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Thank you - I think I found the right animal hospital with subspecialists who understand inborn errors of metabolism. They have pretty much narrowed Mouser's issue to an autoimmune issue (similar to a Kitteh Crohn's disease). It is is treatable. Will take patience (especially with a feral!)...

Thank you so much for your kind post! I am greatly encouraged by your words and by the team at Grants Mill Animal Hospital. When I took Mouser into my little apartment, I promised her and the good Lord that I would not lead her where I would not keep her. My 93 year old Mom had some words of...

Thank you so much! It has been a bittersweet journey. Right now, Little Mouser is at the vet's being treated with steroids and boarding while I popped two states over to celebrate my Mom's 93rd birthday. Good news is it's a wonderful cat hospital and my good friend Teresa is visiting her...

Greetings Friends. I took my year and a half old TNR adopted feral to the cat hospital today after 7 months in my home. L'il Mouser was always frail, intermittently fecal incontinent, but she really made progress. Until last week. Mouser became acutely ill about a week ago - vomiting and...

Thank you Maggie - How I wish Mouser loved her carrier! This feral is an escape artist - eluded Animal Control for 3 months. I worked an additional 3 months to befriend with food then get her inside after the first snow. She is so darned fast. I have no fear of scratches - it just seems...

This did not go well. I planned to get Miss Mouser into the cozy cat carrier with her favorite, catnip-infused blankie and deliver her to the vet tonight for boarding. Tomorrow, I am flying several states over to spend Easter with my 92 year old mother who has no-one else. Miss Mouser, a...

This little Kitteh is a very guarded cat - I suspect she was neglected/abandoned/abused at a very young age. Her TNR occurred from what the vet can tell at about 2-3 months. It has taken Little Mouser almost 2 months indoors to understand the concept of "play". The good news is she is...

Thank you - this is important information. She is coming back to her usual self today. She seems to like Purina Beyond Grain Free wet cat food. If you know of a better one, I am all ears! Many thanks and may God bless you!

She has had limited pee just today. She gaks up her hairballs usually no problem. She usually eats Hills Science Diet digestive formula kibble and for wet food she gets Gerbers baby food. I occasionally give her a can of Purina Beyond grain free chicken with sweet potato. I'll look into...

Yes she is peeing although less today

Greetings! Little Mouser has made great progress. She will now nap 2 inches from my feet. She has tried to climb into my bed without success (it's a 36 inch height), so I am getting her cat stairs. She eats, drinks, trills, "makes biscuits" with her paws and plays "pounce" with a long...

thank you all! I will definitely look into these ideas!

Greetings! Little Mouser has made great progress over the past month from being feral to becoming an "indoor cat". She eats, she drinks, she grooms, she purrs and trills. I still cannot touch her, but if my hand gets in her way, now she swipes me with a "soft paw" (claws in) and hisses only...

May God bless you, Walli for taking in this little creature! I have learned with socializing a feral, it's 2 steps forward 1.5 steps back. I have learned to measure in months rather than days or weeks. Little Mouser (pictured) is a very submissive, scared female who was TNR, apparently, at a...

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I feel your panic over this! Here is how I got my Little Mouser trapped and to the vet (also during a below-freezing morning). After 3 months of unsuccessful trapping attempts, I prepared mentally for days (chance favors the prepared mind). Put a pillowcase in your jacket pocket and go to...

Good for you! It's a roller-coaster experience. You have intuited the ambivalence of the feral cat who has had to live by her wits. Little Mouser (see picture), whom I fed for 4 months before capturing her and taking her to the vet, is working through her trust issues - now 3 weeks along as...

Big progress tonight - Mouser meowed, then marked and head-butted both my legs (after feeding, so I am thinking it was not a demand). I still cannot initiate touch. Mouser does not scratch anything, purr, jump up on anything or play (those are catnip-infused cloth mice on the floor behind her...

She sleeps!