Two Cats in my Garden
By Jian Shuo Wang on 2004-11-04 20:02 · CatsI saw the two cats in my garden again. Poor little pets! The winter came and they don’t have a place to stay. They were very cold in the morning wind. I guess they are abandoned since I frequently saw them in my garden. Wendy took picture (I, II) of them last month, when it was pretty warm.
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Above: The baby cat hide under its month’s body to keep warm.
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Above: I gave them some cookie and they enjoyed it very much.
Later, I setup a temp home for them with a big box. After I arrived home, I found the two little cats have settled down in the paper box. It is by any means better than nothing. The boxes protected them from cold winter wind.
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Homeless cats are usually less picky than a well fed cat. I just wanted to emphized that sweets are big no-no's. Chocolate can be fatal =( If you have any scraps from preparing dinner like meat or fish you can always give those. Don't forget water ;)
Thanks everyone. They seem to be famous cats now. I hope one day, when I settle down everything (their new wood home, their finally agreement to settle down in my garden....), I can put a camera broadcasting the happy life of the two cats.
Go to Lotus or any other big mall and buy some good dry cat food.
Take care that other cats cannot eat your cats food, as you will have many more "friends" in a short while.
See how to care for them at : http://www.thepetprofessor.com/secArticles/cat/links.asp
My family and I have always believed that when cats/dogs come to your home by themselves, it will bring you good luck especially when you return in kindness by deed to them. There is a Buddhist saying:- "Probably in your past life, they must have helped you before, which is why now, in turn, you have an opportunity to help them back." However, if you are a Christian, please do not take offense at this sentence. I am just trying to highlight that you are doing a very kind and compassionate deed :-)
However, if you have decided to include Huahua and mummy as part of your family nucleus, the food you feed is important. The best as what Carsten said is dry cat food because I used to have a cat and we fed him rice plus chicken and fish for many years. After about 10yrs, we realised that the lack of certain nutrients in the diet caused him to have health problems. Aftr consulting a vet, we switched to proper cat food in can form (as it was softer and more suitable for an older cat with medical problems) and that helped him relief most of the health problems trememdously.
Cats are very loving and intelligent animals. If they used to be strays whereby they have experienced hunger and bad treatment from strangers before. They will know how to appreciate your kind gestures. They will bring lots of joy and laughter into your family as you get to know them better.
Wishing Wendy and you lots of fun and joy in caring for them !
Lotus :-)
I went to the supermarket to read the labels for the dry catfoods and cans, basically they use leftover products or byproducts of the grain and meat processing industry, a mixture of many things which then makes the foods multinutritional. I was disappointed for not being able to extract more concrete information.
I feel domestic animals lead a harder life in China than in many countries, a lot of the older generation do not have respects for animal lives. All animals are treated as property and not a life.
I saw a few thin and hungry cats in SH recently. I hope pet owners will also take the resposibility of nutering their pets, so they can not breed in the wild and cause lots of newborn lives to suffer.
i hope the cats are still doing fine , i have a 5 year old cat and have had 2 kittens 6 months old for a week now they where gotton from a farm and are semi feral so fingers crossed they do fine , i hope yours do as well good luck to you and wendy love and hugs cheryl from scotland. xxxxxxxx
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