I gotta be honest, it was weird not having a bevy of cats in the spare bedroom downstairs for a week. With the Tabby Twins and Miss Sass now at their forever homes, it was time to head back up to The Woods and scoop up a few more.
Fortunately, these three proved just as easy to finagle into a cat carrier as the last three. I had L help me out by meeting me at the abandoned cabin and coaxing everyone out with food. While distracted by the delicious morsels, I was able to scoop up the orange tabby (aka Samwise), the tortie (aka Fiona) and another black kitty (aka Blaze).
Off to my own cabin they went, where I fed them and started getting them settled.
While they almost immediately took to life in my cabin - and were very appreciative of being out of the elements and with an unlimited supply of food and affection - not unlike the first group of fosters, these guys initially had a rough patch with using the litter box.
I guess I always presumed that cats naturally gravitate to using a litter box. To find poo on the carpet (in multiple places) was kind of freaking me out, to be honest. Would they be adoptable? Would my carpet survive this onslaught?
Answer: yes and yes.
Fortunately, when I got them back to my home in Maryland, once they had access to clean litter boxes and settled down a bit, they all started using the litter boxes on the regular. Granted, I feel like my full time job these days is cleaning litter boxes but the good news is that pooing outside the box came to an end pretty fast.
I guess I always presumed that cats naturally gravitate to using a litter box. To find poo on the carpet (in multiple places) was kind of freaking me out, to be honest. Would they be adoptable? Would my carpet survive this onslaught?
Answer: yes and yes.
Fortunately, when I got them back to my home in Maryland, once they had access to clean litter boxes and settled down a bit, they all started using the litter boxes on the regular. Granted, I feel like my full time job these days is cleaning litter boxes but the good news is that pooing outside the box came to an end pretty fast.
I think the main culprit was this cutie:
I even went so far as to buy a black light to inspect for any mystery pees and luckily, I found none. But a tip if you are totally a clean freak like me, it will highlight all the places in your bathroom where you missed a spot...or twenty!
Fiona and Samwise were regular poo-in-the-box'ers. Blaze took a bit longer to come around. I also had to keep reminding myself that they were all full of parasites and worms and such (bleh!) so even if they wanted to be good kitties, their back ends might now allow for it.
The good news is that this three pack all got along great! While Miss Sass tolerated the Tabby Twins, she wasn't a huge fan of them, and I felt like the twin girls actively avoided her because of it.
These three were all complacent after their rescue and enjoy each other company.
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