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Homer.. indoor Siamese 4 years old neutered. Kelly...feral female Orange tabby, outdoor, spayed, 4 years old.
Kelly first started coming around 4 years ago, when they were both about 6 months old, and Homer and Kelly would play through the sliding glass door. After a year or so of this casual meeting he would get upset and talk to me when she was hungry, so I started feeding her. She has lived in our backyard for the last two years, although she does visit other neighbors. They talk to each other through the windows. I used to feed the birds but I stopped when she became a permanent resident. I thought I could gentle her and get her to move in to be his friend.
Two years later and Kelly will eat out of my hand, let me touch her at bit, rub against me, play with me, and even come in the house. They don't hiss at each other, bat each other, or display any aggressive behavior at all, but Homer doesn't want her to touch him and he doesn't want to touch her. She wants to rub on him and touch noses and purrs at him and rolls over for him, but he backs away like she has the plague. If she corners him he will JUMP over her to get away. He won't touch anything that has her smell on it. He acts like she smells HORRIBLE.
Homer had only one brief episode with fleas, but I haven't been able to treat Kelly for fleas yet, she is not quite that trusting. Do you think it is possible that he smells fleas on her and that is his problem? Or that she is sick in some way only he can tell? She doesn't appear to be ill. He still talks to her through the window, and plays through the sliding glass door, but when he can smell her, he acts completely different.
He isn't doing any territorial marking. He doesn't appear to be jealous. He doesn't get upset when she comes inside, as long as she doesn't try to touch him.
Kelly first started coming around 4 years ago, when they were both about 6 months old, and Homer and Kelly would play through the sliding glass door. After a year or so of this casual meeting he would get upset and talk to me when she was hungry, so I started feeding her. She has lived in our backyard for the last two years, although she does visit other neighbors. They talk to each other through the windows. I used to feed the birds but I stopped when she became a permanent resident. I thought I could gentle her and get her to move in to be his friend.
Two years later and Kelly will eat out of my hand, let me touch her at bit, rub against me, play with me, and even come in the house. They don't hiss at each other, bat each other, or display any aggressive behavior at all, but Homer doesn't want her to touch him and he doesn't want to touch her. She wants to rub on him and touch noses and purrs at him and rolls over for him, but he backs away like she has the plague. If she corners him he will JUMP over her to get away. He won't touch anything that has her smell on it. He acts like she smells HORRIBLE.
Homer had only one brief episode with fleas, but I haven't been able to treat Kelly for fleas yet, she is not quite that trusting. Do you think it is possible that he smells fleas on her and that is his problem? Or that she is sick in some way only he can tell? She doesn't appear to be ill. He still talks to her through the window, and plays through the sliding glass door, but when he can smell her, he acts completely different.
He isn't doing any territorial marking. He doesn't appear to be jealous. He doesn't get upset when she comes inside, as long as she doesn't try to touch him.