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Yes, every time I open the front door, I leave it open for a bit in case she wants to come in. She is welcome anytime she changes her mind. I'll have to dig up some pictures of my menagerie.

Thank you everyone for sharing your stories. Sorry I didn’t reply sooner. For some reason I stopped getting notices and didn’t realize there were new posts until someone PM’ed me. I’m sorry to report that we had to let White Kitty back outside. She just wouldn’t do anything but hide in the...

Unfortunately, it is going very slowly with White Kitty.  I am seriously thinking of letting her go back outside.  She is basically still living in my closet.  I took her out last night and put her on my bed for the first time while I petted her (I also gave her little kisses on the top of her...

Thank you so much for sharing your story with me. I took White Kitty out of the closet, however, instead of using the house in the cat tree as I hoped, she spent the next 24 hours huddled in fear between the bed and the bed table.  I took pity on her and let her back in the closet.  I fixed it...

Thanks for the advice.  I will give it more time, but may have to come back here from time to time for reassurance.  I want her to be safe, but also happy. I can tell she really wants to come out of the closet but is just too scared.  I do have a multi-level piece of cat furniture I can move in...

I’m wondering when and how to know if it is time to give up and let White Kitty back outside.  I’m wondering if that time is now. She has taken up residence in the back of my bedroom closet and not left even once to explore the room.  She does knead her paws and purr when I talk to her.  I can...

I was able to get White Kitty to eat a few bites of tuna today.  She also picked at some dry food but I'm not sure how much she ate.  She also peed on my sweat pants.  Not ideal -- I added a second litter box -- but I assume it means she drank some water.  This was her second pee so I doubt it...

I got delayed on my quest to take my feral White Kitty inside while I was dealing with a sick family member. I just took her in two days ago. I got her in the carrier easily following the recommendations from StefanZ. I took her to the vet. She was healthy other than having fleas. She was...

Thank you so much for all your advice.  You have been VERY helpful.  Good to know I don't have to sleep in the basement. I was going to try to catch her this weekend since I have 3 days off but unfortunately I have to go out of town.  I'm going to try the following weekend instead.  It gives...

White Kitty came back!  All is forgiven but I'm taking it slow. I'm putting her food in the carrier to get her used to it.  If I have to resort to the towel method, after I get it on her, do I then try to shove her in the carrier?  Also, any tips on litter training?  Do I use a regular litter...

Thanks so much for the replies! White Kitty actually is spayed. Our local shelter has an excellent TNR program. I was able to trap her the first week she showed up. She was given a round of shots as well but that was three years ago. She seems healthy and is a good weight but I have to be...

I’m not 100% sure it was a seizure but it was similar behavior to a cat I had who did have a diagnosed seizure disorder.  White Kitty started to panic.  She was meowing.  She crawled into a cat carrier I had set up on the porch and laid down on her side for a few minutes (it was the first time...

I’ve been feeding a few feral cats in our yard for the past 4 years.  White Kitty (lousy name, I know) came around 3 years ago and she is the friendliest of our ferals.  At first she was terrified of me, but through a gradual and very slow process she has warmed up to me.  I’ve been petting her...

Great news! We took Snowball in for surgery this morning. The vet examined her again, looked at another sample under the microscope, and decided Snowball didnâ€8482t need surgery after all! The vet said the mass appeared to be slow-growing and she wasnâ€8482t convinced it was cancer. She...

Thanks so much to everyone for your well wishes and for sharing your stories with me. The suggestion for a second opinion is an excellent one. I looked into it and itâ€8482s what I would do in a perfect world but I decided not to in this case because I donâ€8482t like the clinic where the...

Does anyone have any experience with rectal cancer in cats? I took my 15-year-old cat Snowball to the vet Monday for a checkup and the vet found a black mass on her rectum which is suspicious for cancer. The vet did a biopsy but the results were inconclusive. The vet is recommending...