Pets - General

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Sachita

Cats are very smart and survivors. Once a cat adapts to the wild its very hard to take them out of that environment. Although I am allergic to cats I have a few rescues that were once feral kittens. If kittens are found and the mother missing we will bring them in, however an adult cat is captured for spay or neutering then released back to the area they were captured.

I knew a young couple whose cat somehow got out of their apartment. They went crazy looking for her, you have no idea the lengths they went to. Anyway, the girl finally came upon the cat about 3 weeks after the cat had left, in this field/wooded kind of area behind the couple's apartment complex. The cat came up to the girl, but wouldn't get too close. She then ran off. The next day the same thing happened. Day three, the cat got close enough that the girl was able to pick her up. The cat freaked out trying to get away from the girl. However, there was no way in hell the girl was going to let her cat go after losing her for 3 weeks, even though the cat started scratching the hell out of her. The boyfriend actually heard the girlfriend screaming for him and by the time he got to her, the girlfriend actually had to go to the hospital for stitches b/c the cat tore her up so bad.

The point is, the cat became feral within 3 weeks. She eventually got back to normal after they brought her back into the apartment, but hell. 3 weeks and this happens? Amazing.