Cat update
Apr. 12th, 2007 09:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So I have someone possibly interested in taking in Àine coming by Monday. And I've caught the other stray. He is, according the vet, male, about a year old, negative for all the nasty diseases, although positive for fleas, a little malnourished, but not too badly, and generally a pretty healthy cat, for a stray.
He is also more feral than I originally thought. He's like Siobhán, I think. They're smart, they no when it's senseless to beat themselves up against a cage door, and so we think they're more ok with our presence than they really are, which you find out very quickly first time you stick your hand in there (no I didn't get bitten or scratched, I learned my lesson with Siobhán). Jury's still out on whether or not I'll actually attempt to socialise him or just do snip and release. For now, he's got his own little cage to stay in and we'll see how he reacts after awhile. The vet said to give him a few weeks and then come and get him fixed so I'll keep him in between and if I haven't made significant progress by snipping time I might just let him go and keep feeding him outside.
He is also more feral than I originally thought. He's like Siobhán, I think. They're smart, they no when it's senseless to beat themselves up against a cage door, and so we think they're more ok with our presence than they really are, which you find out very quickly first time you stick your hand in there (no I didn't get bitten or scratched, I learned my lesson with Siobhán). Jury's still out on whether or not I'll actually attempt to socialise him or just do snip and release. For now, he's got his own little cage to stay in and we'll see how he reacts after awhile. The vet said to give him a few weeks and then come and get him fixed so I'll keep him in between and if I haven't made significant progress by snipping time I might just let him go and keep feeding him outside.