These are two feral cats that live inside our house. They have full ability to go outside whenever they want but they decide to live in the house. We are not allowed to touch them. But they have to look at me when I go to the bathroom.

    • FauxPseudo @lemmy.worldOP
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      11 days ago

      I have to name a lot of cats every year. You start to get desperate for unique ones after the first hundred. And you don’t want a cat to be on file at the vet as "Fluffy 51.” That’s not happening on my watch

      Four cats came in and they needed mostly unisex names. I decided to go with the names of presidents. Kennedy, Taylor, Harding and Reagan. Reagan got that name because they were the meanest of the lot. At the time I didn’t even know if they were male or female.

      Taylor and Harding passed all the tests for being adoptable and went in the next stop on the kitten railroad, probably Connecticut. Kennedy had problems peeing where he shouldn’t so he went to a cat rescue a few miles down the road where he could pee on all the trees he wants.

      But Reagan was a problem. Extra mean and long fur. She needed a barn cat situation because she was going to need flea and fur treatments against her will. So she stays with me as a barn cat and if I see her having an issue I know how to trap and handle her for treatment. She is free to go outside whenever she wants but despite her being vicious she has decided to stay inside rather than run free.

      • Optional@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        That is perhaps the only correct answer possible. I salute you and your mad cat homing skillz. Best wishes and future pets and treats to, ugh, Reagan. 😀

    • FauxPseudo @lemmy.worldOP
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      11 days ago

      If you are holding a can of wet food you some rotisserie chicken Cece will completely forget you exist and let you pet him.

      I haven’t been able to touch Reagan since the day I removed her from the kennel and gave her free roam rights to the house.