aggressively affectionate stray cat
2022-Mar-21, Monday 10:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellowtiggerLast night, a stray cat was wailing loudly outdoors. I was under a blanket in front of the tv with my own cat, so I didn't respond right away. It was so persistent, though, that I finally got up to investigate. As soon as I opened my back door, this young cat dashed inside like it owned the place. He's a male ginger tabby, about half grown. My own cat was immediately hissy and ran away, while this one ran after her to investigate.
Even while rushing to eat food, this young guy kept running back to me to insist on hugging my neck with his arms and rubbing my face and chin. It refused to be out of my reach, so I slept downstairs in the chair last night, to avoid further bothering my cat by its presence. It doesn't seem the type to let a closed door defy its intentions. Here it is this morning, after a whole night of this same behavior. If this cat has covid, I am so very exposed right now.
It was very hungry although not starving. It knows no fear, exploring every space immediately. I've had to chase it and bring it back downstairs so it avoids pestering my own cat hiding upstairs. It doesn't behave like any stray cat I've met. It must belong to somebody? Last night, I already posted a found cat to NextDoor. Today, I'll continue posting at the other resources that AHS recommends. They were my former employer for 5 years, where I used to make my FurryFriday posts about animals that hadn't been adopted yet.
If my own employment status was reliable, I would just adopt it as my own right now (pending eventual approval by my current cat). I suspect I'll eventually have to surrender it to AHS for adoption. Sooner, if my own cat doesn't adjust. She hated the dog for 2 years straight and lost weight because of it, so I'm not putting her through that stress again. I've already opened the back door (it went outside only a moment before dashing back indoors) and the front door (where it meowed loudly at being left alone on the enclosed porch), but it wants to be indoors with me.
He's already decided that he lives here, but we don't yet concur. I've got a 2pm Thursday appointment with my vet to get it checked for microchip and test a stool sample for worms. I guess he's staying here at least that long.
I do not miss the kitten years. That part is already annoying.
Even while rushing to eat food, this young guy kept running back to me to insist on hugging my neck with his arms and rubbing my face and chin. It refused to be out of my reach, so I slept downstairs in the chair last night, to avoid further bothering my cat by its presence. It doesn't seem the type to let a closed door defy its intentions. Here it is this morning, after a whole night of this same behavior. If this cat has covid, I am so very exposed right now.
It was very hungry although not starving. It knows no fear, exploring every space immediately. I've had to chase it and bring it back downstairs so it avoids pestering my own cat hiding upstairs. It doesn't behave like any stray cat I've met. It must belong to somebody? Last night, I already posted a found cat to NextDoor. Today, I'll continue posting at the other resources that AHS recommends. They were my former employer for 5 years, where I used to make my FurryFriday posts about animals that hadn't been adopted yet.
If my own employment status was reliable, I would just adopt it as my own right now (pending eventual approval by my current cat). I suspect I'll eventually have to surrender it to AHS for adoption. Sooner, if my own cat doesn't adjust. She hated the dog for 2 years straight and lost weight because of it, so I'm not putting her through that stress again. I've already opened the back door (it went outside only a moment before dashing back indoors) and the front door (where it meowed loudly at being left alone on the enclosed porch), but it wants to be indoors with me.
He's already decided that he lives here, but we don't yet concur. I've got a 2pm Thursday appointment with my vet to get it checked for microchip and test a stool sample for worms. I guess he's staying here at least that long.
I do not miss the kitten years. That part is already annoying.