First- since this is not the kind of topic that we specialize in here- if anyone k ows a credible source for handling stray or feral cats, please direct me. A forum would be nice. I'm posting here because there is nothing but conflicting information out there and I trust that the educated folks here wouldn't direct me to yahoo answers or anything that loony :smile: Cutest thing, a sweet little meek cat was waiting or me at my door today- in fact, it had curled up in the corner and was looking right at home. It stared at me beggingly and cried and then tried to force its way inside. I gave it some chicken and water, but it didn't touch either and still wanted to come inside. I bought some cat food and kitty litter, in case it was domesticated and was in need of some relief. It didn't touch either and still wanted to get inside. Whenever I picked up some food in my hand, it would race to me and smell it, only to leave it untouched and rub itself on me. What the heck! It wasn't acting aggressively so I let it inside. It wandered all around like it was looking for something, but never settled on anything it found interesting. I tried to give it more food, water, pet it a bit and gave it some privacy to consider relieving itself in the litter I set out. No go. It just kept looking at me and crying. I gently forced it out, because it is acting strange and I don't want it attacking me in my sleep. When I did so, using a broom, it really, REALLY wanted to stay inside. Mind you, the door to my apartment leads to an indoor hallway, so it's not trying to get out from the cold, and it doesn't want anything I offer it, but still wants to specifically spend time in MY apartment as opposed to any of my hundreds of neighbors. My only two thoughts are that it may be dying or pregnant and looking for a place to settle down and do either- but it looks healthy and doesn't have a baby bulge. It has a feminine face, but I'm too afraid to examine a strange cat to find out for sure. What the heck is up with this little, possibly possessed cutie? Any experts out there in DI-land?
Update: It relieved itself when I wasn't looking and has now touched the cat food, eating a portion of it. It has food, water, litter and my doormat to lay on, but it still wants to come inside.
It's fine in the hallway with food, water and cat litter for now. I don't want to take it until I can be sure it's not rabid. It is acting weird and I'd rather it not become possessed overnight and decide that my face is an appropriate outlet for releasing its psychotic aggression. I need more info, but I can't find anything from other websites that describes feline behavior similar to the one I'm currently keeping track of.
Its owner found it and picked it up. She actually burst into tears. I don't know how long the cat was gone for, nor why in the world it wanted to enter my apartment, but at least all is well and nobody's face got torn apart :smile:
I had a similar situation many years ago. Turned out the cat lived in the apt directly below me and had somehow gotten on the wrong floor.
(Sigh.) Silly animals - heading for the people who will be hard-pressed to feed them, for years! :jester: Johann
:haha: Ted :haha: RAM :haha: Johann :haha: I have big plans for the rest of my life. No Ph.D for me- unless you know of a free program in either Applied Sixpackabology or in Domestic Beerbrewetics. I'll keep my DI friends updated, but I'm currently working towards professional certification in a field outside of my current line of work, picking up a potentially lucrative skilled trade (as a hobby, but a skill to keep in my back pocket), and adding some languages to my repertoire. If I can't keep myself employed with all of that- then we are ALL doomed. Plus AUTiger00 promises that if I ever need a hand, he give me the 15% of his income that he usually throws out after blowing his nose in (he refused to give me the 25% he feeds to his papervorous fish). Then there's my personal life. You don't need to know the details, but I most certainly have one. No, really- I do! :yup:
Maybe you could ask John Bear which university gave doctorates in adorableness and defrosting. They'd probably issue doctorates in applied sixpackabology and domestic beerbrewetics.
