When one has pet cats, or is involved with rescuing cats, there are some interesting, funny, surprising, distressing or puzzling things one observes. Here are some vignettes of experiences I have had with cats under my care.
Sumner went the ER vet
Aug. 9, 2004
Sumner didn’t seem to be himself the past two days, but by this evening it was clear something was really wrong. He was very lethargic the whole day, his inner eyelids were showing pretty much all the time, he ate almost nothing, and when after several hours of [...]
Bruce Died
July 18, 2003
Bruce died today. It was a shock. I am out of town, at my parent’s house to stay while my father is in the hospital for heart surgery. My husband called me to tell me that when he came home from work and went to say hello to Bruce, [...]
Too many cats!
June 1, 2003
I am exhausted running from room to room caring for my separated crew. All I feel like I do now is put out food, scoop litter boxes, wash tons of cat dishes, put more food and water out, hold kittens to get them used to being held by humans, clean up spilled [...]
Beginning Introducing FIV+ Bruce and the Other Cats
May 26, 2003
My other cats are accepting Bruce being behind the closed doors. They want to go in that room, but when I crack the door and they spy Bruce, they quit being so eager to go in. My three [...]
Bruce Adjusts to Life Indoors
May 25, 2003
We moved Bruce into the master bedroom which is larger and has more amenities (the Catio clear lucite window “extension box”, and the “front porch within a porch”, which is like a closet only the top of the walls are lattice above the perching shelves).
He sprayed my dresser, the [...]
Bruce is FIV positive, moves inside
May 22, 2003
My sweet, gentle, homeless cat Bruce got tested a little while ago and while he does not have feline leukemia, he does have FIV. So sad. I hadn’t had him tested when I took him to be neutered. Right now he does not have [...]
Bruce Friendly- Wants Inside
May 21, 2003
Bruce is taking things into his own hands regarding getting acquainted with my cats. Today, while Bruce was hanging out in the backyard with me, he walked up to the latticed-in back porch where Simon and Jolie were peering out. He made that friendly “mrrruh” purring/trilling noise at [...]
Bruce Makes Front Porch His Home
May 19, 2003
The stray cat Bruce that I took to be neutered has now definitely made my front porch his home. He is there a lot. I put Simon’s large bed on top of the little porch chest Bruce took to sleeping on, and Bruce loves it. He [...]
Stumpy Bruce
May 1, 2003
There is a tail-less Tom cat who has been coming round to eat where I left food for the strays. I call him Stumpy. He let me walk right up to him and pet his head while he ate today! I had never come within 10 feet of him before, [...]
White momma cat is tame!!
April 26, 2003
The mother cat let me pet her today! Demanded I pet her! She is tame! Thank God, so now I can easily get her to the vet to be spayed in a mere cat carrier, as opposed to trapping her, and she certainly could be rehomed as a true [...]
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