tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post4966349880543295729..comments2024-02-15T04:42:41.606+00:00Comments on James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] Cat updateJames Annanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-46159953777150928392015-03-12T21:55:55.329+00:002015-03-12T21:55:55.329+00:00Bravo.
And as an old cat fart, so to speak -- I...Bravo. <br /><br />And as an old cat fart, so to speak -- I hope you'll encourage the new folks to come and quietly sit and read in some corner for an hour or two, as many days as convenient.<br /><br />To whatever extent you can do that, then Riley will learn they're part of his dominion, even before he gets moved. <br /><br />And that chin-scratch scent-wiping thing? This is where it's powerfully reassuring -- taking his scent home with them on their hands, or on some convenient bits of toweling, will tell him, when he gets there, that he's lived there all along. <br /><br />That can make the next move be from one part of his world to another rather than a break and a loss and a new unfamiliar place.<br /><br />If it's convenient for you all.Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-72725037286611194462015-03-11T18:18:28.987+00:002015-03-11T18:18:28.987+00:00count your blessings:
http://basicinstructions.net...count your blessings:<br />http://basicinstructions.net/storage/2015-03-10-barfpoop.gifHank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-64684293309856062462015-03-06T17:57:57.080+00:002015-03-06T17:57:57.080+00:00I hope the shelter is helping you by posting this ...I hope the shelter is helping you by posting this cat's availability; if you have a color printer, post pictures there. Best luck with this.<br /><br />> hands<br /><br />Oh yeah, any tiny kitten that got "wrestled with" by someone learns to roll over and claw at the huge hand. And you end up with an adult cat that can rip your skin off. I learned to just completely freeze if I reach to pet a cat and it rolls over and starts to wrestle and very, very slowly remove my hand from the cat's reach -- and not let it happen again. Distraction with a puppet or doll sometimes works.<br /><br />One of my friends successfully introduced two mutually hostile cats, after weeks of hissing and spitting, by rubbing both of them with "junk stinky" perfume -- she said they started frantically licking the smelly stuff off themselves, ended up licking each other, and settled in nicely.<br /><br />Without that tactic, I've introduced new cats repeatedly by first allowing separate litter and food spots and waiting it out. Typically, a few weeks of hissing and A chasing B with B fleeing in panic; then one day B chases A through the house, and after that they're friendly.Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-38246099028734985622015-03-05T07:02:46.069+00:002015-03-05T07:02:46.069+00:00What a handsome fellow!
There's only one way ...What a handsome fellow!<br /><br />There's only one way this can end.Steve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.com