Re: Cat breakthrough
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  • Subject: Re: Cat breakthrough
  • From: b* <b*@ix.netcom.com>
  • Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 06:59:10 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
Dear Kitty,

     I am sorry to hear about the passing of Braveheart. He was all the better for knowing you.

betsy

-----Original Message-----
>From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
>Sent: Jun 3, 2010 5:21 PM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Cat breakthrough
>
>It just takes patience. About 15 years ago, I fed Braveheart for nearly 2 
>years before he'd let me pet him.  In little increments he crept into the 
>house and watched as the other cats would lay on my lap as I lay stretched 
>out on the couch.  One day, the cats got up and BH decided he'd try it out 
>and jumped up on my chest.  I feared he'd claw me, but I also didn't want to 
>flinch for fear of scaring him.  He decided he liked it and moved in then 
>and there.
>
>I had to have him put down the other day.  However, he had become one of the 
>world's greatest cuddlers during his stay here.
>
>Patience.  He will come.
>
>
>Kitty
>neIN, Zone 5
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Daryl" <dp2413@comcast.net>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 9:38 AM
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Cat breakthrough
>
>
>>I thought I had posted the first part of that story a week ago, but I don't
>> see it. This is from May 29th:
>> Some of you know that we've been trying to tame an adult feral cat for 
>> more
>> than a year. We'd tried to tame him before winter, but it was not to be. 
>> He
>> spent the winter nights in one of our chicken coops and was very wary of 
>> us,
>> even though he'd eat the food we provided.
>>
>> A few months ago, he started to slowly blink when we spoke to him. A few
>> weeks ago, he started rolling over and over and making "air biscuits" when
>> we came out to feed him.
>>
>> In the last couple of weeks, we've stayed nearby after putting food in his
>> dish, and a week or so ago, started leaving our hands near the dish after
>> filling it. A few days ago, he touched my finger with his nose, then ran
>> back into his comfort zone.
>>
>> Last evening, he rolled and wiggled so close to me that he touched my 
>> finger
>> with a paw, then realized what he had done, jumped up with a Halloween cat
>> move and left. Yesterday,  when he was doing the roll and air biscuit
>> routine,  he let me pet his tail and one foot with one finger before 
>> running
>> away.
>>
>> This morning, he rubbed against my leg while I was feeding him, then
>> realized what he'd done and scurried under the car. He didn't hide there
>> very long, though. This afternoon, I held out my finger while he was 
>> rolling
>> around. He touched my finger with a paw, and didn't run. It was kind of 
>> like
>> the moment in E.T. when the alien and the little boy met.
>>
>> Progress!
>>
>> d
>>
>>
>>
>>> What a great story.  I love that.
>>
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