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JohnnyRingo

(19,322 posts)
7. Does Spooky live in the house with you?
Thu Oct 6, 2022, 07:46 AM
Oct 2022

I rescued an orange feral kitten that has been living with me for over 2 months now. Sometimes I feel like a tiger tamer in the circus and have to be careful about turning my back on him. Other times he'll jump on my lap and cozy up to me for petting. Usually if I put the hand that feeds him anywhere near his head, I lose some blood for my misplaced trust.

He likes to hide and pounce on me as as I walk past, wrapping both paws around my arm and attacking. It's usually just love bites, but he often gets carried away. Maybe as a inner city Youngstown feral stray he likes to play rough. I'm ready to take him on Springer as an abusive relationship. "But I love him".

My arms and hands are scarred to the point I joke that I was repairing my garbage disposal.

This is Sparky in the police car where he was found at the scene of a road rage shooting. After some questioning the police released him to my friend who works for ODOT and ended up on my lap.
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I would PM you, but I don't know how :( I have been feeding a feral and would like patricia92243 Oct 2022 #1
I've actually been wondering the same thing Siwsan Oct 2022 #2
Crush the pill, mix it into some of the food. In my house, I'd also add the ever irresistible Karadeniz Oct 2022 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Karadeniz Oct 2022 #13
When I have to give my cat medicine, wnylib Oct 2022 #15
Good morn, Siwsan... MiHale Oct 2022 #3
Progress! calimary Oct 2022 #4
Will do! Reinforcements arrive on Sunday Siwsan Oct 2022 #6
You're becoming a cat whisperer! MyMission Oct 2022 #5
Does Spooky live in the house with you? JohnnyRingo Oct 2022 #7
Spooky is totally feral Siwsan Oct 2022 #9
I wouldn't try moving an adult into the house JohnnyRingo Oct 2022 #14
+1 2naSalit Oct 2022 #21
Yea, the odds of socializing an adult feral to be an indoor cat are probably slim to none Siwsan Oct 2022 #25
I've forgotten which one is the matriarch of this feral clan. wnylib Oct 2022 #18
What a sweet, sweet baby. niyad Oct 2022 #20
Use the eye blink Roy Rolling Oct 2022 #8
"Use the eye blink" BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #11
I do, with all of my fur babies Siwsan Oct 2022 #26
I try to do that to them BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #34
Great suggestion! 2naSalit Oct 2022 #22
Yay! My wife & I love your kitty updates. CaptainTruth Oct 2022 #10
My husband could mimic Marthe48 Oct 2022 #16
I use that... 2naSalit Oct 2022 #24
You are so kind Marthe48 Oct 2022 #35
Thanks! 2naSalit Oct 2022 #37
"she MEOWED at me." BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #17
Ember is 7 years old this month and she wnylib Oct 2022 #23
My other sister who has a senior long hair tortie who I have taken care of BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #27
I had a cat several years ago who was wnylib Oct 2022 #31
LOL BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #33
All I needed to do was to say, "Is that right?" Or wnylib Oct 2022 #36
OMG to be a fly on the wall for that! BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #38
BTW, there is one vocalization that Ember does wnylib Oct 2022 #39
My sister's tuxie growled BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #40
Ember's growl at things outside the window wnylib Oct 2022 #41
I have seen my sister's tortie do that BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #42
Ember is a tortie, but I chalk her behavior up to wnylib Oct 2022 #43
Yup BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #44
Ember's mother was half Mau, an wnylib Oct 2022 #45
I know my sister's tuxie BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #46
Did the ginger and white cat end up with wnylib Oct 2022 #47
Just before I had moved BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #48
I was surprised that Ember remembered the coworker wnylib Oct 2022 #49
Madoc and Arthur meow for food. Gryff stays quiet Siwsan Oct 2022 #28
You are a cat whisperer! And yes, the calm, "It's okay" works well. niyad Oct 2022 #19
Well done!! 2naSalit Oct 2022 #29
I sit out on the back step Siwsan Oct 2022 #30
You've got it, then. 2naSalit Oct 2022 #32
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