Re: Cats--progress note

Seamus is the youngest stray I've ever taken in.  He was about 5 months old
when he wandered in.  He doesn't care to be held, is usually off by
himself - often outdoors, more so than the others, even in the dead of
winter.  If I sit still on a cold evening I'll have the other 4 cats laying
on me at one time or another, but never Seamus.  Once in a great while he'll
hop into bed with me and lay so I can rub his tummy, pits, and chin, but if
I stop, he's off.

My take is that he was a kitten born to an outside cat, never held, and
adopted out.  Didn't understand people and escaped.  He even runs from me
when I come into a room, like I'm a cat-murderer.  He can be fun and sweet
in his own way though.  They are all special in their own way.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Cats--progress note


> I know that's so about "cat" cats and "people" cats; however, neither
> Crookshanks nor Melvin had ever been touched by humans before they were
> about 3 months old, and they are two of the most affectionate cats living
> here.  Magick was about 8-10 weeks old when I met him, and he literally
> sleeps under me. He and Crookshanks fight over who gets to sit in my lap.
I
> guess, like all things, there are exceptions.  BTW, there is a new Beagle
> here.  I am desparately trying to find her a home.
> zem
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
> <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 2:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Cats--progress note
>
>
> > Would your preference be a single cat, Jim?  I enjoy two, partly for
their
> > antics together, but also to keep each other company.  However, I've
read
> > that if you got two, like the ones you saw, their ability to warm up to
> > people will depend greatly on how much they've been handled by people
from
> > the time they're born.  Cats that have been mainly around other cats
> > during
> > those first months may tend to be cat-cats.  If they've been handled by
> > people, who've cooed and cuddled them, they have a greater likelihood of
> > being people-cats.  It's fun to watch the antics of the 2, but if they
> > ignore you in favor of each other's company, you may end up with an
empty
> > lap.  But if they like human attention, well, both you and Ms. Fatma
could
> > end up with individual lap warmers who also have a feline friend to keep
> > them busy when the laps aren't available.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 12:00 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] Cats--progress note
> >
> >
> >> Went to the shelter today, mostly to see what they had. Can't actually
> >> choose a cat without Ms. Fatma's concurrence.
> >>
> >> There were two kittens--probably same litter, 2 months or so old--in
> >> one of those two-cell cages together. They had a thing to sleep on that
> >> was about the size of a dinner plate with a fat-cushy donut type edge.
> >> Looked like it was made of terry. One of the kittens crawled under it
> >> and, of course, that made a lump in the bottom of it. The other kitten
> >> saw the moving lump and smacked it, which cause the kitten underneath
> >> to jump up, and that caused the kitten who did the smacking to jump
> >> backwards, tail over tea cups. then dive into the other cage cell. Wish
> >> I'd had a video camera.
> >>
> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >> Hardiness Zone 10
> >> Heat Zone 10
> >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >>
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