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I have a 9 year old dog and a 7 year old cat. My dog loves the cat and is very submissive. My cat was rescued as a baby from the middle of a busy street. He is a grouchy guy but likes his family....he even plays with the dog. A few months ago I noticed a stray cat around my neighborhood. I noticed she had a scratch or wound of some sort to her eye. I felt bad for the cat so I started feeding it a few weeks ago. I then noticed she had a wound to one of her hindquarters that was bleeding. I was able to get some antibiotics for her and put it in her food...her leg is better and her eye to some extent. Her eye will never be good but I don't think the infection isn't out of control but her eye weeps...some days worse than others."Kitty" now comes when I call her to eat. I feed her twice a day. There is another cat (I think this cat has a home) that wanders the area and Kitty is terrified of it. As a matter of fact, last week Kitty didn't come after calling her for dinner...I then noticed the other cat was lurking. Kitty now trusts me enough that she will get very close to me at meal time and a few days ago I was able to give her a pet behind her ear. Even though I feel she trusts me to a certain extent, she is a nervous wreck, always listening to everything going on around her. She has bolted from mealtime after hearing something that I couldn't hear. In spite of having a dog and cat I am thinking about trapping her and trying to integrate her into my household. Am I crazy for thinking this could happen? Thank you for your input!
PS: Her left ear is tipped so I think she has been part of a TNR program.
PS: Her left ear is tipped so I think she has been part of a TNR program.