I guess we offically have a new family member. We named him Buddy. Buddy came to our house a couple of months ago. He was hungry and needed a warm place to sleep. I fixed him a little house with a sleeping bag in it on our deck. He would come and go and show up every couple of days to eat. In the last few weeks he has been staying around the house all day so I guess he decided he liked our house the best. He will only let me pet him and runs when he hears loud noises. He needed worming and had ear mites to the point he would scratch and make them bleed. I was able to get the wormer down him and finally convinced him to let me doctor his ears. They are so much better now. He is such a sweet cat. When I first tried to pet him he would run..now he just wants me to love on him all the time. He didn't even act like he knew what it was like to be petted. Our next step will be to go to the spa to be neutered. I have found a low cost clinic that charges $25.00 to neuter and $35.00 to spay. It is about 60 miles away but it is so much cheaper than the vet I go to. They charge almost $120.00 for the same procedure. I have talked to several others who have used the clinic and they say only good things about them. He will have to stay an outside cat since I already have 5 other cats that are inside and Buddy still does the marking territory thing! I hope that getting him fixed will help that. Mr. Kitty and Goober do go outside and they get along with Buddy just fine. Anyway...here is the link to his catster page if you would like to see him.
http://www.catster.com/cats/980998
By the way...my hubby didn't even get upset about him staying with us!!! So Buddy must have really made a first good impression. It must have been Bud's big green eyes!
