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IBKFergus is leaving ;-(
wrote in message oups.com... Declawing would not be a solution. She would just turn into a biter. This post makes me want to cry. Sherry Declawing is incredibly cruel. Regular trimming of claws is humane and effective. Works a treat with my feral: Marble, a.k.a. PsychoCatFromHell ;-) His claws, if left untrimmed, resemble those found on a velociraptor... Cheers, helen s |
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IBKFergus is leaving ;-(
Yowie wrote:
I don't want to do this, but don't have much choice. For no reason i or Joel can fathom, IBKFergus just ripped my thumb to shreds. Its that bad, i can't use my right thumb to type. Vicky I'm so sorry for you and for IBKFergus. You are doing what you have to to protect your own and that means finding IBK a new home. I'll think good thoughts, and ask the owners to purr and look for a good home for her. Pam S. |
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IBKFergus is leaving ;-(
Yowie wrote:
The Animal Welfare League can take her. They'll get a substantial donation to help with her adoption costs. The lady I spoke to is familiar with the CRM ferals, where IBKFergus came from. They are truly Feral, not just pets that have been abandoned. Great news - well done for this solution. Hopefully Fergus will find a good new home. Perhaps I was too ambitious to take on a feral cat. I dunno. I'll miss her alot, even though she was never affectionate, and a PITA most of the time. I still loved her Of course - that's never been in question, and if you didn't, the initial post would never have even made it to these boards. Deb. -- http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield |
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IBKFergus is leaving ;-(
Yowie wrote:
Again, it was, as far as I can see, an attack totally out of proportion to what I was doing. If I had been movingmy hand in an 'interesting' way, I'd forgive her for thinking it was a chasy game. If I had accidnelty stepped on her, I'd understand that she was just sayin "OW!". But even when we have been playing chasey or I've got my big feet in her way, she has not savaged me like this. I don't know what et her off, or how her kitty brain interpretted me picking up a book as a reason for attacking, but its such a common thing to do that I cannot trust IBKFergus not to react the same way if Cary picked up a book. She sounds exactly like Cocoa did when I first adopted her. If she was sitting on a counter top and you picked something up within any proximity to her (i.e. on the same counter top) she would attack. Flight/fight distance incredibly large for her, I guess. Cocoa is a very fear-defensive cat, who is ultra-sensitive to things she thinks are going to hurt her = any living thing, in her mind. She has improved over time, partly as we have trained her not to attack us if she wants any form of attention from us, by passive zero-tolerance of any aggression, by us recognising the very first signs of an impending hissy-fit (purring stops; tail quivers; or ears change direction!) and also by her desensitization over the years. Deb. -- http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield |
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IBKFergus is leaving ;-(
rrb wrote:
Perhaps since I did not see the incident you are referring to. But I bet there was at least some sign even if you didn't notice it. Sometimes it can be almost unnoticeable if you aren't looking for it. My male cat was like that but by paying attention to small signs he gave I soon was able to avoid these situations and stop them before they started 99 % of the time. I'm sorry, while I understand what you are saying, what you don't seem to recognize is that the Yowlet is only two years old. At that age, an attention span of five minutes is good. I've got a nineteen year old who doesn't always seem to understand leaving the kitties alone. Vicky has said repeatedly that all she did was reach for a book and IBK went off. Now, you may be right and there were signs that IBK was overstinulated and Vicky just didn't see them. If an adult didn't or couldn't see the signs, how do you expect a two year old to do so. I'm glad to see that she isn't going to take her back to where she used to work and I fully agree with her decision to find a less threatening atmosphere for IBK to live in. If this had happened with my children when they were little, I probably would have done the same thing, even though there were few no-kill shelters back in the eighties and early nineties. Pam S. purring for Vicky and Joel's decision, knowing how hard this is on them |
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IBKFergus is leaving ;-(
"Yowie" wrote in message
The Animal Welfare League can take her. They'll get a substantial donation to help with her adoption costs. The lady I spoke to is familiar with the CRM ferals, where IBKFergus came from. They are truly Feral, not just pets that have been abandoned.///// This sounds like a good and safe situation for IBKFergus. It also helps that the lady is familar with the colony. Purrs and prayers that the situation works out for Fergus. Helen M -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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IBKFergus is leaving ;-(
Mishi wrote: Hi Vickie, Is this just clawing, or biting also? If so, can you get her declawed and defanged - I know it is a major undertaking, and not so mething I would normally suggest, as I find cruel and barbaric, but it means her life, and Cary's heart. How much is it to have a declaw there? Defanging is sometimes done to dogs - we considered having it done to one of our bostons. They can't inflict much damage with their comb teeth. My heart goes out to you, Joel and Cary. Patti Euthanization is more humane than a 4-paw declaw and a de-fang. Sheesh! -L. |
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Mishi wrote:
Hi Vickie, Is this just clawing, or biting also? If so, can you get her declawed and defanged - I know it is a major undertaking, and not so mething I would normally suggest, as I find cruel and barbaric, but it means her life, and Cary's heart. How much is it to have a declaw there? Defanging is sometimes done to dogs - we considered having it done to one of our bostons. They can't inflict much damage with their comb teeth. My heart goes out to you, Joel and Cary. Patti Declawing is illegal in Australia as it is in every civilised country outside north america. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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IBKFergus is leaving ;-(
Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
On 2006-05-22, Rhonda penned: Monique Y. Mudama wrote: I'm not sure why everyone has amnesia about this, but people: IBKFergus is a girl. And Yowie has referred to her as "she." So please stop with the "he/him" references. I think I started it because I didn't think a name of "Fergus" would be a girl, but I corrected it when I read the next post that said "she." I didn't think it would be upsetting to anyone other than the cat's owner! Maybe I'm overly sensitive to it, as I have a female cat named Oscar. It reminds me of my mother, she keeps calling Snoopy he, even though she knows she's female. Her excuse is, she doesn't remember sex these days, she's 72. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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