"Princess"
In May 2004, I took in Princess. What an interesting story. My friend Nancy and I first spotted
Princess two years earlier (when Princess was approximately 1 years old) near our office building.
Princess was very wary of humans but we managed to trap her and get her spade and get her
vaccinated. But she was so wild that we couldn't find a home for her. So we released her back
to the familiar surroundings of our office area. We continued to feed Princess for the next
two years. And even though we never were able to touch her (no matter how much we tried) we began
to feel a bond with her. So I trapped her again in May 2004 and this time I took her home. She refused to
eat in my guest bedroom but when I put her in my outdoor cat
enclosure she started eating. I made a little progress with her in the cat enclosure - but not much. She
wouldn't play with me or let me touch her, but she seemed pretty comfortable with me being in there with
her. But it soon became very hot (summers in Texas are brutal) and the mosquitos were terrible. So after
two months in the the enclosure I hired a professional to net her and move her into my guest bedroom.
Luckily she immediately began eating while in my guest bedroom (unlike when she was in there two months
prior). She eventually started playing a little with a feather and would let me pet her if I didn't let
her see my hands. She absolutely does not like human hands. Tiger and "Linda" could see her through a screen
door that I put up separating the guest bedroom from the rest of the house. "Linda" does not care
for Princess, but Tiger seems okay with her. In fact, Princess adores Tiger. She
writhed on the floor anytime Tiger was near. LOL. I occasionally let Tiger in to see Princess,
but he sometimes hissed at her when she got too affectionate and in his space. After a few months in my
guest bedroom, I let Princess out of my guest bedroom to freely mix with Tiger & Linda back in December 2004.
Linda still doesn't care for Princess very much, but I don't think they have ever actually had a fight.
Linda peridocially hisses at Princess and Princess always quietly tiptoes away. Princess is still fairly
afraid of me, but I can pet her under the right conditions - I can tell she is still very much afraid of my
hands. Princess still loves Tiger, and he is pretty good at splitting his time between his two women: Linda
and Princess. He often grooms them both and curls up & sleeps with each one.
Birthdate: approximately August 1, 2001
Princess is now 6 years old.
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Princess eating outside my office building - March 2004 (54 seconds)
Princess living temporarily in my outdoor cat enclosure - June 2004 (52 seconds)
Princess playing in my guest bedroom - August 2004 (48 seconds)
Princess & Tiger grooming each other - January 2005 (63 seconds)
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