On 09/06/2012 11:49 PM, Kathy wrote:
Tibb, the cat that was lost for 10 days in FL, went to the rainbow
bridge about a month ago. Even friends said they still feel his presence
in our house. But I really wanted another to take his place. We spent a
day looking at 3 animal humane societies, and found a beautiful 1 year
old 7lb cat that had been brought in as a stray. He had no name so we
named him Leo. It is really a change going from a 17 yr. old to a 1 yr.
old. He looks like a miniature Maine coon cat. In the evening he comes
out to get petted, eat, etc. but during the day he hides. The hiding
bothers me a bit.

It is obvious that this was a well trained cat. We told the Humane
Society that if anyone comes in looking, give them our phone. I don't
want to take someone else's cat if they still want it. The man there
said that less than 5% ever come to claim a lost pet. That seems so
strange.


It's natural for a new cat to hide for a while. As he becomes more and
more comfortable, he'll spend less and less time hiding.

I got my Sammy from someone who worked for the same employer. He'd
wandered into her neighbourhood, and was annoying all the local cats, so
she and her neighbours started looking for someone to take him in. Like
you Leo, he clearly had had a good start in life and was familiar with
humans, in a good way. I wondered enough about it that I didn't take
these people's assurances that they'd tried to find his home, and called
the SPCA and the Humane Society myself. No one had been looking for a
black male cat at any of the usual animal places. My best guess was that
as he matured, he started wandering more and more, looking for adventure
and female cats, and his original family never missed him and never
bothered looking for him. I find that so bizarre.

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Cheryl