Hi Jeni, I just wanted to add - Instead of reading out loud to your wall kitty, if you know anything about chanting, try it. It also will help her get used to your voice, and can be very soothing at the same time. I also have a very feral black kitty, named "Lenore" (after the lady in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven"). I had her in a home made "Kitty Kastle" (roughly 6 foot by 6 foot by 2 feet wide with plenty of platforms) for about a year. She never tamed down and would just as soon rip my face off every time I tried to feed her/clean the litter/etc. I finally just bit the bullet and let her out to intermingle with the other cats. It took several months before she would even let me see her, but now she will sit there and stare me down when I enter the room. I still can't touch her, but she has established herself with the other cats and I will find her sleeping curled up with them alot. Just be patient. The other suggestions you've already gotten will help you too. And if you do use the Rescue Remedy in her water bowl, take some for yourself too! Please keep us posted.
Kat (Mew Jersey) On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, JENI RECA wrote: > Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:43:58 +0000 > From: JENI RECA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: just need to vent about my feral feluk > > sorry, I just need to vent about the frustration I am going through right > now with the feral feluk living in my house...I know I don't have as big as > problems as everyone else, but I know some of you can sympathize with > me...so the story is after our beloved papoose died of feluk, I was > approached at work by the head of the HR department at my shelter and she > asked me if I could take in a feluk she trapped and spayed and was going to > release until they found out she was feluk. I said yes, because our feluk > Hillman Waller was lonely after papoose passed on and well I was lonely too > with only one cat and the three dogs in the house and I wanted to help other > feluks. My husband was not too happy at all, didnt really like the idea > another cat, he didnt even want papoose (but fell head over heels in love > with him). So i took home this very feral black female about 5 years old > feluk postive. We have had her for about 3 months and I have not gotten to > touch her once, I am okay with that, but it hurts not to be able to pet her > and show her I like her. She first lived in a play cage but was more > freaked out about being in it and attacked me anytime I went to change the > litter or feed her, I let her loose in the house. She had hiding spaces and > that was fine, I checked up on her and made sure she ate, but now she has > gotten into the wall of the duplex we live in. The basement was refinished > into a living space that we have and they put up new walls but there is a > space between the new walls and the old and she got into the there by an > opening that popped open without my knowlegde and now we cant get her out! > I am so frustrated and upset that she is in the wall and that she isnt going > to come out for me. most likely we will have to trap her but i just think > she so unhappy it seams and I feel bad for her. she is so freaked out by > our dogs and our other cat tries to get close to her but she doesnt really > like him. he's lonely and she must be lonely, and i fell awful about her > and now she is the wall and i wrote a really long story. i know i shouldnt > complain i know people out here on the list have it a lot worst then me, I > am just upset and worried because who knows what is in those walls and god > forbid she eats something back there she shouldnt and chews on something > back there she shouldn't and well rats, i hope i dont have rats, i live in a > city...sorry for venting and thank you for listening...everyone is so good > to each other on this list, it's nice to have > jeni > > > >
