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#2525163 18-Jul-2020 13:17

This is Douglas.

He’s featured in these pages before. He turned 16.5 this week. Yes, we are celebrating half birthdays now as we just don’t know how many more full birthdays we’ll get together. At his ages he spends ~20hrs a day in this position.

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#2525181 18-Jul-2020 14:01

FineWine:
With toileting Tuffy has been used to toileting outside and probably in hidden spots so when you think he is ready let him out. Plus because of the diarrhoea, well, when you gotta go, you gotta go. He now knows he is onto a good thing so will return. We still have a litter tray in the garage for night time use but that is used very rarely now.

+1 on this, although I realise it's a bit late. Feral cats are used to using their poop to mark their range, either buried or exposed as required. Domestic cats see themselves as subordinate to humans, so they bury it in the litter box. You've got a feral who isn't subordinate to you, so you need to leave him to go outside and dispose of it as required. It also saves having to deal with the litter box all the time, ours virtually never gets used by our ex-feral rescue kitty.

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#2525194 18-Jul-2020 14:36

Things have moved on quite a bit since the above. After a couple days of no more diarrhoea, Tuffy was delighted to discover his litter box and has used it religiously ever since. He actually seems to enjoy being able to have a normal dump, with all the ritual burying that goes with that.

He can hardly be described as feral anymore, or even a bit wild. His play is as destructive as any kitten's, but he is ... well, a pussycat. Loves to be petted and groomed, loves to wrestle, loves to run around in circles. I just introduced him to the resident male and that went well. They sniffed each other and went their own way. Nothing feral there, except he keeps stealing the other cat's food.

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#2525270 18-Jul-2020 16:44

Rikkitic:

Things have moved on quite a bit since the above. After a couple days of no more diarrhoea, Tuffy was delighted to discover his litter box and has used it religiously ever since. He actually seems to enjoy being able to have a normal dump, with all the ritual burying that goes with that.

He can hardly be described as feral anymore, or even a bit wild. His play is as destructive as any kitten's, but he is ... well, a pussycat. Loves to be petted and groomed, loves to wrestle, loves to run around in circles. I just introduced him to the resident male and that went well. They sniffed each other and went their own way. Nothing feral there, except he keeps stealing the other cat's food.

Our runt (Spica) still keeps doing that. Mother nature knows the survival instinct. We now place her sisters (Chela) food up on top of the chest freezer as Spica is not really a jumping cat, more a scrambling with claws climbing type cat. As off today she is now 490gms heavier than her sister not bad for a runt who was 400gm lighter than her sister when we adopted them.

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#2525271 18-Jul-2020 16:49

FineWine:
Our runt (Spica) still keeps doing that. Mother nature knows the survival instinct.

You could also try changing the food, see if you can find something that one likes but the other doesn't. This can also help with the all-too-common ex-feral trait of wolfing (catting?) down everything in the bowl in about 30 seconds rather than eating it slowly since it'll still be there in an hour's time. Ours will gulp down raw meat, on the few occasions she gets it, as quickly as possibly and then typically hork it up again shortly afterwards to be consumed later. For everything else, particularly crap dried food, she takes her time and grazes over a period of an hour or two. So it could be just a case of finding the right food for behaviour change.

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#2525935 20-Jul-2020 10:28

Ok - Bueller time!

This is him on day one of quarantine, the day after we got him:

This is him last weekend!

Serious pine cone business with a friend

He can now get on the bed and if he is super sneaky about it and doesn't wake the cats, he can have a nap with them which makes him very happy.

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#2525960 20-Jul-2020 11:20

Time for a Boston flupdate...

He settled in really quickly, and has clicked into place as part of the family. He's still doing the puppy bitey nippy thing, but less and less as we remind him that we'd rather he didn't.

He has his first session at puppy school tonight, and I'm sure he will be rapt to meet a bunch of other dogs. He is a very friendly and sociable beastie.

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#2525967 20-Jul-2020 12:00

I am not a dog person but this one is quite cute. He could almost be a fluffy cat!

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#2525990 20-Jul-2020 12:57

Wary as I am about contributing to a thread that positively encourages the gratuitous posting of kitteh pictures, here's our one...

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#2525992 20-Jul-2020 13:02

Finally, I've captured a good photo of her. She will be six months old this Thurs:

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#2526007 20-Jul-2020 13:48

Our two (rescued kittens), about 9 months old now:

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#2526011 20-Jul-2020 13:52

Kraven:
Our two (rescued kittens), about 9 months old now:

Are they siblings, or just two rescues who get along really well?

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#2526019 20-Jul-2020 14:20

neb:
Kraven:

Our two (rescued kittens), about 9 months old now:

Are they siblings, or just two rescues who get along really well?

We're lead to believe they are, although I guess it's hard to be 100% sure with trapped strays. They really do enjoy each other's company though!

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#2526021 20-Jul-2020 14:23

Kraven:
We're lead to believe they are, although I guess it's hard to be 100% sure with trapped strays. They really do enjoy each other's company though!

That's really lucky, there's a big difference between "tolerate each other's presence" and "snuggle up to each other".

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#2526024 20-Jul-2020 14:27

'Sharing'

There was a cat in his other bed too, poor boy.

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