Nemo is leaving tomorrow on a trial run with a great Salem family. I very much hope it works out, because they're great people. They'll have to work at it some, since he's shy at first to new people.
They know this and want to try and I'm sure up for that. I am crossing my fingers he adjusts.
My friend Keni, Poppa's president, took one of her rescues, who seemed depressed there, all the way to her mother, down in southern Cal. Only the kitty became ill and did not snap out of it, and her mother's vet thinks she has underlying cardiomyopathy. She may have already passed.
This is killing Keni, and her mother, and me to even think of the sorrow both are going through. It's not easy, rescuing cats. There are so many conditions they can get that you'll never see or know about, or be able to find out they have unless you're like a millionaire.
Bless you, all you little people out there trying to save the world. There are plenty who just look away or make money off various ills of society. Kind hearts coupled with action oriented bodies are hard to come by. Complainers, arm chair quarterbacks--they're everywhere.
Nemo gets a shot at a home tomorrow. Won't be easy on him. He's settled in. Nope, will be very hard on him for weeks, but if they persist, have patience, and he adjusts, he'll be better off.
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I don't know if this helps, and you probably already know this, but in my experience with timid, or wild, kittens I talk to them ALOT. I go about my business normally, but always acknowledge their presence. Eventually, and for a couple of the really wild ones, it took months.
Now though, both of them are right at the top of loving (and 'pick up-able') cats I have. Patience is the key and knowing just when to touch- mine I touched only briefly and as soon as they wanted to bolt - I stopped. Sometimes when the opportunity to touch was there, I would only talk. It seems to work for me to build the level of trust they need.
The downside for me though, is that they don't like anyone else and outside, to anyone but me, they still behave as if they're wild.
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