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This is Cinder. I’m not a cat person. It’s taken months for us to get this close to each other.
She shows up for breakfast and dinner now (which I started providing for her?) and meows at me in the afternoon until I come to watch her roll.
I’m not sure how she’s doing this.
She shows up for breakfast and dinner now (which I started providing for her?) and meows at me in the afternoon until I come to watch her roll.
I’m not sure how she’s doing this.
Cinder came in for five whole minutes before snuggling onto our front mat to go to sleep. Shocked!
I waited a bit for her to change her mind before I said goodnight and shut the door. She wants to sleep nearby but feels she was inside quite enough for tonight, thankyouverymuch.
I waited a bit for her to change her mind before I said goodnight and shut the door. She wants to sleep nearby but feels she was inside quite enough for tonight, thankyouverymuch.
Cinder and I were inches apart last night. We hung out on the front step while she flopped around, making biscuit paws in my general direction and gingerly touched my hand TWICE. She ran away after each touch like, OMG SHE’S CORPOREAL WHAT but still spent the night near the door.
Cinder is now letting me pet her, but is no closer to wanting to be an indoor cat. Her concession is she will *let* us leave the front door open constantly and she’ll summon me to her with meowing for pets and then hiss/swat when she’s bored.
This is why I’m a dog person, ffs.
This is why I’m a dog person, ffs.
Cinder the indecisive porch cat wants to belong to us but not to our house. Inside is for losers.
Compromise: her toes will be inside, the rest of her outside, and bugs can come and go as they will through our perpetually open door. Sounds fair?
No, Cinder. It doesn’t. Ugh.
Compromise: her toes will be inside, the rest of her outside, and bugs can come and go as they will through our perpetually open door. Sounds fair?
No, Cinder. It doesn’t. Ugh.
Cinder update:
She is now napping inside. Sometimes.
When she feels like it.
IF we leave the door open so she can bolt.
The door HAS to stay open, even if she’s inside all day. The second it shuts, she whines to get out.
It’s progress, I guess. Dumb (adorable) progress.
She is now napping inside. Sometimes.
When she feels like it.
IF we leave the door open so she can bolt.
The door HAS to stay open, even if she’s inside all day. The second it shuts, she whines to get out.
It’s progress, I guess. Dumb (adorable) progress.
Cinder is now snuggling with us. She still prefers to leave at night, but her inside time is increasing. Yesterday she crawled into V’s lap and slept there for hours. She laid on my leg for hours the day before.
How did we go from being anti-cat to being adopted by this feral?
How did we go from being anti-cat to being adopted by this feral?
Cinder update! She’s been sleeping inside for a month. She leaves during the day to hunt in the forest. We were going to wait a month before attempting to keep her in all day.
#WAwildfires smoke changed that timetable though. This is day one of our feral being an all indoor cat.
#WAwildfires smoke changed that timetable though. This is day one of our feral being an all indoor cat.
CINDER HAS BEEN A HOUSE CAT FOR TWO WEEKS. She has stopped meowing for outside, has been snuggling with us, and has finally gotten into her toys (at first, she treated then with contempt since she’s a stone-cold mouse killer—a silly feather on a string was a bit beneath her.)
She even lets me hold her (briefly). We’re working on that—once she gets used to it, we’ll take her to the vet and then she’ll officially be ours (as much as a cat can truly be anyone’s.)
Still so weird that I’ve fallen for this cat. The pro cat people in my life are very smug.
Still so weird that I’ve fallen for this cat. The pro cat people in my life are very smug.
One month inside! We still haven’t taken Cinder to the vet but being inside’s been a big adjustment.
She’s sleeping through the night, snuggling, and playing. She was pretty disdainful of toys and treats at first—having been a spartan forest cat—but has now warmed up to both.
She’s sleeping through the night, snuggling, and playing. She was pretty disdainful of toys and treats at first—having been a spartan forest cat—but has now warmed up to both.
