My cat was born under my house. His mother is a feral cat. Three kittens survived. I let them all live outside under the house and kept a bowl of food and water on the porch for them. I wanted to see if any of them survive past 6 months (which is the average life expectancy of cats in our area due to coyotes). We live in a rough place for animals, which is why the property is completely fenced in. But since it is chain link fencing, kitty can get out whenever he wants, he just chooses not to. I am sure that he has seen the coyotes since I have sat on my porch and watch them come to within five feet of the fence.Well one of them disappeared after about 6 months. The female started to go into heat, so I got her fixed and let her live in the house while she recuperated. That lasted about two days and she got out and started to live under the house. She lasted another week or so and disappeared. So that left one cat. After about 7 months, I decided to take him in and named him Fred. He looks like he will last now since he is about a year old and has no battle scars from getting in fights like other cats that we had did. Fred is far from a feral cat now. He is totally domesticated. However, I do have a kitty door for him to come and go as he pleases, and he does. He hates being trapped in the house, although he spends most of his time inside. He rarely if ever ventures outside of the property. He has 2 1/2 acres to roam around on so I am sure that is plenty for him. He still hunts and brings in a bird on occasion. I wish he would stop as he lets the bird go inside the house and tears the place up chasing it around, and then there is the mess of feathers all over the living room where he eventually eats it. Still, I love Fred to death. He has a nice cuddle cup at the foot of my bed and he usually sleeps there all night keeping me company. And although he does not talk, he responds to me and that is cool.
Bruce Tony wrote: > we used to think the same... outside, we are in a wooded neighboorhood, with > plenty of kitty places, etc... and no more... our new kitty, she is housebound > forever... no more dead kitties for us :( > > tw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246387 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
