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Posted on 10/06/2005 11:13:24 AM PDT by green pastures
There is some more info at:
http://www.freewebs.com/k9rescueandreferral/tonyasstory.htm
but it can be a little hard to read (formatting/spelling/etc)-- still worth it to see all the things that worked together to get to this reunion!
A good one for your ping list.
Nice story! Thx for the ping, HairOfTheDog!
I have never had good luck introducing another cat into a house that already has a cat, but I did have a good experience with our old orange Tom (neutered) and a lost kitten that was here for a few days awhile ago... so I became hopeful that he might accept a kitten, maybe better than adopting an another adult cat.
Though there was a certain amount of friction....
At other times he seemed almost maternal.
They'd be indoor/outdoor on our little farm, but encouraged to spend time in the barn, where the mice are, once they grow up.
If we have a choice, would you suggest that two females might be better than trying to bring in another male? Or does it make a difference?
Thanks its always nice to read of a happy ending
There was another reunion on FOX. That dog had been taken to California!! So far, that shelter has had 8 reunions of pets with their owners.
Continued in post 6, with cute pix.
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I once had 4 cats. Two of those have died. I had two males and two females. Now I have a male and female. The female is several years older and is considered mentally ill by the vet. She always has been. Anyway, this male cat has taken her over and he even bathes her. They sleep in a heap together on the beds or couches.
On the other hand, my late female cat hated this female. They fought all of the time. One of the male cats took care of the mentally ill cat before he died. That is when the remaining male cat took care of her.
I would suggest that you have a male and female. Both neutered of course. ;)
My ole Cartman doesn't really think he needs help mousing ;~D He's half blind, but he still can bring 'em home!
He's a 21 pound cat with claws.... so I'd worry about a lot of damage if he decided to reject them, but I'm hopeful after the way he treated that little refugee kitten when she was here.
Sorry - no help here. I don't have any cats, but I do have a terrier that is one helluva mouser!! I stopped counting the number of mice he's nailed once it got past 50! Mouse hunting in the yard is one of his favorite past-times! lol
Wow - that's quite a kitty!
FWIW, when I brought Deimos home, Zia sulked for a couple days, but then they became buddies. For all her aloofness, Zia likes having someone to wrassle with.
My Dal-brador Gidget is pretty good too... She tries hard.... but she's too big to get into the tight spaces, so she loses them when they run under things.
Damn these stories make me cry. Glad this one ended happy.
I just want to go down there so bad and help rescue animals.
What a cat!!! I once had a three legged cat who was an excellent mouser. He hated it when I would take them away from him. They always caused him some digestive problems.
You can see his blindness in that pic... his lens is completely clouded over on one eye, and the creepy part is it moves around his eye. It doesn't seem to cause him discomfort though... so I've opted not to remove it. They'd take the whole eye out if it needed surgery, and that was a lot of $$$. I figured I'd wait and see if/when it caused him a problem.
omg, GREAT PIX!
I've often thought that one would make a good zot pic.
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