Leda update 9-15-06

[momcat]

Hi Jen! Just saw this thread. Leda seems to be adjusting rather well and appears to be really attached to you. It does sound like Leda will be happiest as an only kitty though.

[doolittleky]

yippee Leda!!!!! Yeah Jen!!! I am so glad that Leda is doing so well and I hope she keeps on improving(I know she will). It jsut shows you that it only takes someone to care! Too bad she doesn't care for the other cats though. Maybe she will turn around though, ya never know.
Melissa

[Lizzie]

Wasn't Leda supposed to love other cats but spit at humans? Did they give you the right cat Sad though I would have been for her, I would not have contacted the shelter if she'd been noted as disliking other cats. Sigh! I'm sorry, Jen, I seem to have complicated your life without ever meaning to - though you seem to enjoy the fact that she loves you so much.

[jenluckenbach]

Wasn't Leda supposed to love other cats but spit at humans? Did they give you the right cat Sad though I would have been for her, I would not have contacted the shelter if she'd been noted as disliking other cats. Sigh! I'm sorry, Jen, I seem to have complicated your life without ever meaning to - though you seem to enjoy the fact that she loves you so much.

Yes, according to Lucille's write-up on petfinder, the owners said she is "afraid of strangers but loves other cats".
And the NYC shelter had Leda in a cage with 2 other cats! (I did not see it, but when the shelter worker went to get her for me she asked which cat she was because there were 3 in that cage number).
So maybe she is just a hard cat for introductions. You know, it takes her a long time to like strange cats.

But please don't worry about "complicating" my life. It is not bad enough to need to seperate her totally. (THAT would be an inconvienience). She and they have an understanding to go their seperate ways.

I agree though, I too never offer to foster a cat KNOWN to hate other cats. It is kind of an impossibility around here.

[catmandu]

I dont think its hate so much as fear Jen, as as a stray Leda had to be afraid of other Bigger Hungrier Cats.
Princess was here a long time before she was totally comfortable.
It will take time.