Saturday, March 15, 2008
Maestro is right at home!
It looks like Maestro is settled in quite nicely in his new home. It's always a load off my mind when I see that an adopted feline (especially a shy cat)is doing just fine without me!
For the second time in a week, we've received video instead of photos from a foster/adoptive home. The only challenge in posting video rather than pictures is the wait involved as the file uploads. As Cary found when placing video on my Petfinder site, it helps to close down other programs you may have running, if you are posting very large videos.
So much for the "shy kittens!" Maestro and Marimba (now "Cosmo") must have inherited some pretty friendly genes from their parents. Even though they were rescued when they were past the seven-weeks-of-age socialization stage, they certainly seem to be blissfully happy in their new human homes.
So, is Maestro still "Maestro?" Or does he have a new name?
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Your cut-off for socializing is 7 weeks? I've generally told folks that kittens need to be under 16 weeks, but the younger the better & easier. My biggest surprise was a 6 month old "kitten" who I knew for a fact had never had any human contact. I'd been trapping at the site since she was about 10 weeks old, and she never even approached the food with a person nearby. After being trapped, she turned herself around in about 48 hours - that blew me away.
The optimum socialization period, according to cat behaviorists, is before 7 weeks. We don't cut off socializing at 7 weeks, however. We've even socialized adult cats. We evaluate cats and kittens on a case by case basis. We do try to catch kittens as quickly as possible, however, because the longer they stay out there, the more shy they are. We'd rather snitch them from their nest and bottle-raise them than leave them out there until they are weaned and catch them in traps. Maestro and Marimba were about 8-12 weeks old when they were captured by their rescuers. While they were easily startled, they clearly enjoyed human pampering from the get-go. Marimba blossomed in his new home, and it looks like Maestra is doing the same.
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