Re: So many new cats
- From: mlbriggs <mlbriggs@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 01:52:00 +0000
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:04:22 +0000, kilikini wrote:
>
> "JB" <jb000002@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1131243145.206425@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> It seems like a bunch of you have added to your families in the very
>> recent past, and I've been further adopted recently myself by Jungle
>> Jack. He's a light-coloured Siamese mix (gold- or flame-point, it's
>> been suggested) with some faint tabby striping on his face/legs/tail,
>> estimated to be two years old or so. You can see him at
>> http://web.mr-happy.com/~jfb/ablum/pets/junglejack.php . The outdoor
>> pictures make him look smaller than he really is, I think. (Regular
>> readers of abpa may recognise those three outdoor pics.)
>>
>> He started coming around my house earlier this fall, and one day, I made
>> a noise at him through the window as he was slinking through my back
>> yard. To my surprise, he turned and meowed at me, so I went out to see
>> if he'd let me check him over, since I'd been concerned about him and
>> the rapidly-cooling weather. He was nervous and kept his distance but
>> didn't run off. I'd get close, he'd start walking away, I'd retreat
>> toward the house, he'd meow at me, repeat, repeat, repeat. Finally it
>> seemed like he'd had enough, so I went inside and got a little food and
>> managed to set it down without scaring him off, and he ate it right up.
>> Afterward, I offered him a sniff of my fingers. He sniffed, he rubbed
>> his face a little, I scritched his head a little, and he was sold on me.
>> He seemed in good health (later confirmed by the vet--no worms even),
>> if a little underweight, not neutered. No luck finding his people, if
>> any.
>>
>> I've had one funny story about him since before he even came inside. I
>> was home from work for lunch, and he made his regular appearance in my
>> yard, so I set down a bowl of food for him on the deck and let him eat.
>> When he finished, he came up and crawled into my lap for a few minutes
>> as I sat on the top step in my back yard (where he is in the first and
>> third outside pics). Then he suddenly stood up, stared at a spot in the
>> grass for a couple seconds, and set himself flying through the air. He
>> landed exactly on the spot he'd been eyeing, two or three feet away, and
>> SQUEEEEEEEEeeeeeeek! Up pops his head immediately, a now-ex-mouse in
>> his jaws. Very much a first for me, a cat jumping directly from my lap
>> onto live "dessert". And that was my cue to head back to work.
>>
>> Anyway, I brought him inside two weeks ago today. It was cold and
>> rainy, and I hadn't seen him all of that day. I finally went to set
>> some food out in a makeshift shelter, a large pet taxi with the gate
>> removed, wrapped in a tarp to keep the rain out--only he was already
>> around, hanging out around the back of the house. I couldn't take it
>> any more and got him inside, and so he remains.
>>
>> Up now: integration. It's going slowly, but I think it's going. The
>> other three lawgivers in the house detest the newcomer, always hissing
>> and growling at him, but they seem to be allowing him to get a little
>> closer now before getting all fired up. Grizzly will sometimes even
>> allow a brief nose-sniff before she reminds him what she thinks of him,
>> though I wonder if that usually happens when she's not expecting the cat
>> in her face to be Jungle Jack. My main concern is that he seems to be
>> displaying some slightly aggressive tendencies at times, striking a pose
>> that reminds me of the other three during a play-fight "strategy pause",
>> or sometimes slinking-running after a retreating cat. I'd like to think
>> he just wants to play when he's doing that, but with all the hissing and
>> growling from whichever cat he's sizing up, it doesn't seem likely that
>> he's expecting to play. Usually, though, he steers clear of those
>> expressing distaste. I keep him isolated when I can't supervise the
>> lot, so I don't think there's any real danger to anyone at this point.
>> Neutering him could clear that up, couldn't it? I'm hoping so, anyway,
>> but that's still almost two weeks away. <drums fingers>
>>
>> But most of the time, he's a happy cat, *extremely* playful and
>> energetic. He just loves when he can crawl into my lap and roll around
>> while I scritch every inch of his back, head, and belly. What a cool
>> guy.
>>
>> In other new-cat news, my cousin went to his local shelter to get
>> adopted today, too, and came home with a very cute pair. They have no
>> names yet, but there's a picture of them at [KFW KFW KFW]
>> http://andy.mr-happy.com/gallery/Loki/100_1326 [KFW KFW KFW]. What a
>> guy, my cousin, sticking pictures of kittens in his d*g gallery. <g>
>>
>> Jeff
>
> I can relate to your story, Jeff. Miss Pua and Miss Chloe are still at
> war, but if Pua's sleeping, Chloe will come up and sniff her tail. They
> touch noses, too, but the growls and hisses that come from Chloe (not to
> mention the criss-cross scars on Pua's nose) tells me that she's not happy
> about the newcomer. Tyrone is eating from Pua's food bowl and using her
> litterbox, however.
>
> Gosh, Jungle Jack looks so much like Pua, except she doesn't have the
> tiger lines in her. Almost wish we could have gotten them together before
> she got fixed to see what the kittens would have turned out to be!
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ahuihou.geo/my_photos
>
> Sorry for the long link. I still haven't learned how to do tinyurl, yet.
> I'm an idiot. Click on the animals tab.
>
> kili
What a "feel good" story. Purrs for all. MLB
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