okay, help with stray cat please.

[Cooler Then Jesus]

i got a stray cat/kitten, well, old kitten. and it i have been feeding it for weeks, it lives in my backyard. put up signs, asked everybody, it is no ones cat, finally when i bring it inside, it starts whineing like crazy, it wants to go out side, it is sitting in my window sill, meowing like it is mad. what should i do?

Cooler Then Jesus Reviewed by Cooler Then Jesus on 08-10-2006. okay, help with stray cat please. i got a stray cat/kitten, well, old kitten. and it i have been feeding it for weeks, it lives in my backyard. put up signs, asked everybody, it is no ones cat, finally when i bring it inside, it starts whineing like crazy, it wants to go out side, it is sitting in my window sill, meowing like it is mad. what should i do? Rating: 5

[Cooler Then Jesus]

okay, it stopped meowing, and is now sitting on my lap, but its moving, and giving me the "hey i got somewhere to go pal!" kinda treatment, and now it is meowing again but less. okay, its walking over to the, wtf, where did this thing go now. ah, under the bed. wtf am i gunna do? i want to keep it. parents ok`d me keeping it too it is really skinny too, and i have been feeding it, and it is looking healthier, i will get a picture

[birdgirl73]

He's just accustomed to being outside, it sounds like. If you keep feeding him and being sweet to him, he'll get used to being inside.

When kitties of any size first come into strange houses, they're real nervous and they just have to pace and meow and explore everything till they smell all the unfamiliar smells and scope out the territory. They stay sort of low to the ground and sniff everything and creep around. It sometimes takes them a few days to calm down. He'll be especially nervous if he's been accustomed to being outside 100% of the time.

Keep feeding him and just give him the freedom to explore so he can know where he is and know he's safe. He'll calm down. Take him to the vet as soon as you can to make sure he's disease-free and has the vaccinations he needs.

[lagstronaut]

He's just accustomed to being outside, it sounds like. If you keep feeding him and being sweet to him, he'll get used to being inside.

When kitties of any size first come into strange houses, they're real nervous and they just have to pace and meow and explore everything till they smell all the unfamiliar smells and scope out the territory. They stay sort of low to the ground and sniff everything and creep around. It sometimes takes them a few days to calm down. He'll be especially nervous if he's been accustomed to being outside 100% of the time.

Keep feeding him and just give him the freedom to explore so he can know where he is and know he's safe. He'll calm down. Take him to the vet as soon as you can to make sure he's disease-free and has the vaccinations he needs.

I just read your other post giving advice to the guy hallucinating whenever he's on his computer, and i just read this post, and damn, you give really good advice!

[birdgirl73]

I need to shut up more, to be honest. But thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoy reading me.

I won't get to be online nearly as much as I am right now starting next Monday, when I start school. So I'm playing a lot and getting as much talking in till my life gets taken away. . .

[Cooler Then Jesus]

yeah she always does, lol, i knew she was an animal person from her other posts too. i just gave him some food, and some water, he ate and drank, but is still pacing the window sill and my room meowing, just like birdgirl said. the kitten/cat sucks on its own tail ALL the time, maybe it wants milk? here are pictures of it. dont let the pictures or my above post deceive you though, it is a playful cute little kitten.

[birdgirl73]

Can't tell too much about how he looks, but he does appear charming! He looks fairly big. Is he a full-grown kitty?

[Cooler Then Jesus]

hey birdgirl, turns out it is a girl kittie, i name dit little wing, or nana, i dont know. also, should i put a collar on it now? or should i wait, i am taking it to the vet tommoroww, and i let it roam around my moms room and hallway, then it went right back to my room as soon as my other kitty started meowing, but my other kitty is a harmless kitty just like this one, and neither of them are fighters from what i can tell. and i am most definatley NOT getting it declawd. it is NOT a full grown, or even CLOSE, it is almost kitten like, but a little bigger. the vet might be able to tell.

edit, she seems just to be really scared of my dog. whose collar she can hear like a mile away, every time i hear my dogs collar move, the cat jumps, its afraid to explore the rest of my house, and was sleeping on my moniter but my dog is right outside my door,so now wshe is meowing to get outside and go to her hiding spot.

[birdgirl73]

It's a girl!!! Yeah, the vet'll be able to make an educated guess on her age. If you're not going to let her outside, you don't really need to put a collar on her tonight while she's adjusting. And a collar might make her more nervous tonight. Let the vet recommend what to do. After you get home tomorrow, you can put a collar on her with the vet's vaccination tag to identify her, or if you want to spend a little more money, you can also get her microchipped with a little under-the-skin ID tag. Good for you for not declawing. My two indoor cats aren't declawed, and they just love to scratch on these rope-covered posts we have everywhere.

Do you have a litter box easily available to her? Sometimes part of why they creep around and meow is they're looking for the bathroom. It'll help to show her her box and maybe set her in it. She'll go use it as soon as she can to sort of start establishing herself in her new place. Do you have plenty of water out for her, too? How exciting to have a new baby! Another fellow board member here, The Figment, just brought a new one into his home last night.

[shoi]

I need to shut up more, to be honest. But thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoy reading me.

I won't get to be online nearly as much as I am right now starting next Monday, when I start school. So I'm playing a lot and getting as much talking in till my life gets taken away. . .

o no thats terrible

but i no ur excited for school