Recent Content by kghia

I forgot to come back and check your post! Fur balls are doing well. They all hang out in the basement now overnight and whenever we’re away. No issues with Aberdeen staying with them so far. If all continues to go well we will slowly be moving things out of her safe room to the rest of the...

I will pass along your praises to Aberdeen, thank you @calicosrspecial! We’ve noticed that she is indeed quite a smart kitten (at least compared to our older ones haha...). She figured out the treat ball in a few seconds only (took the residents a good few sessions over a few days), she picked...

Yep! Aberdeen very rarely reacts negatively to Sammie’s growling and hissing. Sometimes it’s almost like she doesn’t hear her :disappointed: and will continue sitting where she was or keep doing what she’s doing. Other times she will look at us wide eyed when she’s hisses at, walk away from...

Aberdeen is 8 months old tomorrow, and I hear that's the time of a kitten's life where they're the most confident. I feel like that is working in Aberdeen's favour ;) Shortly after I vented yesterday, DH and I came back from a grocery trip and Sammie quietly sat with Aberdeen watching DH put...

Sigh @calicosrspecial thank you so much for your positivity and support. I think I get overly dramatic and overanalyzing things. You're right, ultimately they're doing great, it's just taking Sammie FAR more time than Rosie to fully accept Aberdeen, and that's just who she is. DH and I have...

Hey everyone...just thought I'd provide an update. No real progress, I'm getting a bit frustrated at where things are at because I feel like we've hit a plateau. Aberdeen, being immature and young, still follows Rosie everywhere and tries to rub against her and head butt her multiple times a...

If you are feeding them kibble, can you put their kibble in some sort of food puzzle while you're eating, and feed them the most at that time, to keep them occupied? Get some food covers and put your drink in a lidded cup with a straw? I don't necessarily think this is a strange/uncommon...

I agree that since she's been in foster, she's technically already socialized! Even when true ferals come in past the kitten stage, they're not necessarily a "lost cause". One of the staff members at the shelter adopted a 1 year old feral and even though he doesn't love other humans, he loves...

I was a little confused when you said she was TNR'd! That to me means "trapped, neutered, returned" (for cats fixed, ear tipped and return to their feral colony) so initially I thought you are attempting to adopt a feral cat who's been returned to the colony.... Definitely give her as much food...

Thank YOU for the continued support! I was just saying to my husband earlier this afternoon, if I could only tell myself 2 weeks ago (when things seemed to be taking a turn for the worse) how everything would be OK, it would've saved me so much stress. But I was stressing for nothing. I know...

Thanks calicosrspecial! Regarding your question about Aberdeen’s body language... Sometimes she will back off a little, bow/crouch down a little and continue whatever it is she was doing, or turn and walk away. Other times she just keeps at it like nothing happened. She’s never hid or ran away...

Having 2 cats that I used a spray bottle on because I was a new cat guardian, it used to be "recommended" in places I read up on cat guardianship and I didn't know any better, let me tell you: unless it's to break up a catfight, spray bottles are no good for anything other than making the cat...

I am so glad you found your cat! We "lost" our kitten recently... about a week after adopting her, we moved her from her usual safe room to explore another room, an office where my husband works from home. Initially I thought maybe she slipped out the door when he was leaving the room, because...

Hey all! I have a few more observations/updates and wanted to see what your thoughts are. First, Aberdeen and Rosie have had a bit of a rollercoaster ride this past week. Now that Aberdeen knows Rosie will tolerate her, she is frequently trying to head butt Rosie, chase her around (initiating...

My kitten's collar also got caught on her chin...the collar I used was a breakaway collar but go figure, it did NOT breakaway. She was acting strange and I heard some strange thumping noises coming from her safe room (this was a few days after we adopted her) and the poor thing was thrashing...