My feral cats.
08-30-2011, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn
They are adorable! He went straight to the vet and then home. Weren't sure if he had a head injury or not so wasn't sure he would live. Eventually he got where he would come up on the couch near me to curl up with the oldest female cat. Soon, over a course of time, he would come for the attention and LOVED tummy rubs! We had him over a year before we could physically touch him but it was so worth the wait. And his name you ask? Lucky SOB!
08-30-2011, 08:17 AM
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A neighbor 2 doors down from my 87 yr young Mom has cats...a couple that she keeps indoors...she's never had them neutered/spayed, so they continue to reproduce...once the new litters are out of the cute kitten stage, she lets them loose outside and feels they are no longer her responsibilty to them, where they continue to reproduce and become feral...my Mom cannot stand to see them go hungry, even though she really cannot afford to feed them, she does...Mom has her own 2 indoor cats as well that have always had the life of luxury...I buy huge bags of dry cat food for them and I save all of our food scraps, chicken bones especially, and take there...one of the shyest always hides especially away from the others, has now begun to come out when I go there...and he has started to purr for me and wrap himself around my legs...I am a "dog" person, but this one has won my heart...Naomi
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08-30-2011, 08:22 AM
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We had a stray cat have a litter of kitties in our storage facility at work about 20 years ago and after she got pregnant again I took her home where she had her kitties and I kept one (Smokey who just died), got her fixed and found her a home.
At work there was one feral kitty from the original litter who wouldn't come near any of us, we called her Shadow and fed her every day. After about 2 years we were able to trap her and get her fixed and at about 5 years we were able to pet her and she ended up being very friendly, but wouldn't come inside.
She lived to be 15 years old and passed about 2 years ago. She had asthma and the vet took her for the weekend because she was having problems and she died on a Sunday morning of a seizure and we got the message on our answering machine at work that she had died.
She was the best cat ever. We built her a cedar house on stilts but she slept under it so we closed it in and that's where she would go when it rained. At night she crawled under our work trailer and up into the floor boards. Many a time I'd have to dig her out after a snow storm and drove to work on weekends to make sure she had food and warm milk. She loved her warm milk. We used microwave gel packs to keep her warm during the day when she'd park outside out door under her little house.
She was a good kitty and she loved her tummy rubbed. I miss her terribly. We just lost her brother Smokey (who I had at home) a couple of months ago.
I have her ashes at home and she will be buried with me and my other kitties.
At work there was one feral kitty from the original litter who wouldn't come near any of us, we called her Shadow and fed her every day. After about 2 years we were able to trap her and get her fixed and at about 5 years we were able to pet her and she ended up being very friendly, but wouldn't come inside.
She lived to be 15 years old and passed about 2 years ago. She had asthma and the vet took her for the weekend because she was having problems and she died on a Sunday morning of a seizure and we got the message on our answering machine at work that she had died.
She was the best cat ever. We built her a cedar house on stilts but she slept under it so we closed it in and that's where she would go when it rained. At night she crawled under our work trailer and up into the floor boards. Many a time I'd have to dig her out after a snow storm and drove to work on weekends to make sure she had food and warm milk. She loved her warm milk. We used microwave gel packs to keep her warm during the day when she'd park outside out door under her little house.
She was a good kitty and she loved her tummy rubbed. I miss her terribly. We just lost her brother Smokey (who I had at home) a couple of months ago.
I have her ashes at home and she will be buried with me and my other kitties.
08-30-2011, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by New Quilter
A neighbor 2 doors down from my 87 yr young Mom has cats...a couple that she keeps indoors...she's never had them neutered/spayed, so they continue to reproduce...once the new litters are out of the cute kitten stage, she lets them loose outside and feels they are no longer her responsibilty to them, where they continue to reproduce and become feral
Jan in VA
08-30-2011, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
Tomilu, can the kitties be tamed???
08-30-2011, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by QBeth
You say papa is a big boy. Is that why the board he's sitting on is curled up at the edges? __:-)__
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