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making friends with a stray/homeless
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:33:52 +0000, mlbriggs
wrote: This is a very interesting story. I can't help wonder what became of the little mother. MLB I still think about her from time to time. I *really* wonder why she brought us her kittens - she could have just moved them a few feet to someplace dry, but instead, she gave them to *humans*. I wonder if somehow she knew something was going to happen to her, and soon. -- T.E.D. ) |
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Or you could make him an indoor feral; I have several mixed in with my tame ones. As Sharon has said, you do have to keep him in a room with no hiding places until he gets used to being out in the open. Once he gets used to sunning himself by the window and eating in the middle of the floor with you in the room you can "release" him into the rest of the house. I accidentally left my sliding glass door wide open for an hour once and not one of my indoor ferals bother to get up off the sofa and walk across the room to freedom. They learn where it's warm, dry, and soft. Hey, Ron! Glad to see you haven't come to your senses yet and are still rescuing cats. Yes, the house feral is a fine feline; Campus Cats has a number of them. (As tended outdoor ferals age, we bring them inside for retirement.) I gently disagree about housing the house-feral-in-training in a room with no hiding place, though. The cat needs a roofed hidey hole, one we can get to if needed. A simple cat cube does the trick. (We have one with a removable top, which comes in handy from time to time.) A tame cat companion is a help, too, in most cases. That is, if you don't mind playing second fiddle to your own cat. Sharon Talbert Campus Cats |
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making friends with a stray/homeless
It is not hard to understand why she brought you her kittens.
Cats can show amazing intelligence far beyond what we as humans expect from them. She was looking for a good home for her kittens and she found one. Who can know why? She and the kittens were very lucky to find someone like you. Willee "Ted Davis" wrote in message ... On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:33:52 +0000, mlbriggs wrote: This is a very interesting story. I can't help wonder what became of the little mother. MLB I still think about her from time to time. I *really* wonder why she brought us her kittens - she could have just moved them a few feet to someplace dry, but instead, she gave them to *humans*. I wonder if somehow she knew something was going to happen to her, and soon. -- T.E.D. ) |
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Heh. When I look under my bed (in the House of Many Cats), I see a row of shining eyes... A carrier sometimes serves as a hidey hole. We often cage cats/kittens in dog-sized carriers/crates to start them off, then put the crate on the floor of the foster room and remove the door. Sharon Campus Cats I didn't describe that too well. I agree that a new indoor feral needs "roofed hidey holes". What's bad is places where I can't get to them or even find them. A bed is the worst. I reach under one side but they just scoot out the other, when I switch sides, they just run under the bed to the other side. Would cat carriers make good hiding places? You could put a cat bed in them (my cats love cat beds), and they might not feel so traumitized when they got locked in and carted to the vet. -- Ron Herfurth Charlottesville, VA |
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