Where to begin my lovely story.
About 4 months or so ago, this white/grey kind of a sealpoint started chasing our chickens. She had a kitten with her, but it kept running into a wood pile we have and I couldn't catch it. At this time I did not have a trap handy. So I let it by, well this cat has been stalking the chickens and squirrels [[I do squirrel rescue]] everyday, my dog chases her out of the yard, she comes back, I squirt her with a squirt gun, she comes back. Most of the cats have learned that they need to go away, but she wasn't getting the hint. So I borrowed the cat trap from my sister and caught her yesterday.
Originally i wanted to take her to county and leave it at that, but upon close inspection, she turned out to be a gorgeous cat... and I couldn't bare to have her destroyed because I suck at these things
She has the most amazing blue eyes... and anyways, I took her in today. She tested negative for FIV/FELV, no chip, so we spayed her and tipped her ear. She's in a big dog carrier now so I can give her food and water while she recovers. Is there anyway to kind of familiarize her to our house? If I can I'd love to feed her and have her come by, instead of stalking the chickens just having some free food. How long should I keep her?
If it's kind of impossible [[she's quite aloof]] there is someone locally who said she'd take her. This person says she has expirience making feral cats friendly, my biggest concern is that this is the one cat who doesn't "become friendly" and gets tossed out because she's impossible. Because not every cat can be tamed... they are individuals and could give a crap whether or not they sit in our laps or get to live in the house.
So what's my next step?
Thanks!
About 4 months or so ago, this white/grey kind of a sealpoint started chasing our chickens. She had a kitten with her, but it kept running into a wood pile we have and I couldn't catch it. At this time I did not have a trap handy. So I let it by, well this cat has been stalking the chickens and squirrels [[I do squirrel rescue]] everyday, my dog chases her out of the yard, she comes back, I squirt her with a squirt gun, she comes back. Most of the cats have learned that they need to go away, but she wasn't getting the hint. So I borrowed the cat trap from my sister and caught her yesterday.
Originally i wanted to take her to county and leave it at that, but upon close inspection, she turned out to be a gorgeous cat... and I couldn't bare to have her destroyed because I suck at these things
She has the most amazing blue eyes... and anyways, I took her in today. She tested negative for FIV/FELV, no chip, so we spayed her and tipped her ear. She's in a big dog carrier now so I can give her food and water while she recovers. Is there anyway to kind of familiarize her to our house? If I can I'd love to feed her and have her come by, instead of stalking the chickens just having some free food. How long should I keep her?
If it's kind of impossible [[she's quite aloof]] there is someone locally who said she'd take her. This person says she has expirience making feral cats friendly, my biggest concern is that this is the one cat who doesn't "become friendly" and gets tossed out because she's impossible. Because not every cat can be tamed... they are individuals and could give a crap whether or not they sit in our laps or get to live in the house.
So what's my next step?
Thanks!