Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An interesting read made all the better with photos. Thanks for sharing it. Jack On 02/21/2011 07:37 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > Thanks Jack, we've tried to fatten him up. Here's some of the > background. I posted it somewhere else so it might feel a little > "aloof", but that isn't my intention. > > Cut ... > > This one came to me in August. He was skin and bones. He had been > making a round around the house now and then for a couple of weeks. I > just let the girls chase him off. > > One day I got a better look at him and we had eye-contact. > > http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/autumn2010/20100803-IMGP0345-1.jpg.html > > He was skin and bones. He stayed and waited for my next move. > > I fed him, knowing that I would soon be the host for three cats (I > already had two), but I have lost cats in the past without knowing > what happened to them. This would be my gift back to them, hoping > someone had done the same for them. > > He literally, and I am not exaggerating, lived on the front porch for > about 14 weeks, more specifically, lived on the door mat. I had to buy > another one and move it a bit off to the side: > > http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/autumn2010/20100826-IMGP0402-2.jpg.html > http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/autumn2010/20100826-IMGP0406-3.jpg.html > > We had to plan his feeding carefully. He really didn't mind if the > birds (magpies) or the hedgehogs (porcupine?) came and finished off > the leftovers. > > http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/autumn2010/20100826-IMGP0416-4.jpg.html > > He was deaf. I was afraid it was because he had so much white in him, > white cats tend to be deaf. But it was only ear mites. It was a > problem. He loved to have the door open so he could look in, but he > would freak out if you got him in and closed the door. (Big problem: > the porcupine learned to come into the house looking for our other > cats' food). Weeks and weeks of training. Winter came and we had a > problem. We got him into the kitchen and after a first hour or so of > anxiety, he settled in (and hasn't really left since). > > He came August 2. In the middle of December we could finally "handle" > him somewhat (put some catnip in a transport cage so we could get him > to the vet). The vet asked if he should be vaccinated against "cat > snuva" (a virus like the flu or a cold). We'd have to come back for > the second dose in a month, the vet said. "No way! We got him here > once, a second time is pretty much out of the question". He was so > strong, so strong that he almost ripped the transportation box up. The > vet promised us that if we could get him into the box and to the > office, she could do the rest. How she got him out ... I really don't > want to know. I sure wouldn't have dared. > > Now he has a home. > > He obeys like a dog (sometimes). When he goes in for an attack against > the girls (don't know why, they rip him up anyway) he obeys a "No" and > actually stops. > > So now I'm owned by 3 cats. > > Daniel > > PS: The queen bee does NOT like him: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlridings/5464474158/ > > > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Jack Maddox<jmaddox01 at suddenlink.net> > wrote: >> It does appear to have made itself quite at home. Good looking cat. >> Jack >> >> On 02/20/2011 03:04 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: >>> After months of living on the doorstep and hissing at any quick, >>> unexpected movement (which is just about all movements for a deaf >>> cat), we got him to a vet, got his ears cleaned up, neutered ... and >>> he decided to move in. >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlridings/5460906438/ >>> >>> He is NOT interested in going outside anymore, at least not this >>> winter. I guess he figures "been there, done that". He'll go out for >>> about 5 - 7 minutes a time or two a week. Sniffs around the house and >>> then comes back in through the cat door and heads straight to the >>> kitchen. The two girls beat him up if he gets any other ideas. >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >