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Peace reigns!
Dec. 16th, 2014 09:42 amThis might look too violent to be "peace," except that just prior to this tussle, Simon had been strolling through the house chirping "come and get me" calls to Helix. Last night, there was even tentative ear licking.
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The house has been loaded with pheromones. Simon is wearing a pheromone collar, I have sprayed down everything with spray pheromones, and I have a pheromone aerosol running in an outlet. It has had another, unintended, but incredibly welcome effect.
This is Whisper. She's a feral cat that let herself into my apartment about 10 years ago now. She hasn't ever been interested in me touching her and we have a rodeo anytime I need to. She has been mostly out of sight for the last 3 or more months, choosing to stay hidden in the garage. With Helix's entry to the house, she has started coming in and mostly she has made a little niche for herself on the piano (by knocking everything off so she has room, of course). Last night, she was meowing piteously as she wandered around the house. I talked to her gently and sat near her but didn't attempt to get too close. She likes to sit in the tub and last night I had to clean the tub out because the bloody flea dirt was all over the bottom. I figured she must be miserable so I resolved to do what it takes to get her flea treated again. This morning, I picked up the treatment and walked to where she was sitting on the piano. She watched me cautiously but didn't move. I reached out to touch her and SHE LET ME. I stroked her while I struggled with the ampule for the flea treatment and she started to PURR. I think most of the flea treatment ended up on me but I stroked her trying to get what was on my hands onto her skin but she has a really thick coat. I have no idea how effective it will be. Her skin feels terrible. She's covered in dermatits, probably from scratching. After stroking her for about two minutes I walked away thinking she'd probably run but she stayed put. I grabbed a little comb and walked back to run it over her to try to remove some of the loose detrius. I even managed to get some matts out. She let me and continued to purr. I decided not to push it too much and let her alone after another minute or two. She was still sitting on the piano when I left the house. YEAY for progress! I can hope this will continue to work and I can work on doctoring her gently. Maybe we'll build a rapport yet.
( See more pictures )The house has been loaded with pheromones. Simon is wearing a pheromone collar, I have sprayed down everything with spray pheromones, and I have a pheromone aerosol running in an outlet. It has had another, unintended, but incredibly welcome effect.
This is Whisper. She's a feral cat that let herself into my apartment about 10 years ago now. She hasn't ever been interested in me touching her and we have a rodeo anytime I need to. She has been mostly out of sight for the last 3 or more months, choosing to stay hidden in the garage. With Helix's entry to the house, she has started coming in and mostly she has made a little niche for herself on the piano (by knocking everything off so she has room, of course). Last night, she was meowing piteously as she wandered around the house. I talked to her gently and sat near her but didn't attempt to get too close. She likes to sit in the tub and last night I had to clean the tub out because the bloody flea dirt was all over the bottom. I figured she must be miserable so I resolved to do what it takes to get her flea treated again. This morning, I picked up the treatment and walked to where she was sitting on the piano. She watched me cautiously but didn't move. I reached out to touch her and SHE LET ME. I stroked her while I struggled with the ampule for the flea treatment and she started to PURR. I think most of the flea treatment ended up on me but I stroked her trying to get what was on my hands onto her skin but she has a really thick coat. I have no idea how effective it will be. Her skin feels terrible. She's covered in dermatits, probably from scratching. After stroking her for about two minutes I walked away thinking she'd probably run but she stayed put. I grabbed a little comb and walked back to run it over her to try to remove some of the loose detrius. I even managed to get some matts out. She let me and continued to purr. I decided not to push it too much and let her alone after another minute or two. She was still sitting on the piano when I left the house. YEAY for progress! I can hope this will continue to work and I can work on doctoring her gently. Maybe we'll build a rapport yet.
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