Re: Cats--progress note

But-  My George who was at least 6 months old and wouldn't let me near 
him outside for a month and a half, is now the most "lovey" cat I've 
ever seen.  You just never know.

Theresa

Jesse Bell wrote:

>Yeh..the kitten (6-8 weeks old?) my kids found last year in the barn
>NEVER, EVER became warm and fuzzy. She is wild as can be. She did not
>WANT to be an inside cat. So..now she is in the barn (but we had her
>"fixed" first so I don't have millions of other little babies running
>around), back where she came from and she likes it there. We had her in
>the house for almost 7 months. No deal Lucille...she does not like
>humans.
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>Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
>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
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>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Cats--progress note
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>>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" 
>>To: "Garden Chat" 
>>Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 12:00 PM
>>Subject: [CHAT] Cats--progress note
>>
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>>>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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