A little black kitty; 1/13; HE has bonded finally; *Update*; post #80

[orangemm]

Maybe LBK could be a porch cat, a la Gary?

[Medusa]

Maybe LBK could be a porch cat, a la Gary?

That's rather what s/he is now anyhow. I just know how that can spiral out of control b/c where there's one cat, there are always more. Two other cats show up occasionally and I don't want to put myself in the position where I'm feeding and vetting 27 outdoor cats again. I simply cannot afford it plus I donated all my out door houses to a vet tech. If my neighbor the cat hater sees a bunch of cats congregating at my house, I know that he'll either harm them or call animal control on me so I have to be careful. A while ago he got a puppy for his daughters and kept it maybe a week before he gave it away, said it was too much work and he didn't want to clean up after it so he won't be sympathetic to me at all.

[Medusa]

Well, I found out where LBK has been sleeping; under a tarp that I have around my patio furniture. I just don't get it. I put out a nice dog house w/the door off center so that s/he has a wall for protection from wind, there's a big, fluffy blanket inside, it's covered w/a tarp, it's on legs so that it's off the ground but s/he'd rather sleep on the cold concrete. I just now put a fluffy rug under the tarp until tomorrow morning. When the bitter, high winds have calmed down, I'll move the dog house near the tarped patio furniture and I'll put a heating pad on low so that, hopefully, s/he'll go in there.

I'm going to pay more attention to fliers to see if anyone is missing a black cat b/c if s/he belongs to someone, s/he's decided s/he likes it better here. S/he sits at my sliding door and cries and I can tell s/he's hungry but I don't want to feed him/her more than twice a day. I'm going to have to get him/her vetted and checked to see if s/he's been altered but w/all my Fur Posse's illnesses right now, my finances are stretched, especially w/Christmas next week.

[Anikaca77]

Mary-

Thank you for everything you are doing for this sweet black cat. It's always hard to see them or hear about cats outside and I do what I can. I have a stray boy that lives out near my apartment complex but with 10 and the 1 foster right now till this Saturday there is just no way I could afford to take in anymore. I still feed the guy outside and give him water but he isn't very friendly and recently he's been hissing at me when I go to give him food, I think it scares him that he is becoming used to me coming around and giving him food but who knows.

Thanks for feeding this baby.
Melissa

[Medusa]

I moved the dog house and put a heating pad in between folds of the blanket. S/he was still stubborn and refused to go inside until last night. When s/he saw me, s/he ran out of the house and up to my door. Most times, though, s/he sleeps on the cold cement so I put a fluffy rug out there so s/he'll at least have a little warmth. S/he's become very affectionate and when I call him/her, s/he comes running. I even can pick him/her up but not for long; s/he doesn't seem to like being held. S/he even flopped over as though s/he wanted a belly rub and I made a slight move in that direction but s/he was going to be rough and I didn't want him/her to wrap around my hand and arm and dig in, so I pulled back and said "NO!" As soon as I get paid next month, I'll take him/her in for vetting. Hopefully, s/he'll come back clean. S/he stands a good chance of being adopted, I think. S/he's still young enough b/c you know how many people are; they want kittens, not cats.

[Anikaca77]

I'm glad the cat is being friendly. You are right there people want kittens most of the times not cats.

I'm glad LBK is still coming around though.

melissa

[Medusa]

When my old rescue friend called me and said "I know someone who is looking for a black cat", I couldn't believe it. I became suspicious, though, b/c whenever someone is breed/color specific, my antennae go up, perhaps wrongly. I love Calicos and I would probably not be able to turn away a Calico to keep forever but that's me. If I don't know the person, then I get nervous. Anyhow, we were working on placing him w/this man but b/c I had to make so many trips back and forth to the vet w/Yodie and Pidgie during the last couple of weeks, it just wasn't doable and I didn't want to jinx it by posting it on PT until it actually happened. Yesterday was supposed to be the day but, of course, I had my situation w/Pidge and it just couldn't be done. So. I just got home after dropping him off w/my rescue friend.

LBK cried the entire drive there. I felt awful. I put my fingers inside the carrier door to stroke him and he rubbed his face up against them and laid his head down on them. I didn't want to transfer him to another cage in case he panicked and then we'd have to chase him, so I just talked to him, told him that I love him and told him that he was going to a good home. My rescue friend called me while I was driving home and he said that LBK let him transfer him to another carrier w/no problem and that he had already dropped him off at his new home. The man has a lot of cats and some dogs but apparently they all get along and I trust the rescue man totally that LBK went to a good home. He's turned down many people who wanted cats that he had for adoption. So why do I feel so sad? I feel like I've lost two cats now. I said that if it doesn't work out, I'd take LBK back. I don't want to take in another cat but I feel heartbroken right now. I should be happy but I'm not.