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(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...

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...

I posted this in "update on blackberry," but then thought maybe a new thread would be more effective. Does anyone believe I should be trying to draw Blackberry out? She's 6 days post-op, and I've seen her jump up on the counter (to get in the sink), so I believe she's physically okay. But once...

There's really not a whole lot new to share. I just thought I'd post to say that Blackberry is calm. Extremely calm. So calm that I suspect she's coping with her new world by refusing to get involved with it. She spends her days in the sink, lets us pet her all day, touches noses with Betsy (our...

I posted last weekend, fretting about having decided to adopt a homeless cat from our office parking lot. Well, that kitty is home with us now. Her name is Blackberry. She was trapped on Wednesday night, spent that night in the trap in my coworker's bathroom, then was transferred to a carrier...

Our new semi-feral kitten (about 7 months old) was spayed and vaccinated yesterday (rabies, 4 in 1). She's still lethargic, isn't that interested in eating, just sleeps and sleeps, preferably in my lap. The vet gave me a sheet of instructions about the spay recovery, and she's supposed to be at...

We have three cats living in our parking lot at work and one of my staffers has been feeding them and is actively seeking homes for them. They are about 6 months old, live in our parking lot and in a vacant lot, and they approach us when we come out with the cat food. However, they're reluctant...

Our 19-year-old calico (female) recently died, and two years ago, we lost our 17-year-old black cat (a neutered male). As we get ready to bring two new cats into our house, I am eager to know whether there's any evidence to support our theory that male cats spray more often than female cats. Is...

I'm new to this forum and would appreciate any insight from anyone who has done the following: introduced two new cats, each from separate places, to each other. We plan to adopt two black DSHs from two separate shelters in the next day or so, and we'd like to introduce them to each other in...