I don't have a long distance carrier and really try to reserve minutes on my pay as you go cell phone, but I couldn't resist this morning calling Lynn at The Best Little Cat House in Pennsylvania to see how Rufus is doing.
She said the drainage on his back has stopped and his hair is growing back in and she is ready to stop using the antibiotic ointment that we sent with him. She said it has worked very well on his injuries and he's about healed over and looking real good.
She said the words "partly feral" have been crossed off his chart because he is one of the friendliest guys and gets along with the other cats and that he found the pet door to the outside right away. She said he wanders out into the screened area through one of the pet doors but doesn't stay long because it is still very cold there but she knows that when the weather warms up, he will be out there a lot.
She said he has found a favorite spot and stays where it is about 70 degrees and he snuggles right in with several other cats in the same room.
She said Rufus was right next to her as we were talking and that he absolutely LOVES his food and yesterday was tuna day and he was the first one in line for his tuna. He rubs against the legs of humans he has grown to trust, and he loves to be pet and he follows them around. She said he wasn't anything like what they expected. They expected him to be more feral since he was brought in, in the trap to the animal control center before our humane society took over. I had told them in advance that he was determined to be a feral but that I didn't believe it.
She said that yesterday they put his collar and tag on him so he is now like all of the other cats.
Lisa, if you could pass this on to Pet Talk because I still haven't signed up. Gosh, I don't know where my days go.
But after hearing about Rufus today, I have been smiling all day.
Hugs an love,
Rhoda
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