Kitty Trek II – Catch and Release


We made the round trip to Gainesville again today, picked up the 3 cats and brought them back home. We got to eat lunch with Christy which was nice.


Upon returning home I brought the cats still inside the cage to the back yard. When I opened the cage and stood back all 3 cats just sat there. They were so conditioned to being trapped that they didn’t realize they could now get out. I guess there are all sorts of deep philosophical lessons involved here. Finally Marmalade slowly made her way out, then Unsub and then the kitten. I didn’t have any idea how long it might take for them to return.


Then I cleaned out the cage and transferred the tabby to it. The cage is designed to attach to the cage I currently have the 4 kittens in, sort of a modular cage design. So I put the 2 cages together and now the tabby and 4 little kittens share a nice roomy 2-section cage. Food, water and litter box in one section and a big carpeted play area.


This change was good for the tabby. The kittens are a ball of constant play and action and after a while the tabby couldn’t help but start to play too. It also started to clean itself, something it had stopped doing.


I got food and water ready for the cats in the cage and when I turned around there were Marmalade and Unsub wanting to be fed. So much for never seeing them again. So I put some food out for them and they ate without hesitation. It's as if nothing has happened.

Unsub visited her kitties. She can’t understand why they don’t come to her but she stayed around the cage with them for a while.

Today’s trip was only about 650 miles. Seeing the cats come through everything OK makes it worthwhile. Now we have a month to rest up for Kitty Trek III.