR waiting while its future is determined. I want Serene to take it in, but they live in a small apartment and aren't supposed to have pets. I feed an outside cat named Baby and promised Baby that the next opening would be for her, but I really can't handle five cats, mostly by myself. It wouldn't be fair to baby to take in another cat before her. If Serene can't take it in (her husband is nice but six is a lot) maybe we can take it back to North Shore and get it adopted. It is a very sweet cat. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Another cat? I have four already
"dgk" wrote in message ... My neighbor Serene had a new cat come to feed. Calico, very friendly. Too friendly to be a stray. Serene had to run out just then so her son brought it over to my house. She doesn't have a spare room and didn't want to let it in with her five cats unsupervised. Reasonable. I think she wanted me to take it in, but I didn't want to disrupt my four so I left it outside and fed it, and it went away. It isn't very cold or anything and I figured that it might live somewhere around. If it was really a stray, it would show up again to feed. Well, it did. Serene, once again having to run out (sweet sixteen party that her son was attending), asked if I could take it in until she got back. I put Callie in the Cat Introduction Room (tiny spare bedroom) and let it get acclimated. Last night we took Callie to North Shore Animal Hospital, which has late hours even on Sunday without extra charge. The cat is negative for FLV and AIDS, and is about a year old. Headbutting friendly, and must have been dumped just recently. So it's in my CIR waiting while its future is determined. I want Serene to take it in, but they live in a small apartment and aren't supposed to have pets. I feed an outside cat named Baby and promised Baby that the next opening would be for her, but I really can't handle five cats, mostly by myself. It wouldn't be fair to baby to take in another cat before her. If Serene can't take it in (her husband is nice but six is a lot) maybe we can take it back to North Shore and get it adopted. It is a very sweet cat. I'd vote for adoption (assuming it's a no-kill facility) if neither of you are willing to take her in and you can't find the owner. John has had a black & white cat coming up to his porch, crying as if it's starving. It appeared perfectly healthy but he assumed it had been dumped. So he fed it. Now it comes around all the time, begging for food. He found out last week it belongs to a couple who run a restaurant up the street. I advised him to stop putting food out immediately. Seems to me they are using the "neighborhood" to feed their cat. Jill |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Another cat? I have four already
dgk wrote:
My neighbor Serene had a new cat come to feed. Calico, very friendly. Too friendly to be a stray. Serene had to run out just then so her son brought it over to my house. She doesn't have a spare room and didn't want to let it in with her five cats unsupervised. Reasonable. I think she wanted me to take it in, but I didn't want to disrupt my four so I left it outside and fed it, and it went away. It isn't very cold or anything and I figured that it might live somewhere around. If it was really a stray, it would show up again to feed. Well, it did. Serene, once again having to run out (sweet sixteen party that her son was attending), asked if I could take it in until she got back. I put Callie in the Cat Introduction Room (tiny spare bedroom) and let it get acclimated. Last night we took Callie to North Shore Animal Hospital, which has late hours even on Sunday without extra charge. The cat is negative for FLV and AIDS, and is about a year old. Headbutting friendly, and must have been dumped just recently. So it's in my CIR waiting while its future is determined. I want Serene to take it in, but they live in a small apartment and aren't supposed to have pets. I feed an outside cat named Baby and promised Baby that the next opening would be for her, but I really can't handle five cats, mostly by myself. It wouldn't be fair to baby to take in another cat before her. If Serene can't take it in (her husband is nice but six is a lot) maybe we can take it back to North Shore and get it adopted. It is a very sweet cat. I don't envy you, you're in a difficult situation. :-( -- Adrian |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Another cat? I have four already
On 11/14/2011 07:27 AM, dgk wrote:
My neighbor Serene had a new cat come to feed. Calico, very friendly. Too friendly to be a stray. Serene had to run out just then so her son brought it over to my house. She doesn't have a spare room and didn't want to let it in with her five cats unsupervised. Reasonable. I think she wanted me to take it in, but I didn't want to disrupt my four so I left it outside and fed it, and it went away. It isn't very cold or anything and I figured that it might live somewhere around. If it was really a stray, it would show up again to feed. Well, it did. Serene, once again having to run out (sweet sixteen party that her son was attending), asked if I could take it in until she got back. I put Callie in the Cat Introduction Room (tiny spare bedroom) and let it get acclimated. Last night we took Callie to North Shore Animal Hospital, which has late hours even on Sunday without extra charge. The cat is negative for FLV and AIDS, and is about a year old. Headbutting friendly, and must have been dumped just recently. So it's in my CIR waiting while its future is determined. I want Serene to take it in, but they live in a small apartment and aren't supposed to have pets. I feed an outside cat named Baby and promised Baby that the next opening would be for her, but I really can't handle five cats, mostly by myself. It wouldn't be fair to baby to take in another cat before her. If Serene can't take it in (her husband is nice but six is a lot) maybe we can take it back to North Shore and get it adopted. It is a very sweet cat. We are sending our heartfelt prayers and purrs that the two homeless kitties will acquire good homes. MLB |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Another cat? I have four already
jmcquown wrote:
John has had a black & white cat coming up to his porch, crying as if it's starving. It appeared perfectly healthy but he assumed it had been dumped. So he fed it. Now it comes around all the time, begging for food. He found out last week it belongs to a couple who run a restaurant up the street. I advised him to stop putting food out immediately. Seems to me they are using the "neighborhood" to feed their cat. That could be the case, or else the opposite could be happening - that because people in the neighborhood are feeding the cat, the cat doesn't need to go home to eat. Which is mighty convenient for the cat if he/she doesn't like the food served by the official caretakers. As you might remember, this is exactly what happened with me and Smudge. A woman down the street from me fell for Smudge's abject begging, and concluded that I wasn't feeding her enough. In fact, I was, and I was giving her top-of-the-line premium food, which was much better for her than the junk food kibble my neighbor was feeding her. But of course, Smudge vastly preferred the junk food kibble ("kitty McDonald's" is what I used to call it), so she would barely eat what I gave her before running off to gobble up the neighbor's offering. I talked to this woman on more than one occasion, asking her to stop feeding Smudge. She did stop for a while (and during that time, Smudge ate at home a lot more). But when I started noticing her eating less at home and running off immediately, I knew the neighbor was feeding her again. I asked her and she admitted it, accusing me of underfeeding my cat. I wonder if some of the neighbors thought I was using the neighborhood to feed Smudge? And I think that's what started the whole situation of Smudge withdrawing from my place and eventually moving in with a neighbor (a different neighbor). There were other issues - she hated Licky, for one thing. Another neighborhood cat claimed my front stairs as his territory, and Smudge was afraid of him. But I really think it all began with that neighbor giving Smudge a second food option, which was apparently more "fun" for Smudge, but not as healthy for her, and pretty sad for me. I'm not saying that you're doing this, btw. Once you learned the cat wasn't a stray, you suggested that John *stop* feeding it. I sure wish the woman down the street had respected my relationship with Smudge. -- Joyce I will not sniff at my male human's feet after he takes his shoes off, freeze my mouth open in disgust and then sniff my private parts to compare odors. -- Cat Resolutions |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Another cat? I have four already
wrote in message ... jmcquown wrote: John has had a black & white cat coming up to his porch, crying as if it's starving. It appeared perfectly healthy but he assumed it had been dumped. So he fed it. Now it comes around all the time, begging for food. He found out last week it belongs to a couple who run a restaurant up the street. I advised him to stop putting food out immediately. Seems to me they are using the "neighborhood" to feed their cat. That could be the case, or else the opposite could be happening - that because people in the neighborhood are feeding the cat, the cat doesn't need to go home to eat. Which is mighty convenient for the cat if he/she doesn't like the food served by the official caretakers. As you might remember, this is exactly what happened with me and Smudge. A woman down the street from me fell for Smudge's abject begging, and concluded that I wasn't feeding her enough. In fact, I was, and I was giving her top-of-the-line premium food, which was much better for her than the junk food kibble my neighbor was feeding her. But of course, Smudge vastly preferred the junk food kibble ("kitty McDonald's" is what I used to call it), so she would barely eat what I gave her before running off to gobble up the neighbor's offering. I talked to this woman on more than one occasion, asking her to stop feeding Smudge. She did stop for a while (and during that time, Smudge ate at home a lot more). But when I started noticing her eating less at home and running off immediately, I knew the neighbor was feeding her again. I asked her and she admitted it, accusing me of underfeeding my cat. I wonder if some of the neighbors thought I was using the neighborhood to feed Smudge? And I think that's what started the whole situation of Smudge withdrawing from my place and eventually moving in with a neighbor (a different neighbor). There were other issues - she hated Licky, for one thing. Another neighborhood cat claimed my front stairs as his territory, and Smudge was afraid of him. But I really think it all began with that neighbor giving Smudge a second food option, which was apparently more "fun" for Smudge, but not as healthy for her, and pretty sad for me. I'm not saying that you're doing this, btw. Once you learned the cat wasn't a stray, you suggested that John *stop* feeding it. I sure wish the woman down the street had respected my relationship with Smudge. -- Joyce Oh I remember the Smudge/neighbor situation. I didn't mean to imply these people are deliberately not feeding the cat so the neighbors will feed it. I don't know what they do to feed the cat themselves. I'm not making accusations. At any rate, cats do whatever they want to do But in this case John needs to stop feeding the cat. After all, he's going to be gone nearly all of December so he won't be there to feed it. He may as well stop now. Jill Jill |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Another cat? I have four already
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:19:39 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham
wrote: In article , dgk wrote: My neighbor Serene had a new cat come to feed. Calico, very friendly. Too friendly to be a stray. Serene had to run out just then so her son brought it over to my house. She doesn't have a spare room and didn't want to let it in with her five cats unsupervised. Reasonable. I think she wanted me to take it in, but I didn't want to disrupt my four so I left it outside and fed it, and it went away. It isn't very cold or anything and I figured that it might live somewhere around. If it was really a stray, it would show up again to feed. Well, it did. Serene, once again having to run out (sweet sixteen party that her son was attending), asked if I could take it in until she got back. I put Callie in the Cat Introduction Room (tiny spare bedroom) and let it get acclimated. Last night we took Callie to North Shore Animal Hospital, which has late hours even on Sunday without extra charge. The cat is negative for FLV and AIDS, and is about a year old. Headbutting friendly, and must have been dumped just recently. So it's in my CIR waiting while its future is determined. I want Serene to take it in, but they live in a small apartment and aren't supposed to have pets. I feed an outside cat named Baby and promised Baby that the next opening would be for her, but I really can't handle five cats, mostly by myself. It wouldn't be fair to baby to take in another cat before her. If Serene can't take it in (her husband is nice but six is a lot) maybe we can take it back to North Shore and get it adopted. It is a very sweet cat. purrs that the right decisions are taken for this nice little cat. Whatever you and Serena decide, I'm sure will be well thought out and that the cat will find a good home one way or another. It has two nice ladies looking out for it. Judith Ah, but I'm a guy, but Callie does have two nice people who care for her. Serene talked her husband into taking her in and Callie was in the living room with them last night and the other cats (Bluebell, Gizmo, Dusty, Shave, and Raven) were locked in the kitchen/bedroom part of the apartment. Serene never did any of the normal cat introduction methods (scent shifting, etc). They just meet each other and get along. Well, mostly. So I'm still at four cats and Serene is at six. While I have more room (a little house), that really doesn't count because the cats are usually wherever I am. So having a few rooms doesn't matter when all the cats are on my bed with me. Also, it takes a certain time commitment to deal with each cat, what with petting and playing and such. They're three people and I'm mostly only one although the significant other does stay for weekends and holidays. So far, it seems ok. If it is too much for them, I may take Callie. She is a wonderful chin-butting cat. Those are so rare. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Another cat? I have four already
On 2011-11-15 11:15 AM, dgk wrote:
Ah, but I'm a guy, but Callie does have two nice people who care for her. Serene talked her husband into taking her in and Callie was in the living room with them last night and the other cats (Bluebell, Gizmo, Dusty, Shave, and Raven) were locked in the kitchen/bedroom part of the apartment. Serene never did any of the normal cat introduction methods (scent shifting, etc). They just meet each other and get along. Well, mostly. So I'm still at four cats and Serene is at six. While I have more room (a little house), that really doesn't count because the cats are usually wherever I am. So having a few rooms doesn't matter when all the cats are on my bed with me. Also, it takes a certain time commitment to deal with each cat, what with petting and playing and such. They're three people and I'm mostly only one although the significant other does stay for weekends and holidays. So far, it seems ok. If it is too much for them, I may take Callie. She is a wonderful chin-butting cat. Those are so rare. Cats are funny that way. They can have a whole house to roam in, but they tend to like being with their human. Not that most of them are actually being affectionate or anything, to judge by their manner; they just happen to be snoozing in the room where you are, and if you get up and leave, it's a pure coincidence that minutes later that they are snoozing in the room you moved to! (My Sammy is an exception; he is very demonstrative, and although he does snooze, he also likes being petted and if you don't do enough, will head-but or paw-pat you until you get the idea. Plus, of course, wander the house wailing plaintively if he can't find you.) -- Cheryl |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|