Luring kittens

One of the things we like to do is leave the inner doors open, so our cats can look outside.  The outer door at the main entry has a window almost all the way to the bottom, at the perfect height for them to sit and look out.  The step outside, however, is lower than the floor, so the cats outside have to make more effort to look in.

As I walked past this morning, I heard DahBoy making some noise at the door.  He was batting at the bottom of the window, where I could just see the top of a head and front paws of another tuxedo, batting back!  :-D

Seeing this, I decided to grab some cat treats and see if I could convince some kittens to come close.

With the rain we’ve had lately, my usual places to sit are on the damp side, so I opened up the sun room, leaving a trail of treats, to see if any would come in.

Of the kittens that did come out, all but one of them eventually came into the sun room!

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Doom Guy, the tuxedo, was quick to go inside, though he was not willing to let me pet him today.  While I saw the bigger orange tabby around, only the teeny tabby stuck around.  Only one of the calico-tories showed up.

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This is the closest Rosencrantz or Gildenstern has come near me in ages!

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Corvo, the grey, came in, but was more about checking things out than having treats.

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He was the only one to actually start climbing around, going up onto my dad’s chair.  It’s a rocker, so I’m a bit surprised he’d go onto something that moves.  He also started to push his way into the cube shelf, knocking out a spare insect zapping racket in the process, and scaring himself out of the room! :-D

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Even the teeny tabby came in, but not much farther than the doorway.

I’ve left the outside doors to the sun room open for now.  There were still treats on the floor, and I figure my not being there would let the shier kittens have more of a chance to get some.

I want to snuggle them so much!

:-D

The Re-Farmer

3 thoughts on “Luring kittens

  1. Have you ever watched “My Cat From Hell”? At first I was kind of put off, but he has some interesting ideas about cats and I’ve grown to ignore the drama (ugh) and learn some things about the importance of play and that cats are very territorial.
    We have a big, as in long legs and tail, orange tabby named George that my husband picked out at the shelter, already spayed, chipped and declawed (I guess his former owner had to do this for some reason). He is the mellowest cat I have ever met and we love him to death.

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    • I’ve never heard of “My Cat From Hell” before. I’ll have to look it up. Thanks!

      Odd about the shelter cat. The shelters (here, at least) spay and neuter the adoptees, if they aren’t already, these days. I think some chip as well, but on request. But declawing? That’s extremely unusual, and lost of vets flat out won’t do it anymore.

      I’ve always been a dog person, but cats have won me over in their own special way. <3

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