The Cat Thread

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Fazi and Zeus are still best friends--and getting bigger all the time (they are 8 and 7 months old, respectively). Still a bit rambunctious, too, but it's getting better. They are as adorable and sweet as can be, but I still desperately miss Lucy and Ethel.

Please remind me, which one is which?

And sweet to see them snuggled up together. 

PD

[Bachtoven]

Please remind me, which one is which?

And sweet to see them snuggled up together. 

PD

Zeus is on the left--the tuxedo kitty.

[drogulus]

    Kony is scared of people.

   

    Also, Kona has his fathers eyes.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Kony is scared of people.

   

Well, I don't know how many people were there, but from my experience, cats tend to hide away when there's a lot of people/noise/commotion.  Every cat is different in terms of how comfortable it feels around folks--particularly strangers.

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

PD

[drogulus]

    There's something maybe just a little obscene about this.

[Karl Henning]

The new downstairs neighbors have a cat, who (perched at the bottom of a front window) just gave me the feline eye.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

The new downstairs neighbors have a cat, who (perched at the bottom of a front window) just gave me the feline eye.

Smile back and slowly blink your eyes a few times (after saying a kind, gentle and friendly hello.  Talk to it a bit.).  See how the cat reacts.  Does it blink back?

PD

[Karl Henning]

Smile back and slowly blink your eyes a few times (after saying a kind, gentle and friendly hello.  Talk to it a bit.).  See how the cat reacts.  Does it blink back?

PD

I did address the cat, it remained inscrutable. 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I did address the cat, it remained inscrutable.

Give it some time.  And don't give up.  Keep talking to it in a friendly way and try the blinks--seriously.

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Give it some time.  And don't give up.  Keep talking to it in a friendly way and try the blinks--seriously.

PD

Remember, too, that the cat is trying to adjust to its new surroundings--which can be very hard for them as from what I've read over the years is that they're very territorial.  Like anyone, change can be awkward/hard as in it's still trying to figure things out--let alone new persons and/or animals.

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Remember, too, that the cat is trying to adjust to its new surroundings--which can be very hard for them as from what I've read over the years is that they're very territorial.  Like anyone, change can be awkward/hard as in it's still trying to figure things out--let alone new persons and/or animals.

PD

Edit:  It might also have new "owners"...another source of stress.  And I hope that you and your new neighbors get along well.    And one other tip.  If/when you do meet the cat, don't try and pat it on the head.  Let it smell you (as in like a fist gently extended forward for the cat to sniff), see how it reacts and then  possibly try a scratch under the chin and see how it goes.  Go slow.  Don't rush things.

[JBS]

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[drogulus]

    A Squeakster in Paradise

[Pohjolas Daughter]

From way back when: 

PD

[Bachtoven]

So much for being a dignified kitty!

[Bachtoven]

[Pohjolas Daughter]