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thanks again Gemery for sharing. I hope you find peace and resolution with your grief and memories of Gem. Over time I find that the good memories get stronger. Actually a friend just gave me this book 'A street cat named Bob' about a guy in London and a stray cat 'Bob' that he rescues. Both...

Thank you for sharing this, that is an awesome story, I'll pass it on to Mark :-). Really sorry to hear about Gem's accident too, still you gave him so much love over those 6 years and an amazing life. Not that that makes it easier to lose such a special friend and family member, take care

Thank you, I had not thought of that possibility. Unfortunately it is a bit too late now (nearly 3 weeks after the vet visit), but I will certainy try this with any future vet visits. To me the behaviour does look like dominance rather than lack of recognition/aggression. Iris has alwasy tried...

Thank you so much for the advice! I think I will see how things go over the next week, and then make a decision about trying to keep Doris and Iris inside. The nipping tends to often happen  when I come home for work and both cats come running towards me, so they are in each other's faces. I...

I'm just wondering if you have any ideas as to how to build confidence in a timid but affectionate semiferal cat? Doris turned up  a year ago, with 4  young kittens, and appeared totally feral at the time. We trapped and desexed her, and socialised and rehomed the kittens. After feeding Doris...

Yeah, we ended up buying a similar carrier to the one on Amazon (the one on Amazon didn't deliver to New Zealand), but slightly larger. We found that Iris would venture inside it, but  she wouldn't go right to the back, and it was just too hard to get the door zipped before she busted out. In...

Thank you all so much for your thoughtful replies and taking the time to answer. I hadn't considered catnip, that is a great idea! And I will look for one of those soft carriers, hopefully that will work better than the cat cage. I think if I give her weeks to get her used to the cage first...

Hi, I'm looking for tips on how to catch Iris, our beautiful timid stray cat! We have been feeding her for about 5 weeks and last week I decided to take her to the vet for a health check, also because I was worried she might be going on heat and should be spayed. She seemed quite friendly and...

~~I'm so glad to have found this site! In November last year, a semi-feral cat began living under our verandah with her 4 kittens. We trapped everyone, desexed mum, and fostered the kittens for a month until they were ready for rehoming. Now we are trying to befriend mum (Doris), and also a...