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Hey everyone. I haven't posted in a long while. Everything is fine with my babies. They are around 9 months old now and doing well. We now know them quite well as their personalities have become apparent...very apparent. 
Both cats are very skittish. If there is a loud noise they are gone like a rocket. They love to nestle up to Daphne when she is on the porch which irritates her no end because her main job is chasing cats and gophers. The kitties learned right away that when she chases them and bumps them, they just flop over and lay there until she gets disgusted and walks away. Once Nellie ran up a tree and Daphne was so excited she had treed her but then Nellie used her back as a midpoint to get back to the ground. I laughed so hard.
Nellie is the smaller black kitty. She is lightening fast and will leap right into the air to catch bugs. They both love the water and will play for 20 mins in the bird baths when we fill them. Both cats will run to me when they hear my voice and want petted and held, but only for about 20 seconds tops. Then they leap out of my arms and stroll off like okay that's enough. They do not like any other touching. We have a routine for the cat collars that have had to grow with them and for the flea treatments. When I lock down on them they know to do as mommy says and endure the indignities.
Mist is the Siamese. He is more loving but much more likely to blow up in your face if something spooks him and everything does. I thought my horse that would spook at mud puddles and butterflies was bad....he is a love kitty though. He is much more shall we say LAZY??? He eats most of the food, sleeps in all the best spots, sleeps most of the day and the night and lets Nellie catch the lizards and bugs then helps himself.
The cats are not truly feral but they are far from domesticated.
They don't mind worth beans, they don't come when I call and they love when we lock them in the garage. It is crowded like a storage unit and they climb all over stuff. Several hours later I will open the door and they are both sitting there looking at me, but then when I go inside they follow me back in. You would think they would want outside but nope.
They also have learned to listen for the sliding patio door and will shoot inside with only an inch to spare before it closes on them. Then it is hide and seek until I can find them. This especially irritates Daphne because she knows they are not allowed in the house. That is her domain.
Sometimes when Daphne walks past Nellie when she is laying down she will reach out and try to grab Daphne's hind leg. Too cute. Of course Daphne whirls around and bumps her to get her to run but she doesn't move. Nellie also is liquid. I can reach down to pick her up from the ground and she feels like a piece of saltwater taffy you are pulling. She just drapes all over.
Neither cat is aggressive and now the feral/stray cats are trying to take over their cattery. They know what time we feed and wait for us to leave. We have chased them off several times. These guys are twice as big and much older than our kitties which just sit on the other side of the play pen and watch the big cats take their food. The other day a huge orange and white feral/stray was sleeping on the choicest cat perch which is where Mist always sleeps and mist was waaaay over on the other side watching him.
So here is the problem, how to keep letting my cats have open doors to their cattery so they can enjoy their property but keep the other critters out. Any ideas?
I had thought of a microchip cat door but I can't afford that. Evening feed is not a problem because we lock them up at night. I could feed them in the morning and take the food out after they eat a little but they like to eat through out the day and it doesn't stop the big cats from taking over the cattery for sleeping. I don't want to trap the big cats because they might actually belong to a neighbor. Only one has a notched ear and they do not seem to want to beat up our cats or pick on them which is good.
My cats will crawl through black plastic, plastic tubs etc. But I think even of I tried a puzzle type entry the other cats would just watch and figure it out. Has anyone had a similar problem? The cats have to stay where they are as we are allergic. Pics wouldn't load. I will try again later.
Both cats are very skittish. If there is a loud noise they are gone like a rocket. They love to nestle up to Daphne when she is on the porch which irritates her no end because her main job is chasing cats and gophers. The kitties learned right away that when she chases them and bumps them, they just flop over and lay there until she gets disgusted and walks away. Once Nellie ran up a tree and Daphne was so excited she had treed her but then Nellie used her back as a midpoint to get back to the ground. I laughed so hard. Nellie is the smaller black kitty. She is lightening fast and will leap right into the air to catch bugs. They both love the water and will play for 20 mins in the bird baths when we fill them. Both cats will run to me when they hear my voice and want petted and held, but only for about 20 seconds tops. Then they leap out of my arms and stroll off like okay that's enough. They do not like any other touching. We have a routine for the cat collars that have had to grow with them and for the flea treatments. When I lock down on them they know to do as mommy says and endure the indignities.
Mist is the Siamese. He is more loving but much more likely to blow up in your face if something spooks him and everything does. I thought my horse that would spook at mud puddles and butterflies was bad....he is a love kitty though. He is much more shall we say LAZY??? He eats most of the food, sleeps in all the best spots, sleeps most of the day and the night and lets Nellie catch the lizards and bugs then helps himself.
The cats are not truly feral but they are far from domesticated.
They don't mind worth beans, they don't come when I call and they love when we lock them in the garage. It is crowded like a storage unit and they climb all over stuff. Several hours later I will open the door and they are both sitting there looking at me, but then when I go inside they follow me back in. You would think they would want outside but nope.
They also have learned to listen for the sliding patio door and will shoot inside with only an inch to spare before it closes on them. Then it is hide and seek until I can find them. This especially irritates Daphne because she knows they are not allowed in the house. That is her domain.
Sometimes when Daphne walks past Nellie when she is laying down she will reach out and try to grab Daphne's hind leg. Too cute. Of course Daphne whirls around and bumps her to get her to run but she doesn't move. Nellie also is liquid. I can reach down to pick her up from the ground and she feels like a piece of saltwater taffy you are pulling. She just drapes all over.
Neither cat is aggressive and now the feral/stray cats are trying to take over their cattery. They know what time we feed and wait for us to leave. We have chased them off several times. These guys are twice as big and much older than our kitties which just sit on the other side of the play pen and watch the big cats take their food. The other day a huge orange and white feral/stray was sleeping on the choicest cat perch which is where Mist always sleeps and mist was waaaay over on the other side watching him.
So here is the problem, how to keep letting my cats have open doors to their cattery so they can enjoy their property but keep the other critters out. Any ideas?
I had thought of a microchip cat door but I can't afford that. Evening feed is not a problem because we lock them up at night. I could feed them in the morning and take the food out after they eat a little but they like to eat through out the day and it doesn't stop the big cats from taking over the cattery for sleeping. I don't want to trap the big cats because they might actually belong to a neighbor. Only one has a notched ear and they do not seem to want to beat up our cats or pick on them which is good.
My cats will crawl through black plastic, plastic tubs etc. But I think even of I tried a puzzle type entry the other cats would just watch and figure it out. Has anyone had a similar problem? The cats have to stay where they are as we are allergic. Pics wouldn't load. I will try again later.
