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  1. 11-01-2005, 02:00 PM #1
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    It just seems to me that if he were someone's that he would not be so afraid. If I talk to him from fifty feet away he will stop to talk to me. Any closer and he runs away, spraying objects he comes to. Is this an unfair assumption?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sirrahved
    It just seems to me that if he were someone's that he would not be so afraid. If I talk to him from fifty feet away he will stop to talk to me. Any closer and he runs away, spraying objects he comes to. Is this an unfair assumption?

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    Some cats will avoid you, even if they are domesticated, until you've earned their trust. Just like when you get company and some cats run and hide from them, and some will socialize with them. Start giving this cat wet food treats and if it's tame you'll have his trust in no time. This should tell you.
    Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is a full management plan in which stray and feral cats already living outdoors in cities, towns, and rural areas are humanely trapped, then evaluated, vaccinated, and sterilized by veterinarians. Kittens and tame cats are adopted into good homes. Healthy adult cats too wild to be adopted are returned to their familiar habitat under the lifelong care of volunteers
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  3. 11-01-2005, 11:04 PM #3
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    If he's spraying, and running wild, it seems to me that maybe he hasn't been neutered, and that may have something to do with his actions. Does his "owner" use him for breeding purposes? Do you know who his "owners" are? This sounds like a good candidate to just go "POOF" some night, and then his "owners" will never have to know what happened!

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