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Rathel - one of my tamed feral kittens - read his story below.

General sites

Cat Fanciers Home Page

Cat Stuff - fabulous resource for cat web page authors, and cat lovers in general. The little images on this page are from this site.

Electronic Zoo / NetVet - Cat Page
It looks like every cat page on the web is listed here - have fun, but come back soon.

	Rescue Links
Petfinder - go to this site, select cats and put in your zipcode. AlleyCat Allies - national - "Promoting compassion and humane care for America's feral cat population" The Cat Network	Steinlen - Cats

Cats Online: The Cats Protection League (UK) - very informative page

Feral Cat Coalition

Taming Feral Kittens - article

Endangered species: I just read a very sad article about big cats - lions - disappearing from the wild. Lion numbers have dropped by 90% in 20 years. The other big cats are going fast. How long before all the Earth's 'mega species' disappear from the wild? By Tim Radford

Cats in the Arts Cat Whisker Digest A compendium of folklore about cat whiskers. Cat Images for your Webpages: Beware of the Cat, Felines and Paws Cat Stuff - 3,000 wonderful kitty graphics, fabulous.  Please be sure to give Glenda Moore credit if you use her graphics.

Primitive American Painting - my all time favorite cat portrait

Claude
Visit Claude's beautifully designed and entertaining website. Participate in cat research (conducted by cats, that is.).

Dogs in the Arts - Dogs?  what are they doing on this page?  Well, this is one of my webpages which I have really spent a lot of time on.  Dogs need all the help (imagewise) they can get, don't you think?

Garfield's Official Website
A huge, interactive website for one of the world's most famous cartoon cats.

Lap Dance - for kitty lovers, flash movie - Make time to see this. - takes a while to look at, and has sound. Requires flash plugin.

Pat's Cat's Site - resources for teachers.  This is a really wonderful personal page with listings of cat related books, art, school activities, etc.  Just great.  Lots of cat art is here.

Why Cats Paint from Museum of Non Primate Art - it's a spoof, but it's hilarious. I actually had a journalist contact me from a major newspaper about this site. He was writing an article on bird droppings that get on cars. They have now added an annex - Dancing with Cats. Welcome to Catland: the art of Louis Wain - Louis Wain (1860-1939) was an English artist who was most famous for his drawings of cats. Louis Wain Collectibles - more cat paintings and prints of this artist  Commercial site - Postaprint, really huge repository of antique prints and maps....

Commercial:

Cat Faeries: Stuff for cats and their people. Warning: all the cute images make this a very slow loading page, you may want to save it until you have a little time.

Foothill Felines - this site has a wealth of information about cat care, and some exotic goodies for your own moggies.

Cat Themed Pottery - Commercial, but unique.

Well here is a whole huge list of links for cat related art stuff. And even more From Cat Fanciers: Commercial Links.

My own experience with taming feral cats:

I am happy to tell you that since the last update of this page I have succeeded in taming (more or less) & bringing two feral kitties into my very large household of dogs (26), cats (5), rabbits (1) chicken (11).  Mary and Rathel are now indoor kitties, living the good life.  Mary (mom) has now progressed from a "don't even think of touching me" kitty, to a kitty that sits on my bed bothering me as I try to squeeze in a moment of reading.  Rathel is nearly a lap kitty.

Taming wild kittys takes patience, but it can happen.  I sat next to their feed bowl in the woods beside my fenced yard for hours and hours, sometimes until 2:00 at night over a period of weeks.  It was a happy day when little Rathel let me touch him.  I thought it was an accident at first, that he didn't realize it was a hand touching him.  But then he came back for a little more.  Saddly, I was only able to catch him after he had been mauled by two of my dogs.  He was stunned but basically not injured.  I put him in a large rabbit cage in a secure place outside.  Mom stayed nearby and eventually was so tempted to be with him that she let me grab her by the back of the neck.  I was determined to catch her before there were even more kittens to worry about.  I took them for shots and kept them in the cage outside for about a month.

After Mary's spay, they moved to a large cage inside the house.  It was up high on a bed in a place no dog could go.  Gradually I moved the cage to the floor.  At first the cats had no interest in leaving the cage.  My other cats visited and then begin to take turns sort of baby sitting beside Mary and Rathel.  One day I opened the cage and let them out.  I think the whole process from first seeing starving Mary to freedom in my house took at least six months.  Anyway, a very happy story for these cats.

 

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Maintained by Judith Van Noate e-mail vannoate @ email.uncc.edu Last updated October 2, 2003. Back to Animals Connections