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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 654490" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>My little Sissy cat was not rescued from a shelter, more from my back yard. She was a ferral cat that my old neighbor used to put food out for but then the neighbor's husband passed away and she decided to move to be closer to her daughter so I started putting food out for the kitty.</p><p> </p><p>I would put food out for her every morning on the back patio. It took about 3 months before she would let me pet her, I was so excited. In Sept. of that first year we fed her, my husband was concerned about the upcoming winter so he built a little house for her, it had a heater and I lined it with sheep skin. We weren't sure if she would go in it. The next morning I opened the patio door to put her bowl of food out and she crawled out of her little house. She was quite cozy in that little house. It took a little over a year before I could get her to come into our house and when she would she would stay right by the door but she would let me love on her.</p><p> </p><p>A couple of years ago we were concerned about her having to spend another winter outside even though she had her cozy warm house so in early fall we started having her stay in our house for longer periods of time. I put a blanket on one end of couch and would put her on it and just pet her and before too long when she would come in the house she would go right to her blanket. Then came litter box training, that was tricky. I would drop her in the litter box and she would bolt!! Thank God for Google. I found info on how to litter box train a ferral cat, you start with dirt then slowly add in kitty litter. It took about a month to make the full transition to kitty litter.</p><p> </p><p>Sissy has been "domesticated" going on three years now. She is the sweetest little thing. She sleeps on her blanket on the couch and has never clawed at the furniture. It has been a pure joy to have her.</p><p> </p><p>We have a large field behind our house and she loves to hunt for mice and chipmunks which she will proudly drop on the patio with that look of "see what I brought you"</p><p> </p><p>(My old neighbor had "trapped" her in her garage so she could have a safe place to have her kittens, she found homes for the kittens then had Sissy fixed)</p><p> </p><p>Love that little cat!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 654490, member: 18516"] My little Sissy cat was not rescued from a shelter, more from my back yard. She was a ferral cat that my old neighbor used to put food out for but then the neighbor's husband passed away and she decided to move to be closer to her daughter so I started putting food out for the kitty. I would put food out for her every morning on the back patio. It took about 3 months before she would let me pet her, I was so excited. In Sept. of that first year we fed her, my husband was concerned about the upcoming winter so he built a little house for her, it had a heater and I lined it with sheep skin. We weren't sure if she would go in it. The next morning I opened the patio door to put her bowl of food out and she crawled out of her little house. She was quite cozy in that little house. It took a little over a year before I could get her to come into our house and when she would she would stay right by the door but she would let me love on her. A couple of years ago we were concerned about her having to spend another winter outside even though she had her cozy warm house so in early fall we started having her stay in our house for longer periods of time. I put a blanket on one end of couch and would put her on it and just pet her and before too long when she would come in the house she would go right to her blanket. Then came litter box training, that was tricky. I would drop her in the litter box and she would bolt!! Thank God for Google. I found info on how to litter box train a ferral cat, you start with dirt then slowly add in kitty litter. It took about a month to make the full transition to kitty litter. Sissy has been "domesticated" going on three years now. She is the sweetest little thing. She sleeps on her blanket on the couch and has never clawed at the furniture. It has been a pure joy to have her. We have a large field behind our house and she loves to hunt for mice and chipmunks which she will proudly drop on the patio with that look of "see what I brought you" (My old neighbor had "trapped" her in her garage so she could have a safe place to have her kittens, she found homes for the kittens then had Sissy fixed) Love that little cat!!! [/QUOTE]
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