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  A cat rescuer friend called urgently. She had just been told by the local shelter that she had to take back and find a barn or some safe street local (Those exist? Right?!) for the tiny kitten who was "unadoptable." He was so scared in his tiny cage that he would not move from one spot -- not to eat, and, ugh, not to pee. Could I take him, asked my friend? After all, I do have a reputation of domesticating feral cats and integrating new cats into our healthy, bonded cat family.  I thought I was at the limit of household cats - 6. But the house is big, and one never notices the lot of cats because we have a cat room and a catio as well as five other rooms. And they are quiet, well integrated, happy. I am pretty good with the patience required to integrate a new or shy or feral cat with the others. So, the little black-and-white kitten moved in. We called him Moo because his coloration was that of a Holstein cow.  Within a couple of hours, he was following Bear around. Not su

Intrepid hiding from the world in a bag. Cats get scared all the time for various reasons. I am not talking about scaredy cats (those shy ones that it takes months to bring out of their shells and develop trust -- I have had my fair share of those, always with successful endings). I am talking about the average cat who gets shocked by something or unnerved by something. Like Happy Cat , who needs oxygen upon arrival any time he goes to the vet because of his fierce panic attacks. (This is in addition to using gabapentin in advance to calm him!) So, I often look for new ideas and even old (tested) advice. Here is a great set of solutions for helping scared cats calm down:  How to Soothe a Scared Cat: 9 Cat Calming Solutions. Click here for more Caturday posts Caturday posts :  Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advice, and more -- stay up to date) Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , an