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Siwsan

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9. Spooky is totally feral

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Reply #7)

Thu Oct 6, 2022, 07:57 AM

Oct 2022

I can't get close to her or Skittish without enduring spits and hisses unless I am offering a bowl of food.

Any of the other ferals will either wait patiently or hide until the bowls are filled. They will hiss and spit at each other to clear a path to the food, but never at me.

Scooter, the mom of the 3 kittens, lets me get close but unless she's eating she doesn't allow me to give her pets or scritches. BUT she and her kittens spend pretty much the entire day in my back yard, very close to the house.

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I think I'm developing a communication skill with the ferals [View all] Siwsan Oct 2022 OP

I would PM you, but I don't know how :( I have been feeding a feral and would like patricia92243 Oct 2022 #1

I've actually been wondering the same thing Siwsan Oct 2022 #2

Crush the pill, mix it into some of the food. In my house, I'd also add the ever irresistible Karadeniz Oct 2022 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Karadeniz Oct 2022 #13

When I have to give my cat medicine, wnylib Oct 2022 #15

Good morn, Siwsan... MiHale Oct 2022 #3

Progress! calimary Oct 2022 #4

Will do! Reinforcements arrive on Sunday Siwsan Oct 2022 #6

You're becoming a cat whisperer! MyMission Oct 2022 #5

Does Spooky live in the house with you? JohnnyRingo Oct 2022 #7

Spooky is totally feral Siwsan Oct 2022 #9

I wouldn't try moving an adult into the house JohnnyRingo Oct 2022 #14

+1 2naSalit Oct 2022 #21

Yea, the odds of socializing an adult feral to be an indoor cat are probably slim to none Siwsan Oct 2022 #25

I've forgotten which one is the matriarch of this feral clan. wnylib Oct 2022 #18

What a sweet, sweet baby. niyad Oct 2022 #20

Use the eye blink Roy Rolling Oct 2022 #8

"Use the eye blink" BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #11

I do, with all of my fur babies Siwsan Oct 2022 #26

I try to do that to them BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #34

Great suggestion! 2naSalit Oct 2022 #22

Yay! My wife & I love your kitty updates. CaptainTruth Oct 2022 #10

My husband could mimic Marthe48 Oct 2022 #16

I use that... 2naSalit Oct 2022 #24

You are so kind Marthe48 Oct 2022 #35

Thanks! 2naSalit Oct 2022 #37

"she MEOWED at me." BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #17

Ember is 7 years old this month and she wnylib Oct 2022 #23

My other sister who has a senior long hair tortie who I have taken care of BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #27

I had a cat several years ago who was wnylib Oct 2022 #31

LOL BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #33

All I needed to do was to say, "Is that right?" Or wnylib Oct 2022 #36

OMG to be a fly on the wall for that! BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #38

BTW, there is one vocalization that Ember does wnylib Oct 2022 #39

My sister's tuxie growled BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #40

Ember's growl at things outside the window wnylib Oct 2022 #41

I have seen my sister's tortie do that BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #42

Ember is a tortie, but I chalk her behavior up to wnylib Oct 2022 #43

Yup BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #44

Ember's mother was half Mau, an wnylib Oct 2022 #45

I know my sister's tuxie BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #46

Did the ginger and white cat end up with wnylib Oct 2022 #47

Just before I had moved BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #48

I was surprised that Ember remembered the coworker wnylib Oct 2022 #49

Madoc and Arthur meow for food. Gryff stays quiet Siwsan Oct 2022 #28

You are a cat whisperer! And yes, the calm, "It's okay" works well. niyad Oct 2022 #19

Well done!! 2naSalit Oct 2022 #29

I sit out on the back step Siwsan Oct 2022 #30

You've got it, then. 2naSalit Oct 2022 #32