The FREE cat

What happens when you give two lesbians a free, feral, unfriendly cat?

Why… we buy cat toys of course.

I have to give credit to the woman from the feral cat rescue place – she really didn’t start snickering until I showed her the nightlight I installed.

ok ok ...so we did a couple things to modify the back of the garage to make the transition easier.

First – since the cat was going to be confined in the garage for several weeks, I framed out one side of the double doors and installed some fence. This way - the cat can see out, get some fresh air, and maybe not feel so locked up.

We are hoping she will learn some very important things from this vantage point. The most important being that the FREE dog is behind a fence. I think once she figures this out she will find it comforting.

This open fenced area also allows us to see in. That way we can locate her before entering with food and water.

There is a window in the back of the garage, so we built the cat a little perch there. (we also fenced the window so it can be opened on warm days.)

Then we got some little fuzzy cat bed things for her, and some organic wheat cat litter.

The shelter people provided us with this nifty little box with straw inside. They say that feral cats love these things. So of course we thought it would be even nicer if we put a little rug in front. We set her food bowls out there ... so her little feet would be warm and dry while she had a snack.

So, yeah... the cat lady is totally rolling her eyes now, while gently trying to explain to us that we may not really see this cat. That we should be prepared for her to take off when we let her out and that she may not return for a couple weeks.

We listened...politely.

And yes... to my adorable wife's delight The Cat Whisperer (aka TheDaughterTheTherapist) did in fact bring some catnip toys.

And here is possibly the only picture we may ever get of her.
Meet Sorsha.