Maj. Grey is coming along.
Yesterday I
caught him sitting at the entrance of
one of my feral shelters...yayyy! Maybe
maybe he is going in there to sleep...
Thur. Fri. Sat. and Sunday he
was all day in the yard - and
from what I can tell
all night too (didn't leave yard at
all, unless it was after I went to bed
between 11 and 8)
Today it started to rain and storm -
I made preparations ahead of time
yesterday to make the yard
a shelter place - esp. under my kayak -
I put a large piece of wood up against
the overturned kayak (which is up on hangers
on the fence), and used tarp to make
a tunnel roughtly the length of the
yak, that should be dry and out of most
rain...
Then I put a board on top of the feral
shelter that is up on hay bales (the
one I saw Maj. Grey investigating...
So now it too has an overhang to keep
dry in the rain where he can sit outside
and yet be dry...
I put a board up on bricks and put a
plastic tub on its side with a piece of
wood on top of it, under the stairs he seems
to favor...
Lastly I put the other feral shelter under the
stairs by the tree... tho he has NOT gone in it
that I can tell...
I went home for dinner today, and called him
just as the rain was starting..
he came
from the gully, poor dear in the rain,
and I fed him.
I looked out and he had
left, but not I think the yard... I think
he's going under the kayak!! I didin't
want to check tho. in case I disturbed him.
Also, this am he was coming up the stairs towards
the top deck, a really first!
now he has made it to sitting on the stair landing!!!
We are ready to start the trapping attempt,
but will wait till it clears...(no rain or snow).
Hopefully we will be able to get this sucker
settled!! He definitely HAS some type of
bond with me (coming when I call for food),
and he has been watching (longingly?) as
I pet my baby Lexi outdoors - and as she
prances inside.. he's figured out that she
goes in an out alright!
see Maj. Grey, nothing to fear about being near me!
caught him sitting at the entrance of
one of my feral shelters...yayyy! Maybe
maybe he is going in there to sleep...
Thur. Fri. Sat. and Sunday he
was all day in the yard - and
from what I can tell
all night too (didn't leave yard at
all, unless it was after I went to bed
between 11 and 8)
Today it started to rain and storm -
I made preparations ahead of time
yesterday to make the yard
a shelter place - esp. under my kayak -
I put a large piece of wood up against
the overturned kayak (which is up on hangers
on the fence), and used tarp to make
a tunnel roughtly the length of the
yak, that should be dry and out of most
rain...
Then I put a board on top of the feral
shelter that is up on hay bales (the
one I saw Maj. Grey investigating...
So now it too has an overhang to keep
dry in the rain where he can sit outside
and yet be dry...
I put a board up on bricks and put a
plastic tub on its side with a piece of
wood on top of it, under the stairs he seems
to favor...
Lastly I put the other feral shelter under the
stairs by the tree... tho he has NOT gone in it
that I can tell...
I went home for dinner today, and called him
just as the rain was starting..
he came
from the gully, poor dear in the rain,
and I fed him.
I looked out and he had
left, but not I think the yard... I think
he's going under the kayak!! I didin't
want to check tho. in case I disturbed him.
Also, this am he was coming up the stairs towards
the top deck, a really first!
now he has made it to sitting on the stair landing!!!
We are ready to start the trapping attempt,
but will wait till it clears...(no rain or snow).
Hopefully we will be able to get this sucker
settled!! He definitely HAS some type of
bond with me (coming when I call for food),
and he has been watching (longingly?) as
I pet my baby Lexi outdoors - and as she
prances inside.. he's figured out that she
goes in an out alright!
see Maj. Grey, nothing to fear about being near me!