LITTLE F.E.
BRITISH QUEEN
FERAL
BLACK AND WHITE
3.6Kg
APPROX 18 MONTHS OLD
ADOPTED BY TOP PET SHOP IN AUGUST 2006.
LIVING IN FERAL ALOOFNESS AT 'THE FARM' THOUGH NOT ALOOF ENOUGH TO IGNORE THE REGULAR FOOD SOURCE!
ARRIVING AT 'THE FARM' IN LATE AUGUST 'O6 WITH HER FELLOW CATS AS COMPANY, LITTLE F.E. WAS OF A HEALTHIER CONDITION, POSSABLY DUE TO HER AGE. HOWEVER SHE WAS THE SHYEST AND MOST FERAL OF THE THREE.
ANY CONTACT WITH HUMANS, US ENTERING THE BARN TO FEED AND CLEAN THEM WOULD SET HER OFF INTO ABSOLUTE TERROR. BURYING HERSELF BEHIND THE BIGGER CATS AND THE CARDBOARD HIDE.
TWO WEEKS ON AND LITTLE F.E. HAS IMPROVED SOME, BUT STILL HIDES BEHIND HER BELOVED PUSKA AND THE CARDBOARD HIDE.
ALTHOUGH SHE IS NOW TAKING A VERY KEEN INTEREST IN DINNER TIMES SHE STILL WILL NOT GO TOWARDS THE FOOD SOURCE WHILE WE ARE IN THE BARN. CONCERNED THAT HER NERVOUSNESS MAY INTERFERE WITH HER FEEDING AND THE HEALING OF HER OPERATION (ALL THE FERALS HAVE BEEN NEUTERED) WE TAKE TO FEEDING LITTLE F.E. A SEPARATE BOWL AWAY FROM THE OTHER TWO. ADDING M&C NOURISH-UM TO BOOST HER WEIGHT AND VITAMINS AND ENCOURAGE A SPEEDY RECOVERY.
MARK AND CHAPEL NOURISH-UM FOR CATS IS FULL OF ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY USEFUL TO YOUNG KITTENS AND SENIOR CATS.
WEEK 5-6
THE CARDBOARD HIDE HAS GONE AND IN PLACE THE THREE CATS NOW HAVE BASKETS. LITTLE F.E. IS ON TOP FORM, CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO EAT FROM ALL THE BOWLS, ASSERTING HER DOMINANCE AND TOLERATING THE HUMAN PRESENCE AT FEEDING TIME. CLEANING TIME IS STILL A FULL SCALE OPERATION THAT DISTRESSES BOTH LITTLE F.E. AND PUSKA. IN THE PHOTO TO THE RIGHT YOU CAN JUST MAKE OUT THE 'SKY BASKET' IN THE AIR THAT GAVE THE CATS AN EXTRA BOLT HOLE WHEN NEEDED AND JUST A LITTLE MORE LIVING SPACE.
WEEK 5-6
LITTLE F.E. HUNKERED DOWN SO AS NOT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO HERSELF. AND IN THE BACKGROUND YOU CAN JUST MAKE OUT PUSKA'S TAIL HANGING FROM THE SKY BASKET.
THE BARN
RELEASED INTO THE BARN, LITTLE F.E TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF HER SIZE AND DISTRUST FOR HUMANS BY HIDING STRAIGHT AWAY UNDER THE PALLETS AND NOT SHOWING HER FACE FOR TWO DAYS.
WITH THE OTHER TWO CATS AT LIBERTY AND FOOD LAID DOWN TWICE DAILY IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE LITTLE F.E SHOWED HER FACE IN PUBLIC AND STARTED TO TAKE OVER THE PLACE.
SHE STILL RETURNED TO THE DOG CAGE TO USE THE LITTER TRAY, IGNORING THE LITTER TRAY ON THE GROUND, AS WITH A LOT OF CATS SHE PREFERS TO BE HIGHER UP FOR SAFETY. WE JOKED THAT WE HAD A BOYS TOILET AND A LADIES TOILET AS THE OTHER TO PREFERRED TO USE THE GROUND BASED ONE.
LITTLE F.E AND PUSKA
LITTLE F.E NOW RULES PUSKA'S LIFE. HE HAS TO GIVE UP HIS POSITION AT THE FOOD AND WATER BOWLS AND HE HAS TO GIVE UP HIS BASKET FOR HER. JUST SHORTLY BEFORE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN PUSKA HAD BEEN ASLEEP IN THE BASKET, WHEN F.E CHASED HIM OUT! HOW DOES SHE HAVE SUCH A HOLD OVER HIM? I HEAR YOU SAY, WELL WE THINK...LOVE, AS OF AN EVENING THEY SNUGGLE, PLAY, AND GROOM TOGETHER, TOTALLY IGNORING POOR ESAU.
IN NEXT MONTHS NEWSLETTER, THE BIG RELEASE! WILL PUSKA BE STILL HER ONE AND ONLY? WHEN THE DOOR GETS OPENED WILL SHE BE GONE WITHOUT A BACKWARDS GLANCE? FIND OUT IN NEXT MONTHS TPS NEWS.
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Sarah and Boo and Esau
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