Friend or Feral?

A few days ago, I made the decision to bring Hershey Bear out of the cathouse and into our home.  Hershey Bear didn’t seem terribly feral when we first took him in.  He was in our house along with Mickey Mouse, Maverick, Sunshine, and Juice.  The entire group of five kittens moved to the cathouse together.  Juice was, from the beginning, the most skiddish.  But as the days passed, I started noticing that when I entered the cathouse, Juice and Hershey Bear would run and hide.  The others were eager for attention, but those two hung back.  Now - I can coax Juice out by petting and making over the others.  The temptation gets the best of him and he comes over for a little of that lovin’.  Not Hershey Bear. 

So.  I decided to bring the Bear back here to the house to see if I could convince him that being with people is a GOOD thing.  Also, we have little Jo-Jo here at the house.  I thought maybe she could show him how much she loves us, and that possibly the two of them could be kitten pals since all of my cats are adults.

Well, I’ve been amazed at the transformation in Hershey Bear.  He still scampers away if Husband or I go directly for him.  But most of the time, he is busy hanging out somewhere in the house, eating with the other cats, playing, even rubbing on a leg if left to do it on his own.  He and Jo-Jo pounce and roll and knot up together.  Hershey Bear was the smallest of the group of newcomers, younger that the other two pairs.  He is not a lot bigger than Jo-Jo, and they make a cute couple.  Jo-Jo is definitely a “people” kitty.  She will seek one of us out when she has been deprived of human love for more than an hour or two.  Hershey Bear seems to prefer the cats.  He is always close by one of my adult kitties if he isn’t engaged in a game of chase with Jo-Jo. 

Here they are in all of their cuteness.

Hershey Bear at the cathouse

What a beauty!

Jo-Jo, mid yawn.

Cute!

Even cuter!

Asleep with one of Andrea's toys

Lots of pictures of Jo-Jo sleeping. It's the only time she's still enough to snap a pic.

Jo-Jo and Hershey Bear

Jazzy shows the youngsters how it's done.

The two smallest Winnie's Wishers.

Don't forget about yesterday's post.  Like us, share us, tweet us.  Check out the Oliver video in my sidebar.  Check out Andrea's toy FUNdraiser, also in my sidebar.  Or even think about adopting!

Have a great weekend.

Comments

[Random Felines]

awwww - it is good to have friends with skills!!! they make a cute couple. :)

[virginia wells]

Great pictures of Jo-jo and Hershey playing together - it would be so nice if someone adopted them together. partners is play and in love with their human parents... fun fun fund raiser toys there in the pictures.. my cats love them go to Andreas fun fun fund raiser on the side of this page and donate and you can have a bag of cat fun delivered to your door..love those toys.. cats love them - thoughts for this week end- clear out that room and make a cat play house in one corner. daughter Rachel bought cat tents for her new pound cats ... she adopted three and they love cat tents..must check that out - she is sending pictures soon. she keeps them in there while she is working and lets them out when she comes home. They were from one litter. She could not break up the threesome and feel good about that. Have a good week end - Ginny & The Fur family

[Jan (Milo and Alfie's mom)]

Adorable!

[Andrea and the Celestial Kitties]

Chrystal said it all today! "Like us, share us, tweet us. Check out the Oliver video in my sidebar. Check out Andrea's toy FUNdraiser, also in my sidebar. Or even think about adopting!"

What can I add? Except maybe Donate! And please please help find homes!! Lots of homes! Great homes! These kitties can't do it themselves, they need YOU!

[Bellen]

Perhaps Hershey needed to see people doing ordinary things before he became used to them. It's neat to see the progress a cat can make.

[Cat's Cats]

Sweet babies, I'm glad they have each other :-)

[meowmeowmans]

Simply adorable! Glad that there is such measurable progress with these little ones. :)