09/27/2024
This is Tigercat... named after my old Tigercat Skidder.
Tigercat was thrown over my fence Jan of 2023 with two other unfixed males. Pacer (here still, fixed and shots) and Magic Morrie (let out by my $%&!ing neighbor who came on my property without my permission to look for his own cat - and left my gate open!) Magic Morrie sadly was never to be seen again. Magic Morrie was the only semi-feral one of the three, and ended up very loving after he was fixed...so I pray he found someone to take him in.
Due to the fact that three unfixed males showed up in my yard on the same day at the end of January 2023 - right after I rescued Casper from euthanasia from GCAC...I can only assume whoever had the gall to do this believes I have all the time, money and energy in the world to take care of every cat on the planet - which I do not! (I may have all the love for every cat, but definitely do not have all the time, money and energy!)
Tigercat, from day one, has always been super scared, super skittish - and super trap savvy!
One day, I was putting pressure on him to go into a smaller enclosure to make it easier to tame him up and trap him. During the process, he shockingly scaled my fireplace and ended up on the roof of my house, ready to jump off into the front yard! I had got him up into the penitentiary...and was trying to herd him over towards the catio (where I was hoping to lock him in and have him in an area where I could tame him up enough to get him to the vet like Magic Morrie and Pacer. Tigercat had a different idea. He wasn't having no part of it. In complete shock, I watched him scale the fireplace to my house with ease. Quickly, I bolted out to the front yard, grabbed a hose and sprayed the roof...scaring him into jumping off the roof, and back into the open area of the cat proof fenced back yard.
After that, I had to cease trying to herd him - and just let him be.
That entire incident way back early 2023 blew his mind - and I've been trying to convince him I really am a very nice person ever since. After over 18 months of trying to get near him, yesterday, 8/25/2024 - a miracle happened.
Tigercat let me touch him for the very first time!!! I was able to touch his back!!! When he realized I was touching him, he ran about 20 feet away - but then stopped and glared at me...then all of a sudden, head butted the side of the building as if to say "Hey...I'm kind of, sort of trusting you...sort of...not a whole lot...but yeah...I'm kind of starting to like you a little."
Today, more progress. He let me scratch his head! He ran off after about a minute...repeating the same process as yesterday, head butting into the building.
I didn't have my camera either time...but I think if I did, he wouldn't have let me touch him anyway. Nonetheless, we are making progress!!!
Those head butts into the building wall after I touch him and continue to talk to him...I am convinced that somewhere inside of him is a total love bug.
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