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Oh this is WONDERFUL news!! She is making so much progress, Michele!



Also, I'd like to make a little interjection regarding Pengy liking your scent and wanting to cuddle with clothes and objects that had her Mommy's scent on them:

I told you so!
 
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This is wonderful! Pengy is one lucky kittie to have found someone like you Michelle. It must be heaven just to be able to touch her.

Hope your promotion is going great guns but you need time for you too. I'm glad you have your wonderful cats to come home to at night to help you wind down.

Keep up the wonderful progress with Pengy and also with your promotion.
 
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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 own semi-feral cat, I'm fascinated by these stories of rescued cats. I'll keep checking back for updates on Pengy. Your patience sounds incredible.
 
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Snowleop said:
Also, I'd like to make a little interjection regarding Pengy liking your scent and wanting to cuddle with clothes and objects that had her Mommy's scent on them...
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You're absolutely correct. I'm still having some trouble believing it, but I know you're right.

Yosemite said:
It must be heaven just to be able to touch her.
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It is. What's amazing is when I've offered my finger, and she misjudges the distance and bumps her nose on it. By her reaction, I know it's a misjudgment - she tends to back off quickly and sort of look at me as if to say "hey....no fair moving!!!" Often, though, she'll re-extend her nose for another sniff.

O.K., though, I just had to yodel here because of this event which just happened...

A few moments ago, some movement caught my eye. Crossing the hall from the kitchen to the bedroom...and I thought it was Pengy. but no, that couldn't have happened...I'm awake, been bustling around, making dinner and getting them fed, running a bath...no way would it be Pengy. Simon is laying on my coat, Esse is conked out on the floor, and last known whereabouts for Pie and Charlotte were the trunk and the top floor of the kitty condo, respectively.

So up I get from the living room, knowing it couldn't have been her, and toddle off to the bedroom. Flipping on the light, I see Pie still on the trunk, and then I look down...and Pengy is there, walking around the rocker...

It was PENGY!!! She was OUT!!! While I was UP and NOISY!!!!!

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaahooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Just had to share....
 
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And!!!

Last night, upon going to bed, I walked down the hallway. There she was, sitting in the doorway, alert, ears forward, no fearful bosy language at all. I walked past her literally within 18 inches, and went on to the potty. Figuring she was gone, when I came out, I found myself wrong...she and Simon were sitting in the doorway.

I brought out a toy for Simon, and crouched there, playing with him. She was watching intently, and Simon was having a ball chasing a feather wand. When we were done playing and I stood up, Pengy calmly turned around and walked over to the rocker. Up she leapt, and I crawled into bed...

This morning, she was still on the rocker...

She's in her Braveheart mode...walking around last night, and then the doorway....

This is so great and wonderful!!!!!

YAY Pengy! Go Pengy!!!!!

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Yay! It seems that Simon is helping her feel at ease? I'm so proud of all of y'all!
 
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(happy tears)

Oh, I'm so emotional right now!! Can you believe Pengy would be where she is today? You have turned her life around, Michele!
 
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Originally Posted by SnowLeop

(happy tears)

Oh, I'm so emotional right now!! Can you believe Pengy would be where she is today? You have turned her life around, Michele!
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No, sometimes I think about where she is today and where she was a year ago, and I wonder does she know how much she's changed? Does she realize how amazing she is???

Pinkdaisy, yes, Simon has been an ambassedor for her since he was a wee kitten...he's always gone up to her and nosed her, and chatted with her, and just been a friendly kitty with her. It is so sweet to watch them together, her reaching her nose forward, him responding. He tried to rub on her the other day, but she wasn't happy about that. Not unhappy, mind you, but didn't rub back...more like "um, what are you doing, and what am I supposed to do back??"

Last night, she was in the hallway again, and when I went to bed she was on the trunk - a rare event for her. She's not letting me touch her right now, but she moves through phases, and that's fine. She will again, and maybe someday she won't have as much time between phases...

But man, she's just reaching out and out and out. I'm still so surprised to have seen her the other night going back into the bedroom; I wonder where she had been, how long she had been there, and what she was doing - eating the other cats' food, perhaps?? Using the main litter? Sniffing the trash? I dunno, but it was wonderful to see her.

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O.K., so she was in the hallway again, a few minutes ago. There's a spot right outside the bedroom door that allows a straight line view to the computer (and thus to me, or at least my back and chair...). That's where she was, just hanging out. She's not comfortable laying on her sides, and she has a posture which is between her side and her belly which she likes...and she was laying there, like that.

I didn't realize she was there, and startled her...but she's starting to realize the rest of the house has interesting things happening, or that there are things to discover out here, or maybe - just maybe - she's getting curious as to what the rest of the family is doing when they're not in the bedroom - and that would include me...

Oh, man, this is enormous and exciting!!!

Just had to share.

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And Simon sounds like such a special cat! It's as if, because of all the patience you're having with Penguin, you've got a helping, easy going cat!
 
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I haven't checked on Pengy lately because I knew with your new job you'd be beyond busy. How wonderful that Pengy is make this progress and little Simon is encouraging her
She's come a long way from being the cat under the bed.
 
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Originally Posted by noni

O.K., so she was in the hallway again, a few minutes ago. There's a spot right outside the bedroom door that allows a straight line view to the computer (and thus to me, or at least my back and chair...). That's where she was, just hanging out... maybe - just maybe - she's getting curious as to what the rest of the family is doing when they're not in the bedroom - and that would include me...
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Michele, these news updates are so exciting! I think Pengy is starting to act like my cats. She wants to know that mommy is "there" and that she's okay. She knows who her guardian angel is!
 
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She's not retreating!! She hasn't ventured out into the living room while I'm here, but last night, I retrieved her dish to fill it with dinner, and she followed me to the kitchen door. Of course I didn't notice it until I had turned around and scared her and me soundly, but still...she followed me to the kitchen door!!!

And today, I came home exhausted, and sat on the rocker with Pengy in the condo next to me. I brought my hand into the condo to let her sniff me, but she reached forward before I could extend my fingers. She touched her nose to my fingernail for a good 10 seconds, and then backed off. I left my hand in there, just on the floor and not touching her but maybe 1/2 inch away from her, and while she didn't nudge it or lay on it, she didn't back off it at all, either. And then when I removed my hand, after about 4 minutes, she leaned over to where it was, and took a long, long snuffling sniff of where my hand had rested.

She rocks. This is such a courageous kitty, so willing to try to trust again...I am so blessed to have her; she's teaching me so much about cats, humans, patience, trust, and faith. What a great cat.

Just thought I'd update you all.

Best-
Michele
 
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