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Will do, @1CatOverTheLine. He just took some chicken from my hand from his corner, so at least we're not mortal enemies.
Hooray !
Will do, @1CatOverTheLine. He just took some chicken from my hand from his corner, so at least we're not mortal enemies.
Thanks, @segelkatt.
You've had him for only a week and are considering to let him go already? Heck, even a cat from a shelter that may have been a stray would not yet act like this one does. He sounds like a cat that used to have a home and has not yet adjusted to a new home. Give this tuxedo boy a chance, he will take weeks if not months to act like a common house cat. I have a cat who even after almost 3 years still acts like a fool, scared of everything and panics at the sight of everyone but me. And he was not a stray, just a cat who had a bad home.
Panda Bear sounds like a stray, not a feral, so give this pretty boy a home and love him a lot, let him come to you on his terms, it may take longer than you think it should. Just don't let him out again, he doesn't have enough sense to know that the outside will kill him at a young age.
Inspiring. And you're a wonderful person to volunteer. I don't know WHAT I would have done without the TNR volunteer helping me out. I wasn't looking to rescue a feral cat, Lord knows, but this one managed to worm his way into my heart mewing in our backyard (I actually thought he was a female in heat, which made me rush to trap him in the first place!). I did manage to find a trap on my own, but everything else - transpo to the neuter and back, the temporary cage, the antibiotics - was something she helped me out with. #catheroes
Some words of encouragement. My Rascal was to be TNRed by the rescue group I volunteer for but at vetting he was found to be infested with lung worms and suffered from severe herpes. I took him in( at 7months old.) after he had been treated for the worms. He attacked me regularly as he had learned that attacking the person who brought food caused her to drop the food and leave. He also attacked if you approached his timid sister ( also sick) My vet gave me meds for the herpes that I could give orally and I no longer had to scruff to medicate them. Three years later Rascal is the biggest lap cat and his sister comes running for her "kitty massages". Neither shows any interest in the outside other than looking out the windows. Good luck!
Hello patiently, I'm a little late coming into this thread.
Yay!Panda Bear is not lying in a weird position. When a cat sleeps or lay belly up, is a sign that he is confidence of the surroundings. Knowing that no harm will be done to them. This is a good sign for you though it still takes awhile before he is fully integrated into the household.