Geoffrey! Just look at that pink nose, those stripes on the beautiful buff-colored body, that expression! Welcome home, li’l guy.
What if you sit on the floor in the room and talk to him softly? Just a suggestion, even if he doesn't want to go in the room maybe he will venture in to get more cuddles and love pets from you.He is slowly exploring.. I opened up Artie's room to him, this morning.. G wants nothing to do with it.. so weird...
I have been doing that nightly, for a bit.. not long, because it is not the easiest position for me.. but...What if you sit on the floor in the room and talk to him softly? Just a suggestion, even if he doesn't want to go in the room maybe he will venture in to get more cuddles and love pets from you.
Yes, best B-day, Christmas Gift for few years to come... I really love him.. can it happen that fast? I know it did with Artie, but again?? twice in a lifetime??A belated "HB" to you, Cindy! IDK how I missed that wonderful news. Surely you have the best "present" anyone could PAWSibly hope for to help you celebrate. *SNORGLES* to Geoffrey!
"Not even a week yet" says it all, Cindy. Not even a week is not even beginning to be enough time to expect a shy, ex-shelter, possibly traumatized cat to act like he's self-assured, confident, and knowing he has a safe world. When Elvis joined us from a very loving home, he was very sad, obviously just incomprehensible, because of suddenly, with no warning, being taken from his loving family and home to --- WHAT? He had no idea. I always ask people to imagine themselves in the places of their new cats (as children, if necessary). If someone put you in a cage in a noisy room after who knows what past, and then you were suddenly put in a carrier by a complete stranger and taken to a place you had never been to, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK AND FEEL? I know I'd be terrified. And after "not even a week" I'd be perhaps slightly less terrified but still very much up in the air, because I'd have no idea what would happen to me in an hour? a moment? and whether the stranger who seemed very nice, loving, and providing TRULY WILL BE. Those would be just a few of the feelings I'd be having.I have been doing that nightly, for a bit.. not long, because it is not the easiest position for me.. but...
Yes, best B-day, Christmas Gift for few years to come... I really love him.. can it happen that fast? I know it did with Artie, but again?? twice in a lifetime??
I don't know..
Just worried about his acne.. it seems to be getting worse... no plastic dishes.. no plastic at all.. but he ribs his face/mouth everywhere...sigh..
I cannot tackle it. His claws are way too long, and he is so darn strong. Plus I would traumatize him, again. He sees the RVet on Thursday.. see what she says.. I always have NVet--Specialist as a back-up.... sigh
This morning, I 'listened' to 'someone's' advice and closed off my bedroom door, when I got up.. OMG.. Geoffrey was so traumatized. After an hour, I could not stand to see him that way; so I re-opened it to him.. Now, we have taken 3 steps backwards..
Not listening to this person anymore.. no matter what she thinks of me. I am going with my gut.. and Geoffrey....
She thinks she is the local Jackson Galaxy.. but she has a long way to go.. She criticized my treatment of Artie.. so I guess I was a fool to listen to her.. but she is the adoption person at the shelter and was insisting on updates and me doing her suggestions.. A real power freak..
no more.. G is MY cat, not HER'S....
I may just "Yes" her to death.. and do my own thing... I do have to work with her, so it is a fine line..
She questions me!!! seriously.. as in: "How could you have given Artie's bed away?? How could you do it?? I could never do that?"""
making me feel inferior and unknowledgeable..
Anyway.. Specialist and his secretary has told me that one thing I know, is cats..
So, I am going by their judgement.. and not this so called, self proclaimed expert...
Rant over!!!
Geoffrey is back under my bed.. spent 3 hours at shelter.. gone from house for 5 hours... He did not move from under the bed.. I came home, kept calling him, put stuff away, took a shower.. He came out and ate 1/2 pack of Sheba Turkey!!!
We played with a Jackson Galaxy feather thing.. He already broke off one of the feathers!! OMG.. so strong!! and now he is back under my bed.. I am relaxing.. will be getting dark soon.. I will feed him another can later..
G ate an entire can of Wellness Chicken strips, in one sitting, this morning!!!
I love this little boy, again.. I guess I am fickle..
Geoffrey does seem to understand the word, "PLAY". He comes out, chases the toy right into the extra bedroom.. makes my heart so happy to see this..
Slowly.. not even a week yet.. That will be on Monday..
That’s just cruelty thinly disguised as sympathy. And the “expert” advice she’s given you hasn’t worked out. So you seem much more knowledgeable to me!She questions me!!! seriously.. as in: "How could you have given Artie's bed away?? How could you do it?? I could never do that?"""
Someone had told me that God knows where to send the needy cat to.I think God just wants me to have sick kitties... sigh...He knows I will take good care of them, at the risk of losing my mental health...
That's beautiful.Someone had told me that God knows where to send the needy cat to.
Not everybody is granted the privilege to be the parents and the nurse of a needy cat. God chooses the best persons to be His unlucky creatures' guardians.
All the rest, the ordinary people, will just have an ordinary pet.
I am believing that.. Pumpkin was sick from the day I took her home as a kitten.. runt of the litter... My mom and I used her back to health.. it took months..Someone had told me that God knows where to send the needy cat to.
You might be on to something there. Demi is white/orange and he has more health problems than Maggie.wonder if there is a correlation with weak immune systems and orange tabbies
I wonder that sometimes, too. My orange tabby girl, Ruby, has had a sensitive digestive system ever since I adopted her 5 years ago. She's about 8 now, and when I took her for her annual last Dec. the vet noticed some gum inflammation and said it was common to start earlier with orange cats.wonder if there is a correlation with weak immune systems and orange tabbies....
My ginger cat Tom arrived at my door as an adult stray cat, he had FIV, he developed FeLV later on, even if he had been vaccinated for this, then he caught FIP, and died...wonder if there is a correlation with weak immune systems and orange tabbies....