RE: behavior change Q

[MacKenzie, Kerry N.]

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That's incredible!   I'm way behind you guys.   However, a little progress was made in the last few days....Levy, the most ferocious (if a small grey furball can be described as ferocious!) of the FeLV kitties, all feral, has..amazingly...once again deigned to sit on my lap.  (Last time it happened was for a magical 30 minutes last April!)   Last night, he sat for a whole hour on the blanket that was spread over my legs and let me stroke him, first with a soft wand, then with MY HAND (this is unheard of), for most of that time.   I'm a little afraid it may be a sign he's succumbing to the FeLV...I sure hope not.   Actually I have a Q about Levy, who has changed his behavior in other ways recently. As well as not playing any more, and eating less, I've now noticed him sticking his head, but not his body, into one of the litter boxes. He stays there for several seconds. What is he doing?! Is he eating litter d'you think?? And---I remember something about them eating cement (?) means they're anemic? Last night when I went to try and see what he was up to, he ran off, of course. Any input appreciated! Kerry       -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:10 PM To: felvtalk@vlists.net Subject: Re: FeLV >>I have one that loves kisses.  I can ask him if he wants a kiss and he will stand on his two hind legs and head butt my lips.<<   Iolaus loves to nurse on my ear lobe.  I'll let him, but I'll ask him to give me a kiss first, and he will do a brief nurse on my lip, then go to my right ear lobe.  Sometimes, if the lobe is especially good, he'll stop for a minute, give me a kiss, then go back at it.  If I rub the side of his face with my hand, he'll rub the side of mine with his paw on that side, if I slip one hand behind his head, he slips one paw behind mine - it's like he's mirroring what I'm doing.  It's too cute! >>Then there is Simba. LOL  Who is just not a touchy feely kinda guy...  He is so funny.  I get mushy with him and he acts like I am giving him cooties.  Then he storms off in a huff for about 15 feet and then runs back and head butts my knees.<< That sounds like Tyr.  Tyr wants to be petted and loved on, but can't take it for long - and when he's been playing and wants some loving, he'll come up like he's going to try to drop me like a wildebeast - especially if anyone else can see him.  He'll race around the house to keep up with me, acting all "tuff" and stuff, but when I go into my room without him or without petting him, he looks like he's about to cry.  He likes it when I run and hide from him, then when he catches me, I make a big deal out of how strong and brave he is.  He eats it up!     Kathy "Every time you meet a situation, though you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.