ESAU

SHORT HAIRED BRITISH TOM CAT

DOMESTICATED FERAL

BLACK AND WHITE

7.6Kg

APPROX 3 YEARS OLD

ADOPTED BY TOP PET SHOP IN AUGUST 2006.

 MOVED TO CHADWELL ST. MARY IN DECEMBER 2006 TO LIVE WITH SARAH AND MATT AND BOO THE DOG

ARRIVING AT 'THE FARM' IN LATE AUGUST 'O6 HE IS SHOWING SIGNS OF FEAR, SLIGHT MALNUTRITION, DULL COAT AND WEEPY EYES, HE IS VERY SUSPICIOUS OF ALL THINGS HUMAN AND VERY QUICK TO HISS AND GO DEFENSIVE AT THE SLIGHTEST NOISE OR QUICK MOVEMENT. ALSO NOTE HIS RIGHT HAND EAR HAS BEEN CLIPPED TO SHOW HIS NEUTERED STATUS.

TWO WEEKS ON AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HIS WEIGHT GAIN HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL, THIS IS DUE TO A GOOD VARIED DIET OF CAT BISCUITS, AND FRESH FOOD AND A LACK OF EXERCISE!  HIS COAT IS ON THE MEND, SHOWING GOOD PROGRESS DUE TO THE REGULAR KITZYME CONDITIONING TABLETS.  HIS EYE IS BEGINNING TO CLEAR WITH TLC, CLEANING OF THE GENERAL AREA TO REDUCE FURTHER IRRITATION  AND A CREAM FROM THE VETS.

NOW MORE CONFIDENT IN HIMSELF, HIS DEFENSIVE POSTURES HAVE ALREADY IN THIS SHORT TIME REDUCED TO ONLY THE MOST DIRECT THREATS.  UNFORTUNATELY THIS INCLUDES CLEANING THE CAGE AND CAT LITTER TRAYS AND WASHING HIS EYES!  NOTE HOW ALERT HIS EYES ARE AND HOW HE IS NOW HOLDING THE CAMERA AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE PICTURE TAKERS GAZE.

THESE PICTURES ARE TAKEN WITH THE DOG CRATE DOOR OPEN FOR CHANGING THE LITTER TRAY, LITTLE F.E. AND PUSKA ARE BEHIND THE BOX THAT ESAU IS IN. 

THE CRAMPED CONDITIONS OF KEEPING THE THREE FERALS IN THIS DOG CRATE WAS HEART BREAKING EVEN THOUGH IT MEASURED 42" X 36" X 48" BUT TOTALLY NECESSARY TO ACCLIMATISE THEM TO FRIENDLY HUMANS AND THEIR NEW HOME

WEEK 5-6

DESPITE THE REMOVAL OF THE NOW DESTROYED CARDBOARD BOXES, THE SUPPLYING OF LOVELY WICKER CAT BASKETS WITH CUSHIONS AND BLANKIES. THE ADDING OF A FREEZER BASKET, CABLE TIED TO THE TOP OF THE CAGE, WITH BLANKETS IN IT TO GIVE THE FERALS A SKY BED, ESAU DECIDES THAT THE BEST PLACE TO BE IS IN THE LITTER TRAY!

(NOTE THE CATNIP CUSHION ON HIS RIGHT, THEY LOVE THEM!)

HE WOULD ONLY MOVE IF SPOON FED SOME FOOD

HE WOULD STOP THE OTHER TWO FROM USING THE TRAY SO THAT IN THE END THEY USED ONE OF THE BASKETS!

THIS IN TURN MADE CLEANING VERY, VERY DIFFICULT!

"I'M NOT LOOKING SO YOU CAN'T SEE ME"

ESAU IS IGNORING ALL OF US BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT LITTER CLEANING TIME IS HERE, AND THAT THE MAGIC FOOD SPOON IS NOT BEING WAVED ABOUT!  NOTE THE VERY NICE WICKER BASKET THAT HE REFUSES TO USE! 

TIME FOR RELEASE INTO THE BIG BARN, AFTER SIX WEEKS OF THAT CAGE YOU WOULD OF THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN DYING TO GET OUT, THE DOORS WERE OPENED....  AND THEY ALL JUST SAT THERE FOR THE DAY!

WE HAD TO CARRY OUT SOME MINOR BUILDING WORK TO THE BARN DOOR TO INCORPORATE AN "AIR LOCK" STYLE SYSTEM, SO THAT WHEN WE ENTERED THE CATS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ESCAPE.

TO KEEP THEM AMUSED WE PLACED WITHIN THE BARN, TOYS THAT THEY WERE USED TO AND THE CLEO MONTANA SCRATCHER. 

ESAU BECAME ESPECIALLY ATTACHED TO HIS KATKABINS AND BECAME SO CONFIDENT HE WOULD NOT EVEN LEAVE IT WHEN WE ENTERED THE BARN

(FOOLISH HIM!  THIS IS HOW I FINALLY CAUGHT HIM FOR HIS JOURNEY TO HIS NEW HOME.)

THIS PICTURE SHOWS ESAU, ASLEEP AS USUAL IN HIS KATKABINS WITH PUSKA CHECKING ON THE FOOD SITUATION.  THE MONTANA IS JUST TO THE LEFT BEHIND PUSKA.

MORE PHOTO'S OF ESAU WILL FOLLOW IN NEXT MONTHS NEWS LETTER AND FIND OUT HOW HE TOOK TO LIVING IN A HOUSE, WITH A DOG!!!

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We would love to hear from you.

All the best for now.

Thanks for reading.

Sarah and Boo and Esau

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