This is Wanders:
Wanders is eleven years old. She was being pestered by the cats in her other foster home, so she's come to hang out in my spare bedroom for a couple of weeks for some peace and quiet.
She is a sweet girl who purrs and talks. She is too thin, and needs to gain weight. I'm tempting her with everything I can think of.
Can you see what she's watching out the window?
Damn deer.
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Hi sweet kitty. Thanks for giving her a peaceful place to hang out. What about the tuna water drained off the can of tuna for tempting her? My son used to put his animals' medicine in that....only to chase the illin' one around the house long enough to come back and find the dish licked clean by others.
P.S. That deer is obviously trying to help you keep the grass short after your mowing complaints.
@ James P.:
They never do anything useful like trim grass...oh no, they eat deer-proof dahlias, hosta, lilies- but just the flowers right when they're ready to bloom- and nothing seems to keep them away permanently . I'm adding more ornamental grasses - that is the one thing they won't touch!
Kris
I didn't know that about deer and grass....I DO know it about grapes. My son spent years as a winemaker at a vineyard here in Virginia that had to resort to electric fences to protect its grape harvest from their deer friends.....And I remember that our Rocky had to resort to non-family-friendly words when her flowers were being eaten. HA....Ginny
It's bad enough that they eat all of my plants ... then they go and leave giant land-mine POOPS behind. Christ.
Ginny, I tried the tuna juice - no go. Although she did eat a little bit of cheese tonight ...
Evidently it is quite common for cats to stop eating when they are moved to a new home, but she is not a science experiment, and if she doesn't start eating within the next day, she will go back to the first foster home, where she might be stressed, but at least she will EAT. Priorities.
and Kris, I didn't know that the deer would leave the tall grasses alone - that's interesting!
NO!!! Don't make her go back there with the Ugly Stepsisters picking on her. New cats/dogs in our experience didn't eat in the new place for a couple of days anyway. Cream. Just a tablespoon of cream. Or, you should get down on the floor and demonstrate how good the cat chow is at your house by gagging some down.
Ginny, if you think I'm gonna eat cat food on purpose (I ate some accidentally once - long story), you're out of your mind. :)
I am pleased to report that Miss Wanders ate some Friskies Salmon & Beef canned food this morning.
And now she's stopped using the litterbox. *sigh*
I hope Ms. Wanders is doing better..
~*Connie*~, she's doing much better. Eating like a champ and even using the litterbox. *whew*
YESSSS!!!! Good on ya', Wonders!.......Ginny (And good on ya, Rocky, for hanging in there with her.)
Geez, Ginny, as it turns out I spoke too soon - When I got home last night, she had diarrhea-d all over the place (ewwwww), was refusing food, and had developed the scary "thousand-yard stare". I honestly thought I was gonna lose her, but by this morning she was doing much better again.
I think that girl is playing mind games with me.
Really sorry to hear that. Maybe she's sick....
The FC thinks she's stressed from the move. She was doing well again this morning, and no more diarrhea, so I'm just going to keep a close eye on her. If things go south again, she'll have to go to the v-e-t.
Who pays for the fosters to see the vet?
The FC (foster coordinator). The money comes from donations, adoption fees, and fundraisers, and very often out of her own pocket. I also try to help out financially when one of "my" fosters has to go to the vet.
Money is very tight with our rescue group, as with all rescues, but believe me, if we think a cat needs to go to the vet, it goes. Whether it wants to or not. :)
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