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    Help Me Transform My Mean Coon Into A Maine Coon!

    I used a laser pointer fr playing with Archie and Sal, Sal being the smallest and youngest (short for Salome). I have a fairly long and wide living room which is carpeted, so Sal can really dig in and chase the laser up and down the living room...has done this since she was a kitten. Now, if I...
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    Help Me Transform My Mean Coon Into A Maine Coon!

    Its probably something that he will need to grow out of, but you need to stop the behavior, or at least discourage it, before he views it as normal. Cats learn the play boundary when young...my orange cat Archie was dropped off at a shelter but wasn't socialized well with people. He is friendly...
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    Saying Goodbye To Angel, Renamed Moose. A Tribute And History

    I want to thank everyone for their help and support during this hard time. Many, including myself, have endured this pain before and there just isn't any way to lessen it except time. I'll miss Moose, Thor, Callie, Cleo, Pete, Oakie, Stinkey, Ashley, and a few more that have come and gone. What...
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    Saying Goodbye To Angel, Renamed Moose. A Tribute And History

    After losing my 1st cat in 1997, I waited until after New Years and took my family to the local shelter program. My wife picked out a white and gray female named Angel. Angel had been "Returned" to the shelter because she was energetic...too much so for her previous owners. Angel came home with...
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    19 Year Old Cat Needs Calories...only Eats Gravy

    My 19 year old lady, Moose, has been dropping weight over the last year or two and is now very skinny. I know elderly cats often lose a lot of weight and since Moose is nearly 20, I don't think there is much that can be done other than trying to find her something she likes. Moose was aleways...
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    Callie, The Male Calico, Is At Peace

    Thank you for that most beautiful post...that's one of the nicest things anyone has said to me in nearly 60 years. Over the years, I would find myself always with an eye out for Callie's return when he would take his vacation in the winter...I never did find out where he went, but he did the...
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    Callie, The Male Calico, Is At Peace

    Thank you for your kind words. I just now came back from the woods from which all of my stray and feral cats came from. The patch of woods is probably less than 8 acres...if even that big. There are no colonies of feral cats around but the last 2 or 3 cats that came out of the woods became...
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    Callie, The Male Calico, Is At Peace

    Several year ago...maybe more than several, I saw a small calico cat that was very feral and impossible to even get a look at. After a few years, I had made enough progress to be allowed to pet the cat, who I creatively named Callie. Upon closer inspection, I discovered that Callie was a guy...
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    Callie

    Thank you and everyone who kept Callie in their thoughts. This afternoon I made a more thorough search of my property and found Callie, where he had passed away, curled up like he was sleeping. I'll miss my little buddy and will still expect to see him when I look outside. The vet said he had a...
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    Callie

    Hello again, When I got home from work yesterday, Callie was using the heated cat condo I bought for him several years ago...which he never used. He looked up but did not come out to greet me, which he always does. I came out an hour later and Callie was gone from the cat condo and didn't...
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    Callie

    Hello fellow members, As you might have followed, Callie returned a few weeks ago but was very skinny. Since he returned, he has developed a bad URI and has stopped eating for the most part. I try to get him to eat or drink some milk, but he seems to have given that up too. This morning I...
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    Callie

    Thank you for the kind words and advice! I got him to eat twice last night and today he came over to say good morning. After about ten minutes of petting and talking to him, Callie took a few bites of food and drank some milk, so it seems he will eat if you spend enough time with him and...
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    Callie

    Hello friends, I wrote a few weeks back about the return of Callie, the feral that has been a project for many years and who recently returned from a 8 month absence. Callie is a male calico and he was much skinnier than when I last saw him before he disappeared. I was overjoyed when he came...
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    My semi feral cat has disappeared

    I checked on him several times last night and gave him a snack around 3AM. He got his can of Friskies and some dry food this morning for breakfast...a happy cat!! I worry that he will leave again, which he has done before. Since he is so skinny, at least compared to his former beefiness, I'm...
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    My semi feral cat has disappeared

    :lolup::lolup::lolup: This morning my daughter woke me up at 5 AM while getting ready for work. She usually doesn't bother me, especially at 5 AM. She told me to follow her and took me outside...there waiting for me was CALLIE!!!:lolup: I haven't seen him for half a year and had all but given...
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    How Long Before Your Feral Let You Pet Them?

    We had 2 or 3 stray or feral cats that were hanging around. Binks, the big black Tom, was already fixed when he showed up and was pretty friendly...he took a day or two before he was my buddy. The true feral, Callie, was a male Calico. He would run off if he saw somebody thru the windows and I...
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    A Kitten Showed Up At My Window...

    Often, when a cat is put into an unfamiliar place, they will meow quite a bit and want to leave. With stray cats, this is part of getting used to having a single owner...since before, he/she went where and when they pleased. If it were me, I would let the kitty back outside if it is safe, but...
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    My semi feral cat has disappeared

    Hello Folks, Its mid July and Callie has not returned from his winter absence. I'm hoping he is still in the area, but with all of the new homes being built around my formerly rural area, there is no shortage of potential food sources for the old boy! I hope that he shows up just to let me...
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    Sick, possibly FIV+ Feral Kitten

    What a great story...all of these rescue stories can put a tear in my eyes! Another cat friend for life!! :) Jim
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    My semi feral cat has disappeared

    Hi Folks, It has been quite a while since I have seen Callie, who usually returns from his winter vacation by April at the latest. He was last seen in the fall but I'm losing hope that he will return. I have said this every year since we met, but this year seems to be different. I was...
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