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Mark Edwards - 05 Jul 2004 02:37 GMT
Well, the big fluffy cat has decided that "Here, kitty, kitty" means
him too.

I stepped outside to call for Buster (in the vain hope that he would
come in before the third call). Almost immediately, the big yellow
fluffy cat runs up, and sits pretty about six feet away from me, to
let me know that he is ready for supper.

In fact, Fluffy has started doing this on a regular basis. He will
just show up, strike a pretty kitty glamor pose, and wait until I look
out the window.

Now, Little Feet and Buster don't like Fluffy, and I have had to pick
up Buster in the middle of a yowling fit to keep him from getting in a
fight with Fluffy (last time, Buster gave me a small nip to let me
know he was displeased with my interruption - grin), but I'm not going
to let a cat who comes to my door go hungry.

Fluffy always steps back about three more feet when I come out. If I
try to sweet talk him, he pays close attention, but all attempts to
show him that my hand is empty, and that I am a nice person, make him
wary. So I always end up telling him what a pretty cat he is, then
going back inside.

As soon as I step away from the food, he chows down.

Poor thing has scratches all over his face, obviously from fighting,
but he is a very svelte cat.

Hugs and Purrs,
Mark
Richard - 05 Jul 2004 12:13 GMT
Some people said things, and then:-
Mark Edwards added

>Fluffy always steps back about three more feet when I come out. If I
>try to sweet talk him, he pays close attention, but all attempts to
>show him that my hand is empty, and that I am a nice person, make him
>wary. So I always end up telling him what a pretty cat he is, then
>going back inside.

One thing you could try is to do the "slow eye blink".  It's cat speak
for "I'm not going to pick a fight, I'm no threat."

Watch Fluffy and he 'should' do it back.  If he doesn't, blink again.

I have some semi-feral cats visit regularly.  I call them semi-feral
because they live almost wild in stables though they are fed and watered
by the horse owner.  They like to drink out of my bathtub pond and even
raid the house to clean up Sally's food dish.  Anyway, the point is that
if I step outside and see one, or more, of these cats in the garden
they'll get set to run.  If I slow eye blink they'll stay put for a
while until I get too close and if I do get too close they'll just walk
away.  Without the blink they vanish in about a second.

HTH

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Kreisleriana - 05 Jul 2004 16:14 GMT
>Some people said things, and then:-
>Mark Edwards added
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>Watch Fluffy and he 'should' do it back.  If he doesn't, blink again.

Another thing is just to act nonchalant, and don't look at him too
much.  Look away a lot.  Unless they are really socialized, they don't
want you to look at them, and will skedaddle away.  If it's a somewhat
friendly, normally curious cat, and you just stay still and don't look
directly at him, he'll probably mosey up to you and take a sniff.  If
he is still scared, let him get used to seeing you, but still don't
act too interested in him.

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Steve Touchstone - 05 Jul 2004 18:04 GMT
>Another thing is just to act nonchalant, and don't look at him too
>much.  Look away a lot.  Unless they are really socialized, they don't
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>he is still scared, let him get used to seeing you, but still don't
>act too interested in him.
Sounds a lot like the way I got Rocky to accept me. He was feral when
I first started feeding him, and for the longest time all I saw was
him disappearing over the fence. After a few months he was at the
point Fluffy is now, and would watch me put out food, but not approach
until I went back inside. Then for a couple more months, I would sit
in a lawn chair a few yards away while he came to eat. All together it
was probably a year after I started feeding him before I actually
touched him. Doesn't sound like it will take nearly that long with
Fluffy, since Rocky was a 6-8 year feral when I started.
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