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This is a stray we've had coming around on-and-off for nearly a year now. She's slowly getting friendlier. She seems to be comfortable around us as long as there's only one person nearby, and we're working on getting to where we can pat her: she doesn't seem to like hands (if we reach towards her, she may attack), but she's getting better. Hopefully we can work with her until she's comfortable enough around us that we can take her to the vets for a checkup, and maybe even turn her into a housecat someday.
We've had this really pretty long-haired cat coming around for a while, too, but she's super skittish and will run away if she sees you. And she mostly comes around in the evening or at night, unlike the other stray, so we don't go out to see her very often (plus we know how shy she is, so we tend to just leave her alone). We see her a lot on a trail cam I put out in the garden, though.
For a short while, there was this guy, too. He started off really scared, but got to the point where he'd sit out on the front porch, and he'd be a few feet away from the glass front door and we'd be on the other side of the door, and he wouldn't mind us. He had this sad face, and sometimes he'd even look in at us like "Can't I please come inside with you?" We felt pretty sorry for him. We haven't seen him in several weeks, though.
We've had this really pretty long-haired cat coming around for a while, too, but she's super skittish and will run away if she sees you. And she mostly comes around in the evening or at night, unlike the other stray, so we don't go out to see her very often (plus we know how shy she is, so we tend to just leave her alone). We see her a lot on a trail cam I put out in the garden, though.
For a short while, there was this guy, too. He started off really scared, but got to the point where he'd sit out on the front porch, and he'd be a few feet away from the glass front door and we'd be on the other side of the door, and he wouldn't mind us. He had this sad face, and sometimes he'd even look in at us like "Can't I please come inside with you?" We felt pretty sorry for him. We haven't seen him in several weeks, though.
Apparently, yes.Cpt. Nemo 说:
You may not doing her too much of an kindness turning her into a house cat. If she wants to live as a cat that can go out at will, yeah sure, go for it. But just putting her inside after her being free for long parts of her life is just cruel.Arvenski 说:This is a stray we've had coming around on-and-off for nearly a year now. She's slowly getting friendlier. She seems to be comfortable around us as long as there's only one person nearby, and we're working on getting to where we can pat her: she doesn't seem to like hands (if we reach towards her, she may attack), but she's getting better. Hopefully we can work with her until she's comfortable enough around us that we can take her to the vets for a checkup, and maybe even turn her into a housecat someday.
We've had this really pretty long-haired cat coming around for a while, too, but she's super skittish and will run away if she sees you. And she mostly comes around in the evening or at night, unlike the other stray, so we don't go out to see her very often (plus we know how shy she is, so we tend to just leave her alone). We see her a lot on a trail cam I put out in the garden, though.
For a short while, there was this guy, too. He started off really scared, but got to the point where he'd sit out on the front porch, and he'd be a few feet away from the glass front door and we'd be on the other side of the door, and he wouldn't mind us. He had this sad face, and sometimes he'd even look in at us like "Can't I please come inside with you?" We felt pretty sorry for him. We haven't seen him in several weeks, though.
Spay/neuter should be a goal anyway.
As for getting her friendlier and the whole patting thing, try a brush. Long-ish handle so your hands are safe and with one notable exception every single cat I've ever met loves it and in the end she'll have something nice, cozy and positive besides food to connect you with.
Not saying you should shove it into her and all obviously. Patience and so on.
I get what you're saying. Until recently we had a cat who we think was originally feral (he was first taken in by some distant relatives, who gave him to other relatives, who eventually left him to us), and while he seemed mostly okay with being inside, I think he still felt the 'call of the wild' from now and then, and I could tell it upset him. We'll just have to see how things go with this stray. Getting her (and the others, too) spayed/neutered would be ideal, though, for sure. At the moment we've got four cats that've been hanging around, plus there was that sad-looking guy that we haven't seen recently, and I'm sure there are more in the area. Seems to me they're bound to **** each other, and there's enough strays around already.Wellenbrecher 说:
As I've been told recently, a surprising amount of counties in the US do indeed have a TNR (Trap-Neuter-Release) program directly or in collaboration with private shelters.
Might be a good idea to see if something like that exists around your place. But I somehow seem to recall that you're living ridiculously rural, so probably not?
But in any case I'd also expect that this would scare off the first pretty from getting too close with your lot, sadly.
Might be a good idea to see if something like that exists around your place. But I somehow seem to recall that you're living ridiculously rural, so probably not?
But in any case I'd also expect that this would scare off the first pretty from getting too close with your lot, sadly.
I have no idea who you are and not the slightest interest in finding out.Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum 说:
Not that rural lol, and yeah, there is a program like that around here. I don't remember all the details, but IIRC they'd tell you how to trap the cats and maybe help with the cost of getting them fixed. It could be something to consider. I looked them up a while ago when I was trying to figure out what to do about the strays, but then a bunch of **** happened and that became the last thing on my mind. Lately we've just been trying to give them a steady food source.
Ektor 说:
Boo.
