In Memory of Pets

Well,

Tom has been in our private Kitty Hospital for about 5 days now.

He is NOT a very happy chappy..... :?

Although he gets the best quality specialised formulated yummy cat milk and cat food (Wet & Dry) - He wants OUT!!!!!! :(

He has been very sweet in that he could easily lash out adn cause enourmous harm with his claws and fangs, but he would NEVER even think of that..... he does hiss and hide his face at times.... and he obviously very frightened.... even so, he does let me pet and stroke him at times if he can get beyond his fear.....but he is still very nervous during this and that makes me very sad as I would like for him to relax....perhaps my wanting to tame him down and care for him in my home is just not meant to be.......

We are rying to proof the yard from escape but some of the adjoining fences are only about 1 metre (About 3 feet hig) adn this means that escape is absolutely possible as the fixtures of the property near these boundaries are fixed adn a leap over obstacles is not too difficult for cats (sigh!!!)

I will just have to care for my boy the best that I can - in every way I can for as long as he will let me.... perhaps this is a lesson I have to learn.... patience and no control of a situation that is out of my domain.....

Anyway - his medication is finished in two days and I willl see what I can do from there - pray for rapid progress of my boy? His body is as healed as it can be for now.... he will always have a bad hip and it will get more arthritic over time - but I will continue to add all of the anti oxidident and anti arthitic natural suppliments to their diets - hopefully that will help!

Anyway....

Give a little prayer of "relaxation and loss of fear' for my white boy please?

Thanks,

Kerry

Kerry

Don't give up on taming Tom down yet.

It took me months to really get Shadow's confidence, but once it was accomplished, he was the perfect housecat. He always came when he was called, he followed me around the house like a little dog, and loved to get in my lap and get a hug. He was a grown up cat, too--possibly as old as 7 or 8 before anyone ever got near enough to touch him, and yet he seemed perfectly happy to be an indoor kitty.

It's hard for Tom to let go of a lifetime of fear and mistrust. He's already come a long way and I think he will come to trust you more and more. Give it a little more time--it just takes a while.

Do you have a quiet room in your house where he could have his own hideout for a month or so? That might be a good next step after the cage, rather than just turning him loose. That way you could come and visit him (and he'd be safe), but he could still have his alone time. I kept Shad in the back room of my walk out basement for a month or so. I would go in to see him several times a day and just sit quietly and talk to him. At first, he was too frightened to come out from behind the furnace, but pretty soon, he would come out for me. Eventually, he graduated to the rest of the house with the other cats.

If Shad could learn to be a tame cat, I'm sure your Tom can make it! Keep us posted.

Tripleransom/Louise

HI,

Thanks for your thoughts - but I also need your prayers!



He really is a lovely boy and I have been looking after him for about a year now.... at least he knew to come to me when he needed safety, shelter and food.... if only he would accept my love..... but I will persist!

I now intend to release him into my backyard - when the time comes - it has fences that I may be able to secure - plus I will take one fo the houses from the front of the house to the back - so he has a lovely hidey hole & Shelter....

I need to catch 2 other cats from this little colony too.... I fear that they are already in advanced stages of pregnancy adn I want to take care of them too.... I am running out of room!

I tell you though - I am creating areas that I hope will be kitty proof and safe adn that they can live and feel safe and looked after all of their lives..........

To be clear - I just don't want my white boy to be too stressed and upset and I fear that he is......

I am still trying but I need him to be well, nad not suffer and my overriding fear is that he isn't going to get better if he can't move around more due to being paralysed with fear...

Oh dear - I will persevere - but it is Tom who will call the shots in reality!

Take care!

Kerry

Kerry,

Of course, I'm praying that you and Tom can work it out...I'm just never sure how much good my prayers will do!


Tripleransom/Louise

im praying for your sweet dear tom,and tonite i will light a candle for him,for a speedy recovery,but i truly do believe when you get tom home,he will be more relaxed,hospitals are stressful,i think before you know it you two will be inseperable
God bless
missing my babies,tricia

i just lit a virtual candle for tom,if you would like to check it out its under tmh.us
www.gratefullness.org/candles/candles.cfm1=eng
hope the link works
tricia

oops that didnt work,
www.gratefulness.org/candles/enter.cfm?1=eng

Hi Kerry,

I join the rest of our friends here and will pray and light a candle for Tom as well. We have an animal communicator that lives here in our building, if you can send to me a picture of Tom, I can get her to communicate with him and perhaps we can find out what is bugging Tom and she will have some solutions for us. Anyhow, I join all in prayer:

Dear God,

Pls send lots of calm and soothing light to Tom, he is one of your creatures and he is meant to be here on earth for awhile. Please let Tom know he is surrounded by love and healing energy. Amen,"

Mary

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Mary Quinn

Oh dear!

Firstly, Tom is now doing well.

He was in a special hospital unit that I had created for him in our home, he was treated very well, and very lovingly.... but Tom wanted his FREEDOM.... he started looking depressed and even though he was even tempered and never ever struck out - he would hiss and show his sadness in his posture.

Part of the hospital had an 'igloo' - a cube shaped, fabric covered, foam cat house with a hole for access, he would stay in there all the time and not roam about - other than to eat, drink or use the kitty litter.

It would break my heart that he would occasssionaly sit upon and thereby accidently crush his igloo and then would cower and jam his head down onto it - desperately trying to hide (when we would come out to be with him)...... his pupils would blow out and he would start to pant a bit.... I knew that even though he would calm a little when I would stroke him (Only allowed as he ate) that he was actually getting into a bad emotional state. (even with the herbs and suchlike - he was stressed)

I brought over a friends who has much more experience of cat rescue (She once ran a no kill shelter and had over 120 charges at one point!)

She watched him for a while (And had been helping me to monitor him previously) and her answer was - 'let him go, he is too distressed and upset and still too wild to tame down inside a house!' (Sigh)

reluctantly - but knowing she was right - we took him outside - I had set up a kennel with his Igloo, dishes of food, his cat milk etc... we then released him near the little mothers who are part of his pride - and bad hip & all - he took off like a shot (His hip must have healed quite a bit when he was with me!)

I will let you know when he comes back to eat and how I go with the outdoor taming down process.... so we (He & I) still need those prayers!

I still love my Tom, I just hope he comes back to the only home I can offer (apart from my heart which he already occupies!)


Take care everyone!

Cheers,

Kerry

Kerry:

I know how hard it must have been to let Tom go. It's a measure of your love for him that you could do it. I'm sure he will be back.

Kahlil Gibran said

Kerry:
Please know that we are saddened to hear about poor Tom. As he starts to feel better, though, he may begin to trust and love you. It just takes time. Please keep us informed as to how he is doing.

Our thoughts and prayers are with both of you.

In love and friendship,
Pat and Steve

Dear Kerry,

I truly feel that Tom will be back...I think he is feeling well enough now to re establish himself in the order of his life, and he loves you very much and he will be coming around quite frequently. He is a soul on a journey here on earth and you have helped him achieve good health and a home so he can do his work here on earth. You and he are meant for each other. And, Sammy is proud of you.

Take care,

Mary

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Mary Quinn

Just an update regarding my dear old Tom,

Well - it seems he has decided to either keep away - or not let me see him....

A friend thinks she has seen him, but from the moment he bolted out of his hospital he has kept himself pretty scarce!

Oh well - I hope I helped him!

One day perhaps he will trust me enough to let me see him and touch him again...

I still leave food out for him and his colony - so perhaps he sneeks up and gets his fill when I have gone home!

Perhaps a little prayer to help me see him with my own eyes won't go astray all my IMOP friends out there!

Take care

Kerry

Kerry,

Tom is on my prayer list.

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Richard
Stuart's Dad

Hi,

Keep those prayers coming fom my dear old Tom. He seems to be getting closer to coming home! Help steer him home to me!


We were driving home from a dinner with a collegue/friend of mine and lo & behold as we went up the lane we saw Tom!


I was SO happy - it has been an age since we saw him last (in fact it was the night we realeased him that we had a confirmed sighting)


I was getting so concerned about him - he looked very clean and he moved quite well too - so hopefully he is well.... I have left a litttle extra food out every night hoping that he was still eating - but just not letting me see him.... I hope that is what has been going on - But I have to say I am completely THRILLED to see him so close to home (AT LAST)

Anyway - I do hope he comes home to stay - I have made the yard even better for them all (I am madly painitn this comig weekend so that the yard looks better and the neighbours will not notice the cat friendly surrounds I have been creating - that was - they guys will be at less risk ffrm nosey or potenitally abusive behaviour!

Take care!

(I will sleep better tonight!)

Cheers

Kerry