We took in a former feral, and she really adapted....she would lie on our laps, sleep on the beds, let me cut her nails, loved being brushed/combed - but she had "issues" most of her teeth were removed when we took her in, periodontal disease - they asked us to take her while she was on antibiotics. All her litter mates were placed on a farm, she was so docile, we decided to keep her (since she had no teeth, we didn't think farm life would work out for her) - had her 3 yrs. - just recently she expressed an interest in going outside, usually she would just sit at the screen door to the deck and watch.
She always had issues, like she would cough/hack/spew "stuff"
- otherwise, she was fine, learned to use the litter box, ate wet food and the tiny dry food (separate bowls) that we put out, just a bit of the dry. She seemed to be out of sorts for a few days, we tried to think about how to get her to a vet. - she wasn't eating and was drinking lots of water.
Anyway, one day (I was at work) - she apparently went nuts to get out, clawing at the door, etc. - hubby let her. I came home shortly after in time to see her heading out back over the hill - I called her, she turned and squeeked back, but kept on going. (she never did have anything more than a small squeek).
She headed up and over and we haven't seen her since
- We climbed back there and nothing, I think she might have been sick and went to die where she was born, do you think that's possible? An in-born instinct?
She always had issues, like she would cough/hack/spew "stuff"
Anyway, one day (I was at work) - she apparently went nuts to get out, clawing at the door, etc. - hubby let her. I came home shortly after in time to see her heading out back over the hill - I called her, she turned and squeeked back, but kept on going. (she never did have anything more than a small squeek).
She headed up and over and we haven't seen her since