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I started feeding two cats, Gus and Anna, in August at my store. They live under the building. Fast forward to today and I still have them around. They've made a lot of progress in the last few weeks and let me pet them- although it's only for a few seconds each time. They wait for me to get here in the morning and respond to their names. I'm a "dog person" and cats are not my specialty! These two have carved their way into my heart. The good news is they are healthy and Anna has been spayed (by our animal shelter- they spay ferals and clip their ear). These two are inseperable and depend greatly on each other. Here's what I need some help with: I want them to keep making progress with me and let me pet them! They will eat out of my hands and sit in the backroom at my store and watch me with interest. Any tips to help their progress along?
Gus is the dominant cat and nudges Anna out of the way for his food. He is the least scared of me but wants to be touched the least. He sits near me and sleeps or is very relaxed. If Anna doesn't follow him he meows for her.
Anna is skiddish but is more likely to stay around all day. She won't let me approach her without Gus.
My other question is what led me to find this site. I googled "Do cats get mad?" and ended up here. Someone dumped two kittens in our parking lot last night (we found them homes-no worries). While they were still here I was holding them and Gus,my male cat, was sitting about 5 feet away watching intently. It looked like jealousy and possessiveness. All day since the kittens left Gus has refused to have anything to do with me. He and Anna have sat outside the door and he has refused to even look at me. Gus is usually perched on a box right inside my backdoor as if he's my "look out". He seems upset. Upset? Jealous? Angry? Is that possible?
Another problem just came up: As I was typing this I heard a cat fight out back. There has been two large female cats that are bullying my cats. They stare them down as they eat and are aggressive with them. How can I get rid of them.
Thanks,
Kate
I started feeding two cats, Gus and Anna, in August at my store. They live under the building. Fast forward to today and I still have them around. They've made a lot of progress in the last few weeks and let me pet them- although it's only for a few seconds each time. They wait for me to get here in the morning and respond to their names. I'm a "dog person" and cats are not my specialty! These two have carved their way into my heart. The good news is they are healthy and Anna has been spayed (by our animal shelter- they spay ferals and clip their ear). These two are inseperable and depend greatly on each other. Here's what I need some help with: I want them to keep making progress with me and let me pet them! They will eat out of my hands and sit in the backroom at my store and watch me with interest. Any tips to help their progress along?
Gus is the dominant cat and nudges Anna out of the way for his food. He is the least scared of me but wants to be touched the least. He sits near me and sleeps or is very relaxed. If Anna doesn't follow him he meows for her.
Anna is skiddish but is more likely to stay around all day. She won't let me approach her without Gus.
My other question is what led me to find this site. I googled "Do cats get mad?" and ended up here. Someone dumped two kittens in our parking lot last night (we found them homes-no worries). While they were still here I was holding them and Gus,my male cat, was sitting about 5 feet away watching intently. It looked like jealousy and possessiveness. All day since the kittens left Gus has refused to have anything to do with me. He and Anna have sat outside the door and he has refused to even look at me. Gus is usually perched on a box right inside my backdoor as if he's my "look out". He seems upset. Upset? Jealous? Angry? Is that possible?
Another problem just came up: As I was typing this I heard a cat fight out back. There has been two large female cats that are bullying my cats. They stare them down as they eat and are aggressive with them. How can I get rid of them.
Thanks,
Kate