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crying cat outside, what to do?
Good morning:
Chelle here. Several weeks ago I trapped a medium sized to small gray tabby/white mix male. He was neutered, rabies shot, combo test negative. He bit the vet and was put in rabies observation for 10 days. I took him home and put him in a cage since I had two others in the same room with him, one who was sick and the other who was very dominant and may have started a fight. Medium sized dog crate covered with a blanket. He went used the box, and on the third day I noted much less stool in the box. He would not drink much. He would not eat at all. I put him back outside at 11:30 p.m. near my portch. I tried lots of stuff to get him to eat, but the vet said he would be in danger if he did not eat for more than 3 days. 2.5 weeks later he came back to my house. I feed him, but he is still very frightened. He is not a dominant cat and is not a good food competitor. He spends a few hours a day lounging around my portch, and he cries so very much. I can't see any open wounds, broken extremities, he moves well and runs without a limp. Any ideas on what he would want with all the crying? All my inside cats are fixed. He is fixed. ================= "The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny. The question is not can they REASON, nor can they TALK, but can they SUFFER?" -- Jeremy Bentham |
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Maybe he wants to come in...... does he let you pet him?
"RedRiver35" wrote in message ... Good morning: Chelle here. Several weeks ago I trapped a medium sized to small gray tabby/white mix male. He was neutered, rabies shot, combo test negative. He bit the vet and was put in rabies observation for 10 days. I took him home and put him in a cage since I had two others in the same room with him, one who was sick and the other who was very dominant and may have started a fight. Medium sized dog crate covered with a blanket. He went used the box, and on the third day I noted much less stool in the box. He would not drink much. He would not eat at all. I put him back outside at 11:30 p.m. near my portch. I tried lots of stuff to get him to eat, but the vet said he would be in danger if he did not eat for more than 3 days. 2.5 weeks later he came back to my house. I feed him, but he is still very frightened. He is not a dominant cat and is not a good food competitor. He spends a few hours a day lounging around my portch, and he cries so very much. I can't see any open wounds, broken extremities, he moves well and runs without a limp. Any ideas on what he would want with all the crying? All my inside cats are fixed. He is fixed. ================= "The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny. The question is not can they REASON, nor can they TALK, but can they SUFFER?" -- Jeremy Bentham |
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Good morning:
Well ... He acts like he wants me to pet him but when I open the door he runs. He also cries when going around the gate in the next yard. He hever has let us pet him. I wonder if he wants me to follow him, which I can't do because the neighbor gate is such that I can't open it, it is a privacy fence, and the neighbor is gone. He has been coming up and crying several times a day ever since he showed up again. I can, however, talk to him, and he does seem to pay attention to me. Chelle. Maybe he wants to come in...... does he let you pet him? "The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny. The question is not can they REASON, nor can they TALK, but can they SUFFER?" -- Jeremy Bentham |
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Chelle -- He sounds like one of my cats, whom I rescued as a stray. She is
just "talkative." She's constantly meowing, but doesn't necessarily want me to pet her or touch her -- she'll often shy away if I try, just like the cat you describe. I honestly don't know what she wants when she's yakking at me (at first I gave her food when she did it, but often she didn't want it, so I figured that wasn't what she was asking for), so I've started to just talk back to her. We have a little conversation, which she seems to enjoy. Maybe he is trying to make friends with you -- if he's making a noise like "meeow?" that goes up in pitch at the end, that's an invitation to make friends. If he does a loud "meoooowwrrrr," that's lower in pitch, that's aggressive or fearful. There's a call in between the two that's a "hello is anyone out there?" sound, but I dunno how to describe it in words. It's louder than the invitation meow, and more drawn out, but it's not low and in the back of the throat like the aggressive meow. He may just be trying to placate you with friendly verbal greetings. Keep feeding him and talk back and see if he likes that. Please post again and tell what happens, because I'm curious on behalf of my yakky cat -- M9 "RedRiver35" wrote in message ... Good morning: Well ... He acts like he wants me to pet him but when I open the door he runs. He also cries when going around the gate in the next yard. He hever has let us pet him. I wonder if he wants me to follow him, which I can't do because the neighbor gate is such that I can't open it, it is a privacy fence, and the neighbor is gone. He has been coming up and crying several times a day ever since he showed up again. I can, however, talk to him, and he does seem to pay attention to me. Chelle. Maybe he wants to come in...... does he let you pet him? "The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny. The question is not can they REASON, nor can they TALK, but can they SUFFER?" -- Jeremy Bentham |
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Well I was feeding this stray who would do the exact same thing--cry & cry &
cry! For a long time, he would rub up agains my leg & feet but would jump away if I went to pet him--I think somebody must have hit him in the past. Anyway, to make a long story short, I brought him in during a particularly bitter cold snap-months later, he sleeps cuddled up next to me on my bed, follows me around like a puppy dog, loves to be petted. He still gets scared if I try to pick him up but all things take time. He is still very vocal. My only suggestion is to just go out and talk to him softly while he eats. Spend as much time as you can where he can see you & hear you. At some point, stoop down a few feet away from him & just put out some treats every day in the same place--he'll come to eat the treats & I bet you he will be eating out of your hand! "RedRiver35" wrote in message ... Good morning: Well ... He acts like he wants me to pet him but when I open the door he runs. He also cries when going around the gate in the next yard. He hever has let us pet him. I wonder if he wants me to follow him, which I can't do because the neighbor gate is such that I can't open it, it is a privacy fence, and the neighbor is gone. He has been coming up and crying several times a day ever since he showed up again. I can, however, talk to him, and he does seem to pay attention to me. Chelle. Maybe he wants to come in...... does he let you pet him? "The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny. The question is not can they REASON, nor can they TALK, but can they SUFFER?" -- Jeremy Bentham |
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Feral cats do not meow at you. What you are discribing is a once
friendly cat who has been through the hell of being a stray and no longer trusts people. I'd trap the cat again bring him in and put him in a cage. Your vet is wrong as well 3 days isn't dangerous if he doesn't eat for a week then worry but I'm sure in 4 to 5 days he'll be eating. Its just such a huge shift for him coming in that it often takes time to them to even want to eat. I doubt your vet has had many cats like this the information he gave you makes sense for house cats but not for this type of situation. I bet you'll find that in a few weeks this cat is showing signs of trusting you and wanting to be petted. I often get cats in that don't want to eat. I can't just put a rescue cat back out into danger just because its not eating. We recently had a pregnant feral we traped and where considering aborting and returning when she hadn't eaten for 5 days on the 6th day she ate and has been fine since. |
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Well, there is no telling what they did at
the vet's office after he bit them. They are probably okay foks, but I can't watch them as they only take the animals back and not let the people into the rooms like other vets do. His cry is higher pitched and squeaky. H rubs agains the doorjam and the stick I use to keep the door open. He may actually be living under the porch now. I trapped him once. I don't know if he would be hungry enough or too trap wary for it to work again. I will try putting some of the Bach's on his dry food maybe. He seems to have a hard time eating wet food, hard for him to pick up. We have a current infestation of hookworms, the cat next door had them also, and he may have a tummy full of worms. We found out about the neighbor cat last night. I will see if I can get a bottle of wormer tablets (I know thay make them for dogs) for cats at PetsMart or something, and see if I can crumble them up into the dry food. I do talk to him, and he will look at me and sometimes acts like he is really trying to understand what I am saying. I probably should not have let him go, but I was not sure what else to do with him, and at the time I had a dominant cat whom I thought might try to bite him or attack him. She is another story. I always seem to end up with two or three kitties at a time. I have one under treatment for hookworm. And I have a second who i am going to start on this afternoon. Chelle Feral cats do not meow at you. What you are discribing is a once friendly cat who has been through the hell of being a stray and no longer trusts people. "The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny. The question is not can they REASON, nor can they TALK, but can they SUFFER?" -- Jeremy Bentham |
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Willows wrote: Feral cats do not meow at you. What you are discribing is a once friendly cat who has been through the hell of being a stray and no longer trusts people. Agreed. |
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