A bit of unpleasantness here. :-(
I'm in the process of having all the babies tested and re-vaccinated
since Mama Kitty is FeVL+. Five down - Three to go. So far
everyone else has tested negative.
Well...the babies are very sensitive to the appearance of the Pet
Taxi in a room. Four of them were totally feral initially - and some of
them took more than three months before I could even pet them.
Eventually, they are the ones who made the decision that they wanted to live
inside with me...and most of the time they are completely precious fuzzballs
(as long as there are no other people).
I thought getting the Pet Taxi out of the closet this morning before I
went to work would give Othello time enough to settle down.
Wrong.
I guess my first mistake was actually telling him in a sweet voice
this morning that we would go later but it would be ok. These
guys know exactly what you are saying. He hid the minute I got it
out this morning - and was hiding also when I came home this afternoon.
Now I am true to my word to the kitties that I will never call
them if it isn't something wonderful (and that is why I can herd eight cats at
one time -- they come running). But - since this wasn't going to be much
fun, I had to hunt him down. I finally found him and caught him - but he
was so upset that he turned into a ball of teeth and claws out of sheer
terror.
I know he didn't mean to hurt me...I'm not too bloody but got it on the
side of my head and arms LOL. I'm not worried about me at bit...you
should see me when I work with my roses -- I'm just so worried about how
terrified he is.
I finally called the vet and told them what was going on. The male
vet tech assured me that if I couldn't get him calmed down then they really
would prefer that I not bring him in today LOL
I gave the all clear after that ("All Done!")...but he's still
hiding. I'm home Monday and they told me that if I can coax him to just
bring him in any time. I just need to work more with him....and it
sounds like I need a few lessons too - even if I have been taking care of
kitties over 30 years.
You guys are going to think I'm nutty (that's ok :0)...but ever since I
read this article (
Taming
Wild Cats With Tibetan Buddhist Chants ), I bought a CD of Tibetan Buddist
Chants and it really does help to calm down the ferals. Hey, why not? -
it's been known to tame tigers :0) I'm going to put some rescue remedy
in the water too. Any other suggestions? Insight into cat
psychology? Bandaids? I know with all the fireworks over the
weekend we're probably all going to have some very jumpy cats.
