by Finley Keller | Oct 13, 2011 | Dogs and Cats, Feral Cats
With all our success in getting the feral cats fixed through our local SPCA Feral Cat program, there were three females we were unable to catch. The first one to have a litter had 3. She was extremely flighty and elusive. Lo and behold, she got pregnant again...
by Finley Keller | Oct 4, 2011 | Dogs and Cats, Feral Cats
Ok, so we have good Cassie and supreme Lizzy Puff. Then there is Pete (named as a kitten before her sex was determined!). Pete had 6 kittens a few days or so after Lizzy Puff. However, Pete – super flighty – had her litter somewhere in our storage room up in the...
by Finley Keller | Oct 3, 2011 | Dogs and Cats, Feral Cats
So, Cassie had 3 kittens then, a week later, Lizzy Puff had 6. The third uncaught mom, Pete, also had 6 kittens a few days after Lizzy Puff. The difference in these three moms is fascinating. Very much like humans, I guess. This post is about the good...
by Finley Keller | Jun 29, 2011 | Dogs and Cats, Feral Cats
Our local SPCA has a feral cat clinic 2 Sundays a month and the cost is quite nominal – though with the numbers we were dealing with, it was still a lot of expense! My first clinic appointment was for 6 cats. Actually, my very first one was for 6 and I only caught 1....
by Finley Keller | May 8, 2011 | Dogs and Cats, Feral Cats
In our quest to get all the feral cats fixed, we still have at least six left, possibly seven. The year-old Cassie is one of them, a pastel gray tortoise, and, though she lived in the back yard and even frequently slept in my office (accessed by the doggie door)...
by Finley Keller | Dec 1, 2010 | Dogs and Cats, Feral Cats, puppies
Dealing with all these feral cats has made me a bit more mindful about “fixing” cats and dogs. Out of all these feral cats I have, I was only able to get one in a cage and take in to the SPCA. It was Bear. He is wary of me now and the others I tried to catch are...
