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I can feel your pain when you write of missing the cats. I feed 2,
sometimes 3, feral cats that come to my backyard deck. I know how worried I get if they don't show up on time or if they miss coming for a day or two. But I'm glad that one of your old timers met up with you last night. You did and still are making a difference, even if it's only for that one old timer, bearclaw. Prayers for better health and sound sleep are winging their way to you. wrote in message ... : To avoid any more kitten-dumping, I'd rather not say specifically. But : generally, the colony in question is in the south San Francisco bay : area. Last night, for the first time in weeks, one of my old timers : came back and jumped right in the car window like he always does. He : gorged on food and then, when he couldn't eat any more, he refused to : leave. So, as tired and sick as I am, I sat there in the car with him. : : I wish he was this tame with everybody; he let me examine him all over : with lots of kneading and purring. He'd be a breeze to place in a home : if this was his usual personality. Unfortunately, he becomes : aggressively feral when he's approached by others. He actually : frightened clinic workers briefly when we had him fixed--one of them : thought he was a bobcat. He's a huge cat, a horse really, with only a : stub left from losing his tail in an engine compartment as a kitten : (before I was able to trap him). He's lucky he wasn't killed that day. : There's no fat on him, either (well, his belly *was* pretty round when : he finally finished eating last night). : : With me he's docile as a kitten. I can pick him up and carry him around : as long as there's nothing to scare him. With the other cats, he's a : coward. The feeding station will stay open as long as he is there. : : But, it took a long time to gain his trust. And he doesn't come around : all the time. I have no such relationship with any of the cats eating : there now. I can't gain their trust if I don't ever even see them. : : Yes, I have gone at weird times, like before sunrise. --- -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 10/15/2004 |
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