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Well, I SAW the gray one eating last night, so just to be
safe, I force fed the black one this morning again.
I spoke to the lady at the rescue that is going to take them
(If we can find some one is Massachusetts who can help with transport) last
night and she seems very nice. She said she places FELV+ and FIV+ cats too, so
their lack of testing is not a limiting factor for them being placed through her
rescue. So that's really good. Now it's just a matter of me finding them a ride
through western and central MA. to the eastern coast.
Jenn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jenn, I'm so glad at least someone is eating. I'm betting they both are. It sounds like they're starting to understand just how lucky they are to have found themselves in your care. I'm no good at talking anyone out of keeping just one more, (or two for that matter!). There's something so special about the bond that forms between a caregiver and an animal in desperate need. They are often so grateful to have a safe environment to lay their heads and knead their biscuits. My Kimba Cat was in the same devastated condition when I trapped him, (he was a stray turned feral that I'd been trying to catch for a couple of years, but he was just too wily). I got him neutered, got rid of the earmites, put Revolution on him, cut off the massive matts and cleaned him up as best I could, (he had a flea allergy and the poor thing had lost most of his hair on his back and tail, when you rubbed his back you could feel all the little scabs and your hand would come up black like you'd been reading a newspaper too long). A couple of days after I released him, he started to warm up to me and would let me pet him when I put out food for the ferals. After not too long a time, he decided that he didn't want to live on the street anymore and my house seemed mighty inviting to him. You know how some cats bolt the front door to get out when you open it? Well, Kimba started doing that to get in! With barking dogs and all, I'd have to squeeze in the front door to keep him out, he was relentless. This is the same cat that when I initially tried to confine him in my garage, he dug through the wire mesh and cement of one of the air vents and escaped! (That was a lesson in just how far a cat will go to get free). I finally gave in and let him join the household as a "foster". You folks may remember my looking for a home for him. Well, he found one, mine! Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Guess what?! When I just checked on them, the plate of soft food I had > left was GONE! At least one of the ATE! Whoo-hooo! I'm going to put > another plate of food in there before I go to bed, I don't want to > give them too much after not eating for days, I'd hate for them to > over-do it and puke up everything they ate. > > Thanks for the suggestion of giving them privacy! It really worked! I > thought it would have been mean to close them in the closet with no > way to see out, but I guess they wanted the security. |
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