After talking to the Vet it was decided to take it to a no-kill cat shelter nearby . . . . until I called and talked with the woman there that was clearly having a BAD day . . . so back to the Vet I ended up and spending more than we had hoped in order to be sure it was a healthy cat for us and our pets to interact with. We learned it had been spayed so in theory it has been vaccinated but we cannot prove it . . . so we have to do all of those again. We did the Feline Leukemia test - again although a $65.00 test it defined what risk our other cats would be at. Still trying to find it a home in order to keep our pets in Homeostasis, feeding it but finding it still trying to steal food- got up on the counter to eat crumbs from making toast. we are not really sure where we are headed with this little lap cat. She is sweet but hard to say how she fits into the rhythm we already have. We cannot have a jumping on the counter/table stealing food cat for sure- like biting into the bread bag. Stay tuned . . . Our existing pets have been here 9- orange kitty,8-yellow lab,7- black and white cat years respectively. they do well together and the Vet is concerned about us upsetting that balance. we'll see what the future brings I guess day by day.
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Oh my, that's a tough one. Her bad counter hopping behavior may be due to her being a stray and not having regular food for a while, so she might stop that if she starts to realize she's not in danger of going hungry with you. Always hard to decide whether or not to add a new pet into the mix when you already have resident pets, but you know I do shelter work, so I appreciate you taking the time and the funds to help her out!
Thanks- I need to think like a stray I think, Being protective of food sources, eating fast, frequent, just a lot of worry probably. My other 2 cats are rescues from a shelter but they had both been acclimatized to a more regular cat life when we got them. Any suggestions are helpful. The 4 seem to be doing ok so far.
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