Our little fur lined razor blade is now neutered, vaccinated & dewormed. Every morning we turn him loose in a room with either Flyn or Casey so they all get some play/exercise. Until we could actually handle Taz this was not possible. Our little Taz is now ready for his “forever” home as is Casey. There will be pix of both these guys on WF’s website at http://www.warmfuzzys.org
Today’s process is the same as ysterdays. I don’t think I’ve mentioned that up until now a radio and a light have been on. Tonight they will be turned off and the radio will be turned back on in the morning. Yesterday I also placed a good sized stuffed toy in the cage with the baby.
I’ve named the feral "Taz". Now whenever he hears my voice he comes right up to the front of the cage and starts talking to me. The picking up process continues and he is less and less wiggly. Soon I will take the big step of attempting to give him a bath in the kitchen sink. He’s a dirty little thing!
While our feral kitten was eating the petting began. Started on the back end and eventually worked my way up to his head. Did this the entire time he was eating. Every once in a while he would turn around and look at my hand as it got closer to his ears. After he was done eating we proceeded to the dreaded "pick the kitty up" stage. He was very wiggly not wanting to be held but I kept a hold of him quietly petting for several minutes. I put him down and left him alone for about an hour. I went back and picked him up again this time we got purrs. We repeated this process several times during the course of the day.
We’ve had an approximately 5 week old black kitten running around our area for the past two weeks. Momma cat finally found him and took him home however 2 days ago he was back. Rod almost drove over him in the driveway.
Our dogs being the helpful souls they are "found" him for me – hiding under a stack of pallets at the end of our house. Of course this was when we were having one of the more violent thunderstorms rumbling through here.
I grabbed one of my traps, put a bowl of water outside the trap and a bowl of canned cat food inside the trap and placed the trap into a large trash bag. I surrounded the trap with the pallets to keep any other animals from getting to the kitten whenter or not he gets into the trap.
Two days ago the little Tazmanian Devil cat was brought into the house and placed in a large cage in the family room. Inside the cage was a fluffly blanket for kitty to lay on, bowl of kitten milk replacer, bowl of dry food, a bowl of canned food & a litter box. He’s a bit too young to be able to survive just on dry food but it is there for him to try out. The entire cage was then covered, a radio placed next to the cage & a lamp. Other then to check on food, milk & clean litter the fur lined razor blade is left alone for the next 12 hours. Of course we get the growling, hissing & swiping with all the claws he has. Always amazes me how one so young can be so mean.
Yesterday we received much less growling, hissing & swiping. I am now pestering the kitten with my presence and chattering. By the days end he allows me to pet his back end while eating.
This morning I was allowed to pet the entire length of the kitten. I no longer get growling & hissing but I am "talked to". He is no longer crouching at the far back of the cage when I approach. This morning he was sitting at the front of the cage and "friendly" greeted me when I went over to him.
No More Dead Animals