Great kitty progress

Greetings all:

Rosalie is my formerly feral cat who I got last March. She has made great
progress in the time she has been with me and last night she took another
giant step forward -- she jumped up on the ottoman my feet were propped up
on. I have been trying to get her to jump up into my lap (she won't allow
me to pick her up yet) and this was a big step toward that, I think. She
usually lays on the floor next to my chair, but last night she was lying
under the ottoman, and I kept encouraging her to come up, and then she put
both paws up and peeked, and then jumped up! Oh, it may not sound like
much, but I'm sure those of you who have had feral cats will understand.
She settled into kitty loaf position and made blinky eyes at me for a
while, then she had a good wash, then she curled up against my legs.

This was a huge step for her and I now feel that she will definitely find
herself in my lap one of these days!

--Catherine
& Rosalie the calicohead

In article ,
enlightened us with...
snip

This was a huge step for her and I now feel that she will definitely find
herself in my lap one of these days!


That's awesome! Good for you and great for her!

Isn't it the best feeling in the world to win the trust of an animal who
wasn't raised with humans?

--
--
~kaeli~
Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is
serious.
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace

In article ,
enlightened us with...
snip

This was a huge step for her and I now feel that she will definitely find
herself in my lap one of these days!


That's awesome! Good for you and great for her!

Isn't it the best feeling in the world to win the trust of an animal who
wasn't raised with humans?

--
--
~kaeli~
Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is
serious.
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace

kaeli wrote in
:

In article ,
enlightened us with...
snip

This was a huge step for her and I now feel that she will definitely
find herself in my lap one of these days!


That's awesome! Good for you and great for her!

Isn't it the best feeling in the world to win the trust of an animal
who wasn't raised with humans?


Yes, it feels kind of amazingly good! Thank you for your nice post.

--Catherine
& Rosalie the calicohead

kaeli wrote in
:

In article ,
enlightened us with...
snip

This was a huge step for her and I now feel that she will definitely
find herself in my lap one of these days!


That's awesome! Good for you and great for her!

Isn't it the best feeling in the world to win the trust of an animal
who wasn't raised with humans?


Yes, it feels kind of amazingly good! Thank you for your nice post.

--Catherine
& Rosalie the calicohead

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:05:31 +0000 (UTC), ceb
wrote:

Greetings all:

Rosalie is my formerly feral cat who I got last March. She has made great
progress in the time she has been with me and last night she took another
giant step forward -- she jumped up on the ottoman my feet were propped up
on. I have been trying to get her to jump up into my lap (she won't allow
me to pick her up yet) and this was a big step toward that, I think. She
usually lays on the floor next to my chair, but last night she was lying
under the ottoman, and I kept encouraging her to come up, and then she put
both paws up and peeked, and then jumped up! Oh, it may not sound like
much, but I'm sure those of you who have had feral cats will understand.
She settled into kitty loaf position and made blinky eyes at me for a
while, then she had a good wash, then she curled up against my legs.

This was a huge step for her and I now feel that she will definitely find
herself in my lap one of these days!

--Catherine
& Rosalie the calicohead

Excellent news. I've never had a feral but knowing how weird my
non-feral cats are I can appreciate the progress.

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:05:31 +0000 (UTC), ceb
wrote:

Greetings all:

Rosalie is my formerly feral cat who I got last March. She has made great
progress in the time she has been with me and last night she took another
giant step forward -- she jumped up on the ottoman my feet were propped up
on. I have been trying to get her to jump up into my lap (she won't allow
me to pick her up yet) and this was a big step toward that, I think. She
usually lays on the floor next to my chair, but last night she was lying
under the ottoman, and I kept encouraging her to come up, and then she put
both paws up and peeked, and then jumped up! Oh, it may not sound like
much, but I'm sure those of you who have had feral cats will understand.
She settled into kitty loaf position and made blinky eyes at me for a
while, then she had a good wash, then she curled up against my legs.

This was a huge step for her and I now feel that she will definitely find
herself in my lap one of these days!

--Catherine
& Rosalie the calicohead

Excellent news. I've never had a feral but knowing how weird my
non-feral cats are I can appreciate the progress.

"ceb" wrote in message
...
Greetings all:

Rosalie is my formerly feral cat who I got last March. She has made great
progress in the time she has been with me and last night she took another
giant step forward -- she jumped up on the ottoman my feet were propped up
on. I have been trying to get her to jump up into my lap (she won't allow
me to pick her up yet) and this was a big step toward that, I think. She
usually lays on the floor next to my chair, but last night she was lying
under the ottoman, and I kept encouraging her to come up, and then she put
both paws up and peeked, and then jumped up! Oh, it may not sound like much,
but I'm sure those of you who have had feral cats will understand. She
settled into kitty loaf position and made blinky eyes at me for a
while, then she had a good wash, then she curled up against my legs.

This is GREAT! I love the way you put it, "blinky eyes" I can just see this.
Hope she keeps warming up you are clearly winning her trust.

"ceb" wrote in message
...
Greetings all:

Rosalie is my formerly feral cat who I got last March. She has made great
progress in the time she has been with me and last night she took another
giant step forward -- she jumped up on the ottoman my feet were propped up
on. I have been trying to get her to jump up into my lap (she won't allow
me to pick her up yet) and this was a big step toward that, I think. She
usually lays on the floor next to my chair, but last night she was lying
under the ottoman, and I kept encouraging her to come up, and then she put
both paws up and peeked, and then jumped up! Oh, it may not sound like much,
but I'm sure those of you who have had feral cats will understand. She
settled into kitty loaf position and made blinky eyes at me for a
while, then she had a good wash, then she curled up against my legs.

This is GREAT! I love the way you put it, "blinky eyes" I can just see this.
Hope she keeps warming up you are clearly winning her trust.

dgk wrote in
:

Excellent news. I've never had a feral but knowing how weird my
non-feral cats are I can appreciate the progress.


Thank you! I know... they are mystifying creatures at times...

--Catherine
& Rosalie the calicohead