Sonic wrote:The orange/white one is Mugen,
How did I not know you had a cat named Mugen??? lol 
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Nov. 24, 2011 12:58 a.m. gamby SuperDork
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Dec. 20, 2011 9:53 a.m. BoxheadTim SuperDork
Quick update - he's been living on our porch since he decided to adopt us so when we got the call from the shelter that they had a space for him we politely declined.
Even with the cold nighttime temperatures he seems to be doing OK, so he's got an appointment with the vet on Friday and I'll see if I can build him a better shelter that keeps him warmer at night.
Yeah, both me and my wife have "sucker" written on our foreheads in feline.
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Dec. 20, 2011 12:17 p.m. Xceler8x SuperDork
BoxheadTim wrote:
Yeah, both me and my wife have "sucker" written on our foreheads in feline.
Join the club ma'man. All my pets are strays.
Some ideas for outside or feral cat housing, feeding.
Some other ideas like this one:
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Dec. 20, 2011 12:31 p.m. z31maniac SuperDork
Glad you kept him.
I think we are going to adopt a 2nd cat this or next week. I'm worried that our current cat (he was adopted, but has had the house/us to himself for 3 years) will not be happy about it!
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Dec. 20, 2011 12:35 p.m. N Sperlo SuperDork
In reply to z31maniac:
They'll fight it out for a day or two, then make up and cuddle. Unless its a kitten. The older one will protest until they have secured their dominance before making sure the little one is safe and healthy. My boy, Shadow, kept Sunny under my bed for a day for safe keeping. She was two weeks old. He was two years old.
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Dec. 20, 2011 12:37 p.m. Klayfish HalfDork
If you decided you don't want to keep him long term, have you tried putting a CL ad up? Really. There's a very large farm across the street from our house. There are a couple of cats that live there, they belong to the lady who cares for the horses. The week that Hurricane Irene came, the female cat had a litter of 5 kittens. My kids instantly started caring for them, etc...and were begging us to have one. We already have a cat and are happy with just one. Even worse, the kittens started to try to come to our house when they heard the kids outside...we live on a busy roadway and were afraid they'd get hit by a car. I put a CL ad up for free kittens. We got 3 of them adopted by loving families within 2 weeks. The lady who owned the mother cat found homes for the remaining two.
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Dec. 20, 2011 12:41 p.m. EastCoastMojo SuperDork
Whenever I am introducing a new member to the fold, I will bring the new fellow in in a crate and let everyone sniff each other through the holes. Then I find a quiet room for the newcomer to explore without confrontations. They sniff at each other under the door a bunch, but usually not much growling. Once the newby's body language is showing that they are curious but not overwhelmed by everything, then I let one cat at a time come in for a visit.
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Dec. 20, 2011 12:55 p.m. Taiden Dork
Our cat was born under a junked truck on a farm in Maine. My uncle used to visit a friend who was a neighbor to the farm. In the spring the kittens would roll over to the friends house and play with the children. One of them took to my uncle, and since winter was coming, he decided to get her registered and vaccinated.
This cat lives with us now, and she is tough as a box of cut nails. Personality bigger than the world, big bushy tail a la Maine coon.
And strangely enough, she's the only cat I've never been allergic to.
