catlover4ever
09-10-2004, 07:52 AM
I have made wonderful progress with Merlin. While I still do not know if he is a she I have been able to get closer to Merlin than I had in the past.
Last night Merlin came up to the breezeway and jumped on the top of Tucker's house that I keep out there for her. He began to "meow" to let me know that he was outside. So I made a dish for him and went out and sat with him. While he was eating I managed to pet his head without him running away. He is still very scared at sudden movements but after he let me pet his head he moved closer and I was able to pet his entire body for a good 5 minutes while he ate his dinner.
I decided that I would go in the house and get him a toy mouse and sprinkle a little catnip on it to see if he would like it...well he took the mouse and rolled all over the breezeway and then when I snapped the first picture he took the mouse and RAN with it.
Here are a few pictures. Keep me in your prayers that Merlin will keep trusting me. He is such a beautiful cat.
Here he is with the mouse.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/pcaba31ebf8c551c13915f868735419eb/f711c444.jpg
Here he is hidding from me with the mouse. He took it to my bird garden and went under one of the shrubs.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/p4cac17d5da5abba8eae58fa1be882eb1/f711c449.jpg
And finally on a "catnip high". It was almost an hour that he had this mouse and he really did tear it apart. It is missing most of it "fur".
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/pb408cf3eb882ba3c024874352352a31b/f711c441.jpg
Last night Merlin came up to the breezeway and jumped on the top of Tucker's house that I keep out there for her. He began to "meow" to let me know that he was outside. So I made a dish for him and went out and sat with him. While he was eating I managed to pet his head without him running away. He is still very scared at sudden movements but after he let me pet his head he moved closer and I was able to pet his entire body for a good 5 minutes while he ate his dinner.
I decided that I would go in the house and get him a toy mouse and sprinkle a little catnip on it to see if he would like it...well he took the mouse and rolled all over the breezeway and then when I snapped the first picture he took the mouse and RAN with it.
Here are a few pictures. Keep me in your prayers that Merlin will keep trusting me. He is such a beautiful cat.
Here he is with the mouse.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/pcaba31ebf8c551c13915f868735419eb/f711c444.jpg
Here he is hidding from me with the mouse. He took it to my bird garden and went under one of the shrubs.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/p4cac17d5da5abba8eae58fa1be882eb1/f711c449.jpg
And finally on a "catnip high". It was almost an hour that he had this mouse and he really did tear it apart. It is missing most of it "fur".
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/pb408cf3eb882ba3c024874352352a31b/f711c441.jpg