Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do remember that period. My reference was to that series of events, and how they turned out so well. I'm sure each is happier with a buddy. Thanks for sharing the happy picture. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 4/22/2016 5:18 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote: > It?s not quite that way, Jim. The smaller cat was purchased from a breeder > as a kitten. He?s now thirteen years old, but still thinks he?s a kitten. > He escaped over a year ago one night (indoor cat only) and managed to get > lost on a street only .1 mile from our street and intersecting it. He > turned feral. No one could approach him. People walking their dogs at 6 am > would spot him?we had voted a notice with his picture on every available > light pole?and we would drive out an call hime to no avail. Finally a lady > fed him on her property, but couldn?t approach him. We rented a ?humane? > trap from the local animal control people, the baited it with cat food and > he got trapped. When we saw him, we were appalled. He had lost half his > body weight and looked like the WW II concentration camp victims. > > During the period when he was lost, I adopted the big cat. From > appearance, I?m sure he is close to pure Maine Coon. He must have had a > hard life between a) being found on the streets of San Jose in terrible > condition, and b) being pretty fearful and inhibited. His previous owner > must have had some pretty strict discipline because it was a year before > he was willing to be ?bad? and jump on the dinner table. Fortunately, the > two cats took an almost immediate liking to each other. That was an > unexpected bonus. > > Herb > > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > > Question Authority and the authorities will question you. > >> On Apr 22, 2016, at 5:38 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> wrote: >> >> You sure know how to pick cats. Who would have thought, given their >> history, that they would have turned out this way? >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> On 4/22/2016 12:33 AM, Herbert Kanner wrote: >>> I know it?s not quite yet caturday, but what the hell? >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/DSCF2078.jpg.html >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/DSCF2078.jpg.html> >>> >>> >>> Herbert Kanner >>> kanner at acm.org >>> >>> Question Authority and the authorities will question you. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >