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> My guess would be that there's another Pandora out there, looking for a
> chance to prove her "mousing" mettle...
Hundreds, unfortunately. I volunteer with a local adoption center, so
I get to see many wonderful cats in the course of a year. My experience
is in socialising semi-ferals; at present I've got four that I've had
for a year which came to me as hissing, spitting four-month-olds, but
which are now handleable. I've also got a beautiful four-month-old from
this year who is just about ready for adoption, and last week I got
another four two-month-olds fresh out of the traps.
Not to mention my own five resident cats, of course ...
Here's one of my fosters from last year:
(Warning: image captured using non-pentax equipment)
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