Last night around 8pm I got an urgent phone call from my apartment building manager to come downstairs and check a cat. I'm feeding about a dozen ferals on a daily basis now so my first thought was one had been hurt. I gathered up some food, water, and a carrier in case there was a bad injury.
When I came down, I was directed to a spot on the side of our building where this beautiful little girl was hiding. I called to her and she came trotting right to me. She didn't balk at all at being petted or even picked up. I gave her some food and then decided to take her upstairs. She is so relaxed she let me carry her all the way up to my 11th floor apartment and didn't budge an inch (quite a different scenario than the acrobatics I endured to get the other two inside).
Once in the apartment, she plopped right down on the floor and calmly looked around. She was curious but 100% relaxed. In fact she kept stopping to just lounge lazily on the floor every few feet.
I brought her into a closed room and fed her some more. She put down 2.5 servings of wet food and a few munches of dry food. Wasn't very interested in toys, though.
Unfortunately her exceptionally calm demeanor was not reciprocated by Cookie or Aladdin. Aladdin was so scared he hid behind a heavy curtain and wouldn't come out for an hour and a half. Cookie was a bit aggressive (even towards Aladdin after the new kitty was separated from them).
I couldn't use the same room where I kept Aladdin before, because that's where their main litter boxes are and they don't like using the other one quite as much. So I moved my 3rd litter box, some water and food into the spare bedroom in the front of the apartment, then closed the new kitty up in there.
Apart from being hungry and a little dirty, she appears to be okay. She is CLEARLY someone's pet....not only calm, docile, affectionate, and trusting, she immediately used the litter box. What I don't know is if she's lost or dumped. She's a Persian, and those breeds are highly prized here, so it's hard for me to believe someone would abandon her. That said, if she just mistakenly got out or was lost, that's even harder to believe. Where I live it's nothing but tall apartment towers, so if she lived in one of these and got out, she'd have to make it down a fire escape or an elevator to get outside. There are some villas across the road from me next to the water, but that's across a very, very busy 6-lane road with some restaurants in between, so I doubt she wandered that far.
I'm going to make some posters to put up in my area and take her this weekend to get scanned for a microchip, but if no one is found I'll probably keep her.
This last one was taken just 3 hours after I met her.
When I came down, I was directed to a spot on the side of our building where this beautiful little girl was hiding. I called to her and she came trotting right to me. She didn't balk at all at being petted or even picked up. I gave her some food and then decided to take her upstairs. She is so relaxed she let me carry her all the way up to my 11th floor apartment and didn't budge an inch (quite a different scenario than the acrobatics I endured to get the other two inside).
Once in the apartment, she plopped right down on the floor and calmly looked around. She was curious but 100% relaxed. In fact she kept stopping to just lounge lazily on the floor every few feet.
I brought her into a closed room and fed her some more. She put down 2.5 servings of wet food and a few munches of dry food. Wasn't very interested in toys, though.
Unfortunately her exceptionally calm demeanor was not reciprocated by Cookie or Aladdin. Aladdin was so scared he hid behind a heavy curtain and wouldn't come out for an hour and a half. Cookie was a bit aggressive (even towards Aladdin after the new kitty was separated from them).
I couldn't use the same room where I kept Aladdin before, because that's where their main litter boxes are and they don't like using the other one quite as much. So I moved my 3rd litter box, some water and food into the spare bedroom in the front of the apartment, then closed the new kitty up in there.
Apart from being hungry and a little dirty, she appears to be okay. She is CLEARLY someone's pet....not only calm, docile, affectionate, and trusting, she immediately used the litter box. What I don't know is if she's lost or dumped. She's a Persian, and those breeds are highly prized here, so it's hard for me to believe someone would abandon her. That said, if she just mistakenly got out or was lost, that's even harder to believe. Where I live it's nothing but tall apartment towers, so if she lived in one of these and got out, she'd have to make it down a fire escape or an elevator to get outside. There are some villas across the road from me next to the water, but that's across a very, very busy 6-lane road with some restaurants in between, so I doubt she wandered that far.
I'm going to make some posters to put up in my area and take her this weekend to get scanned for a microchip, but if no one is found I'll probably keep her.
This last one was taken just 3 hours after I met her.