Moo ha ha.. Lucy, one of the four kittens on the main floor, is very responsive to people and breaks into purrs after a minute of petting.
The other night I transferred the kittens to a medium-sized closet, equipped with litterbox, food, water and large cat carrier. That's a story in itself. Basically, my feral cat notes (provided by a friend) have suggested that this is a much better way to socialize them then leaving them in a huge living room to hide under furniture (Plan A).
So I've moved them in and now I can reach in and pet Lucy in the missing of a bundle of hissing kittendom. Lo and behold - this morning after a couple of minutes of this both leader kitty (as yet unnamed) and Nero started sniffing at my hand wondering why their sibling wasn't terrified by me.
First positive movement I've seen in a week.
I'm very hopeful now that all four can get socialized properly and moved on to foster homes before I head out on vacation at the end of the month.
Posted by artandscience at August 11, 2006 07:11 AM