Who comes tripping out of the shadows this morning to walk all over my shoes? Why Ms. Patience does and she is back! I sat down next to her and talked to her and told her that if I picked her up at all it would be to help her. I promised her that I wouldn’t put her in the house, a cage, a carrier- nothing. As much as I wanted her to be safe, I explained, I knew that her past experiences with being indoors was nothing but nasty.
She just let me talk(after all I am the crazy cat lady). Then she followed me slowly to the barn where I put her up on a table and cleaned her wound. It looks like she has been bitten. There is a bite mark on top of her right left paw and also underneath and a bit of a tear in the skin. Whoever had her didn’t want to let her go. I told her I hoped she got some good whaps in on her behalf.
She was so good and only cried once when I had to lance open the abscess and gdrain it. She growled but didn’t bite me and she allowed me to tend to her wounds. I followed with a dose of clinidrops and then she rolled over on her belly asking me to pet her! When I finished feeding everyone and went back in the house, I could hear her crying for me softly in the bushes and again my heart broke.
I will keep my word to her and not try to bring her in and get her socialized. I guess she is just destined to be our cat here outside the sanctuary.
Glory Bee’s owners never contacted me, so I wrote them a letter giving them a brief history of how she came to be here, and sent them some photos of her. I told them to please contact me if she was indeed their cat and I would bring her right over. I know they got the letter but there was no word back from them. So Glory is back with us and I will continue to find her a home where folks do care about this quirky calico kitty.
Thank goodness, Patience came back, and was full of trust in you. She may yet be socialised but it will be on her terms. If she cries for you, then she’ll want more time with you.
Yay
Patience knew you would help her. We just hope she has someplace safe to hide out while she recovers.
Once it gets a little warmer out, you might want to consider propping open a door when Patience is around. She might well find her way inside to you if she can do it on her terms. (that is how a couple of us wound up in here)
Sounds like Glory’s ‘owners’ either have problems of their own, or don’t want her back all that much after all.p[
Would Patience ever become a barn cat? At least she would be safe. Maybe you can someday get her into the enclosure part, she would be outside if she wanted, but again she would be safe.