Marlowe

[poliphilo]

Marlowe is a stray, but he can't have been a stray for very long. He has no fear of people and- from the state of his teeth at the time of rescue- seems to have been used to eating sweet biscuits and the like. It would be nice to know his history but of course we never shall.

We don't own him,CHAT does; we're just his foster home.

We're keeping him in the kitchen for the time being. Our bosses at CHAT say he needs to be entirely familiar with the geography of his "base"- and know where his food bowl and his litter tray are- before he explores any further. This seems a little precious to us, but- hey- whatever.

Here's a picture...

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[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

Cats have 7 senses to our 5. On of the extra ones is that they have an internal homing device that takes up to 28 days to reset. This is why I tell people to keep their new kitties in the house for at least one full lunar cycle (not everyone listens, and, sometimes it's ok, and sometimes it isn't). Until he completes his reset, he will be compelled to return to his old home. However, once he is completely reset, then he will be compelled to stay where he is.

Yes, I know people who have kept their cat in the house for 3 days and it was fine. But then, there are those that do not listen and their cat runs off and is never seen again.

But it is this reset thing that the CHAT people are thinking about. They are trying to ensure that he doesn't get lost.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

His old home is a long way away. He's a London cat and he's now living in Kent...

We're not letting him out. And thus far he hasn't shown much of a wish to leave.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

Good, but don't let him lull you into complacency. I have had cats that have "not interest in leaving" suddenly bolt out of an open door when I least expected it.

Once outside, the poor guy was so terrified that he almost went completely feral before we could get him back in.

Cats are from another planet.