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Adopting a stray cat
I seem to have adopted a stray cat who has been hanging around my house
for some time. He is very thin and I have been feeding him outside but, as I have had a week off work, I have realised that he is also coming into the house via the cat flap and eating all my cats food. I don't really mind this as Lily (my cat) is sort of a fussy eater and I end up chucking a lot of her food away so he is really only eating the left overs but the problem is this... Lily and the stray (who I call Dave) do not get on at all. Lily is quite a timid cat and when Dave comes in, she will hiss and attempt to scratch him but then will hide behind the curtains. Dave doesn't seem overly aggressive or anything but I suppose Lily sees the house as her territory hence the shennanigans. Will they learn to get on? Dave is very affectionate - he knows which side his bread's buttered I suppose - so I'm a bit worried that, if I show affection to Dave, Lily will get the hump and go AWOL (she was also a stray originally), is this likely? I would like to live in peace and harmony with both of them but is this practically impossible? Should just take him to the Cat Shelter and get them to re-home him? Any advice would be appreciated Thanks Vicky |
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Adopting a stray cat
I'm not sure why this message has been posted twice. Sorry about that.
Vicky |
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