Hello, friendly cat people! My friend who stewards several TNR colonies entrusted two kittehs to me about 8 weeks ago. Disco Janet has a tipped ear, but was emaciated from giardia and she's so sweet and gregarious that her ear is the only clue that she ever lived outdoors. The other cat, Mindy St. Claire, is "mine" (in the sense that I am socializing her in my room and my daughter is socializing DJ in her room), and taking DJ was actually meant to give MSC a social bridge. I haven't yet formally introduced them because MSC is a great deal more feral that the folks who trapped her assumed. In fact, she was spayed by a private vet (rather than the vets the ASPCA uses for TNR community cats), so her ear wasn't tipped. All assumed that because she was "so beautiful," that she would warm up nicely. She HAS warmed up, it's true -- but not quickly at all. I am, however, obsessed with the project (I have few friends, hahaha) and I scour the internet for ideas that I could try to help her be most comfortable, happy, and -- here's the selfish part -- as affectionate as possible. Do you know of any fantastic resources I may not have yet found? I'm specifically interested in progress-over-time blogs. EVERYTHING I read says "taming ferals after 8 weeks old is a terrible idea." Welp, too late now. There is ZERO chance she could be returned (she was living alone, under an overturned tree stump in Golden Gate Park with a couple of kittens who were trapped separately). GG Park is over run with coyotes, y'all, so "return" isn't going to happen. There is a colony that is cared for where she has been offered a spot, and I have rejected that offer, but I cannot yet handle her or get her into a carrier. Mindy St. Claire doesn't volunteer to let me touch her at all, but we have made lots of progress I am also curious to know about how old we think she looks -- I got virtually no information upon her arrival. My guess is that she is ~11/12 months, so she and I will share a birthday mid-November. Does this sound legit to you? She plays like a kitten (videos on the blog).
Picture of herself for attention:
This is Disco Janet:
Picture of herself for attention:
This is Disco Janet:
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