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How's it going? I found this thread because we just got a new cat (2 years old, neutered male) three days ago and our resident cat (4 years old, spayed female) is angry. She hisses at him if he gets too close or surprises her, sticks her nose in his butt and hisses at him when he turns around to...

Thanks for the replies. This is really maddening--it makes me wish we'd never had this test done. The cat we're considering adopting is healthy. Fat, friendly, playful. She was rescued as a not-quite-adult by a woman we know 7 years ago, nursed through an injury and has been kept at the...

Thanks for the replies. This is really maddening--it makes me wish we'd never had this test done. The cat we're considering adopting is healthy. Fat, friendly, playful. She was rescued as a not-quite-adult by a woman we know 7 years ago, nursed through an injury and has been kept at the...

(x-posted in Health) Not sure if I'm posting in the right place, but here's the situation: We have been planning to adopt a 7-year-old cat who needs a new home. We already have a 4-year-old cat. Both cats have been tested for FELV, FIV and FIP. Our 4-year-old is negative on all three; the cat...

Not sure if I'm posting in the right place, but here's the situation: We have been planning to adopt a 7-year-old cat who needs a new home. We already have a 4-year-old cat. Both cats have been tested for FELV, FIV and FIP. Our 4-year-old is negative on all three; the cat we're hoping to adopt...

Two months ago, we rescued Blackberry--a 9-month-old black female--from a parking lot. Trapped her, had her spayed, brought her home and got to work on socializing her. She lived in our bathroom sink for the first month, used her litterbox, gradually became more and more friendly. When we let...

Fri., April 8, Day 30: Last Friday night and Saturday night, Blackberry didn't get out of the sink. Not to eat, not to use her box. Just sat. I was beginning to worry that she was injured and couldn't move. On Sunday morning, I got out her catnip mouse and pulled it around on a string, and she...

Fri., April 1, Day 23: It's been a bad day for Blackberry. In preparation for opening the bathroom door (to let her have the run of the house), we put a collar/tag on her (so she can be identified as ours if she gets out of the house). She didn't fuss about the collar--she was in the sink when I...

Fri., March 25, Day 16: Blackberry is still living in the bathroom, and I believe I'll keep her in there for at least another week. Each morning and evening, she emerges from the sink (where she sleeps all day) and gets friendly. When I go in there and sit on my pillow, she rubs against my...

Mon., March 21, Day 12: Blackberry is most sociable late at night and in early mornings. By day, she just sleeps in the sink. Last night we had about 10 minutes together--she rubbed against my knees and put her hind legs on tiptoes when I petted her. She kept lying down and rolling onto her...

Yeah, Betsy doesn't like her tummy rubbed, either, even though she lies around on her back all the time. And I wouldn't want to come near Blackberry's tummy anyway, with her surgery so recent. (When she reached for me yesterday, I was pulling my hand out from petting her back--she'd rolled, and...

Sun., March 20, Day 11: Today has been a really quiet day for Blackberry. I usually go in and see her at 6 a.m., but this morning I slept in and by the time I got in the bathroom, she was already in the sink for the day. I petted her some, she had a shrimp treat (she's decided those are pretty...

The other two cats we trapped are still at Kari's house. Kari is out of town this weekend, so another co-worker is taking care of the cats. Tabby is back to her old self--meowing, coming forward for petting, winding around legs. Kari has gotten attached to the tabby, and I believe she'll keep...

I'm new to these boards and yesterday someone recommended I read the Pengy thread, so today I did. I'm so sorry the original one was lost in the server crash--I'd love to know all Pengy's detailed history--but could tell from the current thread that Pengy's doing great. As I'm getting to know my...

Sat., March 19, Day 10 This morning when I go in to see Blackberry, she meets me at the bathroom door as I open it. It's like she was waiting for me to open that door so she could get out. I don't want her loose in the house, so I reach down and pick her up to keep her from leaping over my foot...

I'm posting this as a new thread so that the whole Blackberry story appears in one place in this forum. Following, I tell the history of Blackberry's situation, the details of how I got her, and then pick up with diary entries. I pulled from previous posts, so some of you will see things you've...

Hi everyone. I'm going to start a whole new blackberry thread, in which I tell the whole story from start til now. I pulled entries from previous threads, added a lot of history, edited it all together quickly to be one "diary" that I can add to and others can post to (and I hope you will...

No, we've ALL been in to hang out with her--mostly me, sometimes my daughters, and occasionally my husband. And Betsy the cat. Betsy likes to go in there, and Blackberry rouses up whenever she sees her. Today, especially, Betsy's been eager to go in, and Blackberry's seemed eager to see her...

No, the turkey is just for treats, since she doesn't like the shrimp treats Betsy's wild for, or the little Pounce things that come in a can. Just plain roasted turkey for Blackberry's treats. She gobbles it. In her bowl, she gets Science Diet kitten food, and she's barrelling through it. I...

Thanks for all the feedback. I will continue to just post in this thread. I'm not all that experienced with Internet forums, so I appreciate the advice about posting in one place. It's the semi-feral aspect of Blackberry that has me continuing to post with all my obsessions about how to best...