So some of you may know, a new stray had moved into the crawl space of the building where my friend has his business. This is the same crawl space where we took Cali and her kittens from last fall. We now also know he is a already neutered male. So obviously had once belonged to someone, cause his ear is not tipped and that's whats done to the TNR ferals in the area. We named him Buddy
After about a month of feeding him outside, he was slowly coaxed into the basement and has actually at this point stayed for hours in "the shop" where my friend has his business. He is an extremely loving kitty, has used a litter box, has his meals now inside. All this time the door to the basement has always been kept open for him to escape if he felt threatened or got scared. He is still a bit jumpy at noises and any other people. Then my friend would close up for the night and Buddy would go back to his crawl space. BTW all the junk you see is from the pig tenants who lived in the apt above the shop who where kicked out and left Cali behind (my other story), who then had her kittens back there. But that's all been cleaned up now. My friend is unable to take Buddy in to his house, but still has fallen in love with him, and would like to keep him as his shop cat. Which I say/think is great. So much better then the way the poor thing has been living all these months.
Buddy also has fallen in love with my friend. But still wants to run out when he gets frightened. During the day there are people in and out. New tenants moved in upstairs and they have children, and all this makes Buddy head for his crawl space. But when all is quiet Buddy has become quite at home in the shop.
He has better beds atm then when this pic was taken
He's playing with some wire
We think he got a booboo on his thigh at some point which looks to be healed and his fur is now growing back, hence the white spot. Shop is quite a mess LOL. Which in a way Buddy is a blessing to me, cause it is now forcing my friend to clean up. Ok so all this is good right? My question is this, right now we still prop the basement door to allow Buddy to flee if he feels he has to. I'm not in favor of this. Where the shop is located is not a safe place for any cat to be outside. I know he has survived this long, but it's a busy outskirt of a major city. Do you think it's too soon to just close that door and keep him in? We are also trying to get him to a vet soon to be checked out. We did manage to get a sample of stool checked and like I completely suspected, he does have worms, so started his treatment for that today. I think a vet visit will be possible by the time his next sample is checked. By then I believe we'd be able to get him into a carrier.
After about a month of feeding him outside, he was slowly coaxed into the basement and has actually at this point stayed for hours in "the shop" where my friend has his business. He is an extremely loving kitty, has used a litter box, has his meals now inside. All this time the door to the basement has always been kept open for him to escape if he felt threatened or got scared. He is still a bit jumpy at noises and any other people. Then my friend would close up for the night and Buddy would go back to his crawl space. BTW all the junk you see is from the pig tenants who lived in the apt above the shop who where kicked out and left Cali behind (my other story), who then had her kittens back there. But that's all been cleaned up now. My friend is unable to take Buddy in to his house, but still has fallen in love with him, and would like to keep him as his shop cat. Which I say/think is great. So much better then the way the poor thing has been living all these months.
Buddy also has fallen in love with my friend. But still wants to run out when he gets frightened. During the day there are people in and out. New tenants moved in upstairs and they have children, and all this makes Buddy head for his crawl space. But when all is quiet Buddy has become quite at home in the shop.
He has better beds atm then when this pic was taken
He's playing with some wire
We think he got a booboo on his thigh at some point which looks to be healed and his fur is now growing back, hence the white spot. Shop is quite a mess LOL. Which in a way Buddy is a blessing to me, cause it is now forcing my friend to clean up. Ok so all this is good right? My question is this, right now we still prop the basement door to allow Buddy to flee if he feels he has to. I'm not in favor of this. Where the shop is located is not a safe place for any cat to be outside. I know he has survived this long, but it's a busy outskirt of a major city. Do you think it's too soon to just close that door and keep him in? We are also trying to get him to a vet soon to be checked out. We did manage to get a sample of stool checked and like I completely suspected, he does have worms, so started his treatment for that today. I think a vet visit will be possible by the time his next sample is checked. By then I believe we'd be able to get him into a carrier.
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