Selena

Selena is the mom of Silver, Silvia, and Sally Silver. Silver and Silvia came to the sanctuary last fall, and RAPS staff were recently able to trap their mom and sister.

As you may have guessed from Selena's expression in the photo, she's feral. Being an adult makes her less likely to tame up than her kittens, so she'll being moving from the Connor building where she is now to the back pens where she can have as much interaction with other shy cats as she likes and won't be forced into closer proximity to humans than she's comfortable. Of course we'll be there for her, ready to make friends when and if she decides she's ready to give us a chance.

Sally Silver

Sally Silver arrived at the sanctuary with her mom, Selena, at the end of February. Sally Silver is the sister of Silver and Silvia, who were trapped last fall near SilverCity and have since been adopted.

Raised by her feral mom, Sally Silver is not comfortable around people just yet, but Leslie has hopes that staff will be able to tame her as they were her siblings. Leslie told me an anecdote about taking a picture of Sally Silver with her phone, where she found the shy young cat crouched "hiding" in her litter box before she pressed the shutter and then sitting up and peering at her with interest directly afterward.

Here's hoping that staff and volunteers make as much progress with the taming of Sally Silver as they did with her siblings, so that this little cutie can find a nice home.

Silver

When youngster Silver and his sister Silvia were trapped around SilverCity (can you guess what inspired their names?) in October, they were thought to be feral. Silver soon proved this to be untrue. "Very early on," says Marianne, who made a point of spending time with them when they came to the sanctuary. "Silver, the tabby/white boy, showed that he's not feral by flipping over for a tummy rub as soon as contact was made."

I didn't think to introduce myself to the pair earlier because at first they used to hide behind a drape when strangers came by, and even now the sign on their cage in the Connor building warns visitors not to frighten them. It was Marianne who brought them to my attention as a couple of "cute and very sweet" cats that I might enjoy meeting. And I certainly did.  No sooner did I approach the cage door than Silver was sizing me up as a potential friend and sharer of cuddles.