It has been five weeks now since Magilla's introduction to living inside and being trapped at the abandoned house next door!! Since her sisters have left and gone to the shelter to hopefully get adopted, she has been moved to her very own room and doing quite well. I would spend alot of time in that room along with my other cats coming in for visits. Now, I have been carrying her out of her room (which I keep open now during the day, she still sleeps in her room at night) and we sit together on the couch. She loves to snuggle close to me when we sit, right next to me, but not on my lap. She will jump down and look around and then retreat back to her room. About a week ago, she started coming out all on her own.
. I couldn't believe it when she ventured out and walked past the couch to join the other cat's playing. Her favorite spot now is on one of the dining room chairs so she feels safe under the table and is still up off the ground.
She LOVES to eat, and it so cute, when I feed her she likes it when I stay with her while she eats. For her bedroom door, I have a large plexi-glass piece that I use as the door and just slide it to open it and close it. That way she can see out when she is in her room and the other cat's can see her too!! When I feed her, I pet her for a bit, but then have to leave to feed my other kids too. She follows me to the plexi-glass and sits there and watches me go. It is so silly, she wants me to stay with her and lay on the floor near her bowl and then she will eat!! So, I have to go back in there and sit with her and in between bites of her food she chirrups and pushes her face on mine as too say, thank you so my meowmy
. I crouch down by her bowl while she eats and she loves that.
. She also seems to save some for the other cats in the morning. She only cleans up her bowl at night and in the morning leaves some. When I open up her room the other cats come in and go to her bowl. She chirrups and trills and we all crowd around her bowl and everyone shares some (not me , of course, I just pretend to eat) She just loves that. Maybe she did that when she lived outside and the whole family would come to eat at the shelter I had built. You see, these ferals take great care of eachother outside. I remember one December day, it was about 10 degrees out. One of the brother's, Yogi, waited by the shelter with fresh food inside but wouldn't go in to eat. He kept looking back at the bushes, and out came Magilla and Pixie. When they got to Yogi, he took his paw and pushed them towards the shelter opening so they would go in and eat first. ISNT THAT INCREDIBLE!!! And it was soo very cold out, but he wanted them to eat first. I think Magi learned that to always leave some food for the next one. I am teaching her that it is alright to finish up ALL the food, as it is all for her and there are no other hungry cats living in this house. Isn't she an angel
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Magilla is starting to accept my DH, as far as his presence in the room too. She won't take off and run for cover anymore. But she doesn't like it when he looks at her. She is very shy. She has finally decided it was safe for me to be very close to her face and look into her eyes. She will allow it for a few seconds now and that is huge progress.
. She also now accepts me standing up and walking about and she just follows me and does her chirrups and trills
. She is quite endearing and I treasure her
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She loves the other cats so much, and even Princess Perla has FINALLY accepted her after five weeks!!!! Perla will still hiss if Magilla bumps into her when they are playing with the interactive toys, and Magi just looks at Perla and backs off and then Perla is a happy camper. Luckily, Magi is not a dominant cat and Perla is more than thrilled about that. So I think we have peace
. Soon enough, I will leave her room open 24/7, I just want to make sure Perla is totally ok with her new sister.
It has been such an amazing experience seeing this kitten go from totally feral, never had human contact until five weeks ago. Now she loves to have me pick her up and snuggle her, trusts me now to collect her up wherever she is to bring her to her room for feeding, knows her name and responds to my calls to her, loves to be brushed (good thing, since she is long-haired), and has opened up her heart to me
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Her room has a window that looks right out to the next door house where she was born and raised by her mom. I have a cat tree right in that window and she can look out to the deck, bushes and yard where she used to play. She might even see her mother or brother who come over to eat at the outdoor shelter. I wonder what she thinks??? Part of me thinks she has forgotten about her life out that window. I think she is soooooo alive and safe being inside a warm, loving home with me that she has pushed that rough start in her life to the very, very back part of her mind. I can't ever imagine her surviving outside now. She is every bit an indoor cat as much as any of my other cats. There is no going back EVER
. Here are some pictures of Magical Magilla!! The first picture she is on the bed right next to Princess Perla!!!!
She LOVES to eat, and it so cute, when I feed her she likes it when I stay with her while she eats. For her bedroom door, I have a large plexi-glass piece that I use as the door and just slide it to open it and close it. That way she can see out when she is in her room and the other cat's can see her too!! When I feed her, I pet her for a bit, but then have to leave to feed my other kids too. She follows me to the plexi-glass and sits there and watches me go. It is so silly, she wants me to stay with her and lay on the floor near her bowl and then she will eat!! So, I have to go back in there and sit with her and in between bites of her food she chirrups and pushes her face on mine as too say, thank you so my meowmy
Magilla is starting to accept my DH, as far as his presence in the room too. She won't take off and run for cover anymore. But she doesn't like it when he looks at her. She is very shy. She has finally decided it was safe for me to be very close to her face and look into her eyes. She will allow it for a few seconds now and that is huge progress.
She loves the other cats so much, and even Princess Perla has FINALLY accepted her after five weeks!!!! Perla will still hiss if Magilla bumps into her when they are playing with the interactive toys, and Magi just looks at Perla and backs off and then Perla is a happy camper. Luckily, Magi is not a dominant cat and Perla is more than thrilled about that. So I think we have peace
It has been such an amazing experience seeing this kitten go from totally feral, never had human contact until five weeks ago. Now she loves to have me pick her up and snuggle her, trusts me now to collect her up wherever she is to bring her to her room for feeding, knows her name and responds to my calls to her, loves to be brushed (good thing, since she is long-haired), and has opened up her heart to me
Her room has a window that looks right out to the next door house where she was born and raised by her mom. I have a cat tree right in that window and she can look out to the deck, bushes and yard where she used to play. She might even see her mother or brother who come over to eat at the outdoor shelter. I wonder what she thinks??? Part of me thinks she has forgotten about her life out that window. I think she is soooooo alive and safe being inside a warm, loving home with me that she has pushed that rough start in her life to the very, very back part of her mind. I can't ever imagine her surviving outside now. She is every bit an indoor cat as much as any of my other cats. There is no going back EVER
