Topic: I'm all nervous - ferals (Read 24831 times)

Hippykitty · « **Reply #127 on:** April 13, 2008, 09:45:13 AM »

They look so different. Squaw is in one of my vids and doesn't look like the same cat. Well done!

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #126 on:** April 12, 2008, 20:42:51 PM »

IT is wonderful when you see them in their new homes, all content, and knowing that their outcome could have been so different. It can be fulfilling, and I do wish it were like that every day!!

Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #125 on:** April 10, 2008, 18:40:18 PM »

The lady said she had some goods for us to sell at the forthcoming Spring Fair, so who delegated herself to go get them this afternoon.

They look every bit as beautiful as they do in the photos.

They are so big now!!

I think they will always be shy cats and Apache spent most of the time under the table, but Squaw came over to have a good sniff at me. There wasn't even a flicker of recognition in their eyes, but I'm not at all bothered by that. I did my bit for them and that's part of their past now. They are really happy where they are. A nice little garden to play in and a mum and dad who clearly are so proud of them. But I do have a kind of closure now that I've seen them again and that was missing before.

Isn't this rescue lark really fulfilling at times?

Wish it was like that every day.

Millys Mum · « **Reply #124 on:** April 10, 2008, 17:31:23 PM »

They look fantastic, you must be so proud

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #123 on:** April 10, 2008, 08:08:01 AM »

Aww, what a lovely update, it is wonderful when you get such a nice update on cats.

Bazsmum · « **Reply #122 on:** April 10, 2008, 02:47:12 AM »

>PB...they look so well.....so glad you got an update on this gorgeous pair!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #121 on:** April 09, 2008, 19:32:33 PM »

They are so stunning and you must be very proud

Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #120 on:** April 09, 2008, 19:30:11 PM »

Today I was forwarded a lovely letter and photos from Apache and Squaw's new Meowmy. She sounds a dedicated woman and has certainly done my first 2 feral rescues proud!

I am so emotional right now, I can bearly type. Don't they look stunning now!

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Why are cats so hard to photograph, they never seem to look as lovely as they are, anyway here are a couple of pictures of "Apache & Squaw " or Rosie & Dill. They have grown somewhat especially Dill. I know that Julie worked really hard with them and I hope that I have continued that work. After spending the first couple of weeks hiding they gradually started to explore the house and now are quite happy anywhere. I have just started to let them into the garden, not that they go very far but hopefully now the weather is improving and we can leave the door open they will decide its fun out there. The really surprising thing is that it is Rosie who has become the real lap cat, as soon as I sit down she is there, purring like a traction engine, this is the cat that scratched my hands to pieces the first time I met her. Dill is much more laid back, likes a fuss when he wants it and his tummy rubbed but as long as you feed him he is happy. Neither of them particularly like being picked up and anything noisy or unexpected spooks them but I guess they will always be like that. Julie, you did a terrific job.

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Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #119 on:** October 04, 2007, 22:17:23 PM »

Apache and Squaw have made it to the front page of Catchat.

They are going in to be neutered, chipped and vac'd tomorrow, and will be all official like proper grown up cats! I'm so proud!

No more pickey kittens in this house!

Hippykitty · « **Reply #118 on:** October 01, 2007, 14:09:43 PM »

They're gorgeous. If I wasn't already owned by two cats, I'd have them yesterday!!

Bazsmum · « **Reply #117 on:** September 30, 2007, 02:02:15 AM »

Well im in total shock yet again

Oh guess its a case of more fool them

Good Luck furbabies

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #116 on:** September 29, 2007, 11:21:20 AM »

How annoying, I do hope they find a good home soon.

blackcat · « **Reply #115 on:** September 29, 2007, 10:45:53 AM »

ah, the old, 'he will change his mind when he sees them' routine. Not fair on you. Not fair on the kitties. How annoying for you PB

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #114 on:** September 29, 2007, 10:43:07 AM »

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #113 on:** September 29, 2007, 10:34:28 AM »

Next time, I'm not going to say anything....

Apparently, the dozy

forgot to ask her husband if they could have 2 cats rather than the 1 agreed...

I'm hoping they will move on to another fosterer next week after they have been neutered and vac. Squaw is now such a little confident minx, she's perches herself on top of the hand basin and stares people out when they go to the loo. OH says he can't 'perform' with her watching him and has to go to the outside loo.

I'm really going to miss them, but I've now got other little souls needing the PB touch.

Bazsmum · « **Reply #112 on:** September 29, 2007, 01:03:55 AM »

Fingers crossed PB i really hope this is it

bless them as they have come on leaps & bounds and its all down to you......so give yourself a

(not sure of that piccie lol!) Good Luck to you all

Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #111 on:** September 29, 2007, 00:55:56 AM »

Ladies and Gents!

I want all fingers, toes and paws crossed for Apache and Squaw at 11am this morning.

Finally, a deadly serious and very keen sounding lady is coming to view them. She has teenage children, a rather soppy, daft alsation, a massive detached 4 bed house... and about two acres of grazing land at the back of her house for them to play in!

I've never wanted something so bad as they really are ready now. They've worked so hard and deserve their own home!

Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #110 on:** September 22, 2007, 01:10:08 AM »

I'm afraid not, Ruth.

Our rehoming has gone dead quiet. That, plus the combination of our CP being innundated with cats this week (I collected yet another pregnant girl and took her to a fosterer today), on top of the fact I'm about to start trapping the Chislet colony, means I've also caught the general malaise that's going around.

Apache and Squaw are doing really fine, though. They are perminantly out of the cage now and starting to come up to us. The rest of the time they like 'chilling' against the wall, or hunting flies. They've also 'killed' 4 catnip mice and my OH's favourite jumper.

We've got them on the Kent page of Top Cats in Catchat now. I really need to find somewhere else for them urgently. I'm about to get an avalance of kittens from this farm...

We should have a special rescue peeps Fun Day to get us all feeling good again!

Bazsmum · « **Reply #109 on:** September 22, 2007, 00:55:00 AM »

Any more suitable owner's for these two babes PB? Third time lucky if so

Bazsmum · « **Reply #108 on:** September 17, 2007, 13:49:37 PM »

Quote from: Pinkbear on September 16, 2007, 18:39:27 PM

Apache and Squaw are staying put til someone better comes along.

What is the matter with people these days???

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #107 on:** September 16, 2007, 18:43:03 PM »

I hate it when people do that, they dont seem to think of the fact we have a life and might have other things to do, and that we might have put ourselves out for them, and they dont even have the courtesy to call - it might not be too bad for those running shelters with open hours, but for those of us who do it in our homes, it is frustrating, but I try to think these things happen for a reason.

Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #106 on:** September 16, 2007, 18:39:27 PM »

The problem is, blackcat, I know they were going to the open day at Bredhurst shelter this afternoon before they were due at mine. I suspect they may have seen a cat or kittens they prefered there. It would have been nice to get a phone call, though.

They had better not be coming to us asking for a home check.

As you say... if they are that unreliable and thoughtless, Apache and Squaw are staying put til someone better comes along.

blackcat · « **Reply #105 on:** September 16, 2007, 18:29:37 PM »

If they are that unreliable, then its probably best the kitties stay right were they are!!

Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #104 on:** September 16, 2007, 18:06:13 PM »

Well, an hour late and no sign, nor even a call...

And I'd scrubbed their pen, cleaned the room and gave them a good brushing in the hope they were going to meet their new Meowmy and Daddy. They looked such a picture.

I wish I didn't take things so personally.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #103 on:** September 16, 2007, 10:30:32 AM »

Fingers crossed for this afternoon.

Bazsmum · « **Reply #102 on:** September 15, 2007, 22:40:51 PM »

Good Luck you gorgeous furbabes......i do hope this will be your forever home

>PB...you are so brave to let them go.......room for the next one's i suppose

Have to say i admire all you folks who do what you do for the puddy's

Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #101 on:** September 15, 2007, 22:37:29 PM »

Well, they are being visited my a prospective new family on Sunday afternoon, after being spotted on Catchat.

I'm a little bit nervous as I want the visit to go well, but I also want the people to be fully aware of the help Apache and Squaw are going to need.

Fingers crossed!

Bazsmum · « **Reply #100 on:** September 11, 2007, 13:31:50 PM »

A little bit of patience and effort and these two will be the purfect furbabes......

I am glad they never went to them ppl....how indecisive they were

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Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #99 on:** September 11, 2007, 10:28:18 AM »

Thanks, HK, but the odds of someone local enough and serious enough wanting a pair of ex ferals without first looking on rescue sites are pretty remote.

Sharon our rehoming officer (canterbury cats) has now put them on Catchat. She's really good at finding ace homes so I'm sure it won't be long.

I was just cross that someone can behave like that. She and her BF have decided to up sticks and move to somewhere up north because of their jobs. I only found out after I prodded them a week and a half after they said for sure they were taking the kittens - what would have happened if we'd given them a bunch of true ferals as they first said wanted? That's if anything she said was actually the truth....

Hippykitty · « **Reply #98 on:** September 11, 2007, 09:54:58 AM »

So sorry about this. At least Squaw is famous. Do you want me to put a note with the youtube vid (though I'm not sure you'd find the kind of home you want through there)? Good luck.

Bazsmum · « **Reply #97 on:** September 10, 2007, 21:04:21 PM »

< I wish

Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #96 on:** September 10, 2007, 09:39:35 AM »

After faffing me around for 4 weeks, the woman from the stables has now written to say it's a definate NO.

So... these babies will be going on Catchat later today or tomorrow. They are still under socialised and will need time and patience, but....

Anyone want a pair of kittens?

Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #95 on:** August 31, 2007, 19:31:27 PM »

Quote from: Hippykitty on August 31, 2007, 19:19:56 PM

Pinkbear, just in case you don't read my thread: can I pinch the picture of Squaw drinking milk, please? It goes well with the song.
Thanks.

Cerpinkly!

Hippykitty · « **Reply #94 on:** August 31, 2007, 19:19:56 PM »

Pinkbear, just in case you don't read my thread: can I pinch the picture of Squaw drinking milk, please? It goes well with the song.
Thanks.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #93 on:** August 31, 2007, 08:09:57 AM »

Ah right - when I was taming down a kitten, I had her in a pen initially, then transferred her into the cat room, where she came on really well, she would hide, but as long as you laid down on the floor, she was happy to come and cuddle with you.

Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #92 on:** August 30, 2007, 16:06:46 PM »

I did have a spare room but it's full of kitten stuff, now...

I've just spent the most glorious 10 minutes snugging Squaw into my neck. And I got one of those extra special high pitched squeeky purrs - you know the ones.

The odd thing is that next time she may not be in the mood and I'll get a hiss and a spag instead. I shall never figure cats out...

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #91 on:** August 30, 2007, 08:06:44 AM »

Do you happen to have a spare room?

Bazsmum · « **Reply #90 on:** August 29, 2007, 22:09:23 PM »

:Luv

beautiful

Pinkbear (Julie) · « **Reply #89 on:** August 29, 2007, 14:56:10 PM »

Bazsmum · « **Reply #88 on:** August 29, 2007, 13:31:52 PM »

When you let them out of the pen to play.....i'd take the pen out of the room so they can learn confidence away from the cage

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