An old story to many on the list but one that may help: The Royal Princess
Kitty Katt knew me most of her life. She had decided to live with my parents
after a few months of living feral. Unfortunately I was the one who took her
to the vet's, cut her nails etc. But she knew me and liked me sort of part of
the time. My father died and, until then, he was her favorite person. It was
just Kitty and Mom for a number of years. Then Mom decided she could not take
care of Kitty and sent her to me to live the rest of her life. Kitty was
ballistic. Her job was taking care of Mom and she was moved to a city from the
country, to a house that was considerably different in terms of neighbors,
heating, air conditioning, street noises .......................you name it, it
was different. Including a working person as opposed to a person who stayed
home with her all the time. Talk about major trauma. I spent 3 months
sleeping on the floor near the couch she hid under. Gradually she came out and
finally slept with me on the floor. Life did get a lot better. This was a
perfectly tame, wonderful little calico cat who was moved to someone she knew
and who had access to an animal communicator. Caroline has been thrown out of
a home and "given" to someone who is a total unknown with unknown everything
that goes with it. If you have access to an animal communicator, you might ask
her to reassure Caroline.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion
and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their
fellow man.
St. Francis
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From: Kelley Saveika
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: OT - Help, aggressive cat
Poor thing, her name is Caroline. I was thinking of Charlottes web...
She had two cats, but found a home for the other. So Caroline is in a
strange place, without her kitty friend.
On 12/29/06, Rosenfeldt, Diane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Poor Charlotte. Her exmommy should have insisted on Claritin....
Diane R.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley
Saveika
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 4:17 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: OT - Help, aggressive cat
Her story is the dreaded moving in with the allergic boyfriend one. She
didn't even bring her over - a friend of hers did. So Charlotte was clearly
tame enough for the friend to get into a carrier (which is more than I could do
at this point). Charlotte didn't go ballistic until she saw me...lol.
On 12/29/06, Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
Welcome to the world of Owner Surrenders! What one says is certainly
usually NOT what one gets! It's common for a "sweet kitty with no problems" to
actually arrive to you as "kitty from hell about to gouge out your eyeballs in
a fit of rage". That being said, you do sometimes get a cat in that really was
a good cat in it's own home, and is just so totally freaked out by the change
and new surroundings and strangers that it will just freak out and seem
completely feral. My suggestion is to keep her as you are, in a smaller room,
and give her lots of hiding places, like boxes nested inside each other,
baskets, and a kennel with an open door (or the door removed). When you are in
with her, move very slowly; NEVER make eye contact, always keep your shoulders
angled away from her, never face her straight on, as that is threatening body
language. When you HAVE to look at her, squint your eyes, but keep your face
relaxed, as narrowed eyes are a sign of friendliness in cats. Don't try to
approach her or touch her. Sit down on the other side of the room and don't
face her, but sit in there quietly while she eats, just so she gets used to
your presence. Move slowly, be quiet while you are in her room. She may come
around. Or maybe not, and the owner might have completely made up the fact that
she is tame, just so you would take her. It happens.
Phaewryn
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