Posted on 07/18/2018 12:11:45 AM PDT by vannrox
Thanks so much for posting this vannrox!
PING to a couple of kitteh ladies!
Radu and Luvvy-come fall in love with this little baby!
I saw this last night and almost cried. What an ADORABLE lil behbeh kitteh! And what a rough start to his life. He’s so lucky they took him in, and have they ever turned him around! Wonderful to see the difference.
My past cat Squeek was over weight and one night tried to jump on the bed but fell back and broke her hind leg.
Major cat crisis for me but to make a long story short, I ended up taking her to a vet friend of my sister's. The leg was broken in two with a bone fragment also. He performed surgery on her by inserting a rod down the leg and wiring the broken off bone fragment to the broken bone and encased the broken area with a small cast.
Approx. 6 weeks weeks later I took her back to the good Doctor who removed the rod but left the wiring that held the broken splinter in place and she was good to go...........
Total cost: $1,200 for all the good doctor did and an additional $650 to the original vet who had no idea what she was doing.........That's another story in itself.
Soon he’ll be old enough to go outside and kill 1000 birds and ignore you as soon as you walk in the door after a long day. Of course only paying attention to you to get fed.
I freaking hate cats.
My heart is melting, what a sweet story!
I lost my dog Teddy after 14 years almost two months ago now, at least the kittens give me something to watch.
Awwww...thanks for pinging me to this adorable face and sweet story. That foster dad is a hero!
Wish I could find loving homes for the 5 li’l fuzz balls that are occupying my back yard. LOL!
I did get to pet one of them today, even though they are very wild. :)
Mrs Clamper and I adopted two rescue kitties last Sept. They are brother and sister and were feral. After 3-4 months of hiding under the bed they have become two very loving kitties. They are inseperable from each other and follow is around the house wanting loving attention. Unconditional love from these two wonderful animals
Yes, cats are entertaining. We’ve always been blessed with several because they find out where we live. We were finally down to one, Punkin, and now the feral has come along. Punkin screeches at him and pounds the window - which is funny because she goes from a docile little thing to something crazed and wild.
Sorry about your loss of Teddy. My 15-yo pomeranian literally vanished into thin air last November while we worked in the yard. I searched for months. Still haven’t given up totally, but in my heart, it feels final.
It’s fun to watch the two of them play and strut across my deck like they own the place. Maybe one day they’ll let me pet them. Who knows.
I have a feral. It’s been a couple of years. It has taken a long time for her to even stay in the yard while I am there. She now stays in the yard when I put food out and even lets me pet her. Maybe in a couple of years she will come in the house. When I feed her she now will purr.
p.s. She is fixed. Her ear is clipped and she has had a long term rabies shot.
“She is fixed. Her ear is clipped and she has had a long term rabies shot.”
Did you trap her, or did you have someone else do it?
I didn’t trap kitty. I think it was the Friends of Feral Felines who trapped her, spayed her and then released her.
She was already fixed when she came into the yard. I put some food out but she had run away. She waited 15 minutes and then returned eat the food. Over time she returned to the food more quickly.
I also moved the food closer to the back door and over time she would come to eat while I was sitting on the back steps. It has taken more than 2 years for me to pet her. I don’t think she will ever sit on my lap and I wouldn’t dare try to pick her up. I’m hoping next winter she will come into the house.
I don’t want him to mistrust me, so I guess I need to find someone like that group you mentioned and give a donation to their work.
He’s young, maybe 6 months, so hopefully he can be tamed. I’ll try anyway.
If the cat is hungry it will eat while you are still out in the yard.
I found that it was important to let the cat come to me rather than try to pet the cat. You might try singing to her. They like that. Don’t whistle though. Many cats do not like the sound of a whistle - even a very soft whistle.
So let the cat come to up and bump up against you. If you try to pet her, try just petting the tail first. (It’s furthest from the front claws.) Once she’s okay with you petting her tail then pet the top of her back near the tail.
You definitely need to get the cat fixed. You don’t want a litter or your back yard sprayed. If you google Friends of Feral Felines and your city you should be able to find a group that will let you borrow a cage. It’s probably good to have a stranger handle the cage so the cat doesn’t associate you with the process.
He’s a good communicator. He sits just beyond the french door watching me, and when I look out, he looks from my face, to the dish several times to let me know it’s mealtime and his plate is empty... which of course I dutifully fetch.
He comes pretty close to me. Last night, he started eating while my hand was still near his dish.
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