I don't think I can do that
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (64169)
United States
August 7, 2016 1:13am CST
I don't think I can save them all.
Heck, I don't think I can save a fraction of them.
But if I can do just a little bit for a few of them, I think I've done a little good in the world.
What? Oh, what am I talking about?
Cats.
I have right on my page here that I am a Crazy Cat Lady.
If you can find a way to go back to my earliest posts, you would see I was trying to get some of the cats I had here adopted.
I put a year into doing that and placed 16 cats in good, new homes.
I have also found homes for several cats since then.
I have also lost quite a few, the population does age after all.
Well, today my across the street neighbor told me about how a cat had kittens in her yard.
I was headed out to have lunch with my sister-in-law, so I couldn't do anything then, but when I came back, I set up my trap.
I found the kittens and put them in the trap, hoping to catch mom when she came to get them.
She got two of them out, and... well, I think she took them to another house's yard, people I don't know, and peeking through the fence, I suspect I'd have a terrible time finding the kittens in that yard.
So, I pulled the other two out and took my cage and went home.
If she hasn't retrieved the kittens by morning, I'll take them and feed them. I was given the name of a lady who works with babies, because, you know, I had enough trouble feeding Oliver in '05 and the 4 bottle babies of '07, I'm 9 years older now!
But, I guess I need to start trapping the feral colony next door to at least prevent more kittens from being born.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
7 Aug 16
This is why I can't have chickens because of these cats sneaking around in the middle of the night.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
8 Aug 16
A feral colony doesn't have too many fights, unless there is a queen in heat. The only fights are to keep other cats out of their territory. And if the colony is all altered then there are few fights. This isn't my colony, but lives in my next door neighbor's yard - I have dogs.







