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Baby

This is the newest member of my household. She was a feral cat who had kittens in my garage. She is so small I thought she was a kitten before she turned out to be pregnant, hence the name Baby. She & her kittens were fostered & eventually all the kittens adopted. Baby was deemed to be unadoptable due to not letting anyone touch her or take her out of the cage at the Pet store where she was with her kittens. Before ending up there, the foster was able to get her in a carrier & to the vet, so she had been spayed, vaccinated, wormed and had her blood work tested. She was healthy. I was contacted & asked if I wanted her back to live outside near my home since she was feral. The other 2 choices were to turn her over to the barn cat organization or to someone who cared for a local feral colony. Baby has never caught her own meal & she had been bulled by at least 2 mean tom cats when I observed her before the kittens. I didn't think she would do well with either of those choices & she had let me pet her when in my garage. Since she was clean & healthy I decided to give her a chance to be an inside cat.
She has a home base with everything she could want in one of my upstairs rooms with a mesh screen between her and the hallway. She has a window with a view. She is slowly getting to know my other cats. She is not a problem, they are. She gets a couple of hours every morning free in the house with all my other cats shut up other than my 14 1/2 old cat who ignores her. Making slow progress. My 2 sister cats still want to chase her so working with them. Their mother does not go after her unless Baby invades her space. Every day a bit more progress but this may take a while. It is a pity because she would be a great cat in a home that has no other pets and the patience to let her slowly feel safe. She is affectionate with me and my husband although petting is on her terms still. My son visits & plays with her a couple of times a week and my birding friend Tracey visits & plays with her once a week or so and she took to them very quickly so she makes human friends who come with wand toys fairly easily. This is her in one of the cat beds downstairs on my dining room bay window ledge. She loves the stairs leading up to the ledge. Doesn't she have the most amazing eyes?
Domestic cat (Felis domesticus)
Garland, Tx
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Taken on: February 2, 2023

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Camera: Olympus E-3, f/7.1, 1/10 sec, 283mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

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Focal Length:	283mm
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Flash:	On, Did not fire
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