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Well THIT!!! Thurthday! Just that much closer to the coveted weekend. Have a great one!
I'm headed back to Vegas later today. The movers and Salvation Army are going to be getting the stuff out of the Condo so I've got to be there Friday. Not exactly my idea of fun but I've got to do it.
I'm at a loss on Joey. With me he is very sweet and lovable but has a very dark side that makes him unpredictable. His testing showed that he doesn't have enough of any particular breed to be called THAT breed. He amounts to little more than a mutt but he has a build like I've never seen in a cat before. He has a broad very muscular chest & front legs & large feet. He is not a Maine Coon but he has dna markers from that general family. But, he also has markers from two other lines as well. The one thing they didn't find was Felis Rufus... Bobcat dna. So, I'm at square one in getting him figured out. It makes it a conundrum because I have to keep him isolated from the other inside cats for their safety and I don't think it would work to turn him back outside. That would probably cause a heap of problems for the outside cats and they're just as afraid of him as the indoor cats. I'm beginning to think I rescued a Tasmanian Devil that just vaguely resembles a cat.
My problem is that I'm not set up to provide him permanent isolation from the other cats. I've got to figure it out pretty soon before one of the cats gets seriously hurt. I really believe Joey could be very dangerous if he is left unsupervised. Because of that he might have to go to the hybrid rescue center in Sherwood. They are equipped to deal with that type of behavior but that would only happen as a last resort if I can't solve him.
Mr.Ed, Where did you keep Joey all this time? Was he in with all the others until recently? Did he hurt them at any time? Who supervises when you are not there?
Maybe his behavior was what caused someone to leave him in the 'wild'.
I didn't even know there was a hybrid rescue center, that's a good solution. Or you could be adding a room on to your house :0
Carol - When I took him in I isolated him in the cat room because of his pellet wounds. I kept him isolated after those wounds healed because of the reactions of the other cats and except for Joey, the herd has been allowed the roam of the entire house. For the safety of the group, I've allowed him out of isolation only when I was there to supervise. There have been too many skirmishes to keep track and Joey will actively STALK them individually and attack if given the chance. He has never drawn any blood but there have been a LOT of hair-pulling and screaming fits. I've thought about just letting the herd adjust itself as needed but my gut feeling is not good on that. I just don't know at this point how to deal with him. I can keep him locked up in isolation but that's like keeping him in a jail cell and it denies the other cats their play room. I'm running out of ideas and I'm not sure I want another cat room. I have plenty of space but I just don't want to go that way. Everybody just needs to get along together.
From the sound of it, I don't think everyone will get along. Its really stressful on the other cats to have to deal with Joey. Perhaps it would be best to give him to the shelter. You could visit him there.
Carol - I talked with the Rescue Center this morning and they can't take him because he is genetically just a domestic cross-breed. They offered a lot of suggestions including drugs. They think Joey's problem is that he was too far gone in the feral column to make him salvageable. They think the only reason I was able to handle him at the very first is because he had been shot and was considerably weakened. They're very interested in him but cannot take him. For better or worse he's my problem to solve. He would be a perfect fit in a house where he was the only cat but I have no idea how he might react to children. And, I'm not ready to just give up on him.
Good luck with little Joey. Some cats are just not tolerant of other cats. It may take time, but maybe with limited time together, and stretching the time out bit by bit he might come around. I have enough trouble getting pills down my dog. I don't want to think what it would take to pills down a cat.
Mariposa - Pills down a cat is easy if you push it as far down the throat as you can reach. It makes them gag and swallow.... job done!
I also use a product called "Greenies" & it comes in treat and pill pocket form for both cats & dogs. I don't know what's in them but stuffing a pill into part of one of the pill pockets is so easy and the cats practically swallow them whole. I've never had one pill spit out. I get the Greenies from my local feed supply store and from my Vet.
Giving liquids to a cat is simple with a syringe. Squirt it back far enough into their throat & they have to swallow it.
I'm not going to give up on Joey but I obviously have to change my thinking because what I'm doing simply isn't working. Maybe I need to let the fights happen & then break them up with a squirt-gun. That always works for other behavior modifications when needed.
Mr.Ed, I don't envy the work you have ahead of you with Joey. I think the squirt gun approach is a good one. They may begin to get along but boy it's going to take work.
I wish you knew someone willing to take him in.
Carol - Me too!
Damn! I hate flying! Yet here I am getting ready to do it again. I'm at PDX waiting for them to call my flight's boarding. I survived the TSA bullflop despite my intense desire to do them grievous bodily harm. I think I hate this hurry-up-and-wait crapola more than anything though. Oh well! Not too many more trips & I can wrap up Las Vegas.
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