You are a very good purrson......... I just took on 2 new clients that have "house ferals"..... :)
It just warms my coal black heart to see what hoops they will jump through for
those cats.......
I am in the process of relocating one of my feral colonies to my backyard,
which is HUGE.
There is a cottage in the the back, w/ 2 other buildings also.
This colony is small, only 12 cats, they are losing their home due to
"progress", of course.
They have lived on the same greenbelt in Austin for years, and it was sold last
year to built "single family dwellings"...... Gag........
The poor deer are being displaced too.
Anyway, I have moved 5 to my yard, and one was tame and came to live inside.
"Thomacina" is a huge orange tabby that was not feral, he was dumped @ the
colony as a kitten and remained friendly.
I noticed that his ear was draining constantly, & full of pus, so I took him to
my vet who said he had 3 types of very nasty bacterial infections going on,
plus a growth that needed to be removed.
After we got the infections cleared up, Dr. Samon stepped in and removed his
growth, ear canal and stitched him up.
So far so good, it was cancerous.
I put him in a foster home for 2 weeks so he could recoup and finish his meds,
and then introduced him to my motley crew of rascals & hooligans in fur.
I have never introduced a kitty that old to my gang (he's maybe 3 yrs?) so I
wasn't sure what would happen.
he fit right in, and now sleeps on my bed every night.
It's funny when you take a kitty outta a bad situation where they are living on
hand outs and move them inside, you can really see appreciation in their eyes
everyday.
He just LOVES sleeping in a soft bed......
I still have 6 more cats to move over to my home, I got sidetracked w/ the
houston 14 from the rescuer / collector situation (felv+ exposure cats)
But for now, I have trained the colony to eat in a good Sam's yard on a deadend
street.
Nice people, young hippies that have "rock art" all over their yard.........
So, kitties are somewhat outta harm's way for now.
The main thing to remember is that you need to crate them for no less than 2
weeks in their new environment.
That way they can see, smell, hear the comings & goings in their new home.
They HAVE to get familiar or they could try and find their old home.
Very important.
I put my 5 in a big "walk in" type pen that was inside my out building, for 6
weeks.
One day I just left the door opened so they could be free in my yard.
I didn't see then for 2 weeks, I was so upset.
They just reappeared one day, probably had been hiding the whole time.
Now they are fed @ 6am after I tend to the house cats.
Spoiled, spoiled, little brats...........
Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com
www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org
www.shadowcats.net
"As Cleopatra lay in state,
Faithful Bast at her side did wait,
Purring welcomes of soft applause,
Ever guarding with sharpened claws."
Trajan Tennent
----- Original Message -----
From: HIDEYO YAMAMOTO
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: Need help ASAP with a kitty
Oh.. thank you! I am a little crazy that way -- I just don't know when to
give up sometimes -- I would have staked out in the car all day long until she
showed up every day --- since I did not want anyone else to be trapped and
observed by her, I would hide in my car and had a string attached to the flap
door of the trap so I can manually release when she goes into the trap - I was
so happy to have her back - she is one of the very feral one and I cannot still
pet her-- but she is a good girl!
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Dubose
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: Need help ASAP with a kitty
Wow, Hideyo!
That's an impressive story.
You sound like you earn your "wings" everyday.......... :)
Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com
www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org
www.shadowcats.net
"As Cleopatra lay in state,
Faithful Bast at her side did wait,
Purring welcomes of soft applause,
Ever guarding with sharpened claws."
Trajan Tennent
----- Original Message -----
From: HIDEYO YAMAMOTO
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: Need help ASAP with a kitty
It's just so awful -- people think that they can just dump these precious
living creatures anywhere they want and they are going to be just fine -- I am
so devastated to hear this story.. please please find out where your uncle took
them and maybe you can perhaps retrap them.. I have done that.. my stupid
neighbour adopted this feral kitty and she kept peeing in the house so, she
dumped her some place far away from her house - so I found out where she took
her and I staked out for a week and finally re-trapped her back and now she is
with me -- I will be praying for those precious lives that they are going to be
okay!..
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