Recent Content by annekarina53

Actually the neighborhood has quite a few colonies. I know the colonies still catch critters even if they are well fed, as they are in this area. However, for some reason this rat problem appeared one day as serious and residents and apartment owners haven't been able to control them. My colony...

My neighbors and I care for ferals. I've posted here before about some problems in the neighborhood about people not appreciating our ferals. Thanks for all of your help. We are keeping our heads above the fray. Today I found out how much our efforts have been appreciated. Our gentrifying...

Thanks. There's enough neighbors aware of it now that I think everyone will keep a watch or at least notice if something is off. Not sure what the family will do with the property. I think they are still paying taxes on it or the city would have taken it by now. The city sends them notices to...

Thanks. Yeah, without me going over there which originally was part of the plan. I fed the cats and that made the property look a little protected. At least I could see if something was wrong. Now that is not in place and there are problems on that property. The area used to be pretty bad, then...

Thank you for your reply. I am hoping we have solved our problem. We moved them from their feeding place and living place next door to the woman who complained. The neighbors allowed us to feed them at their garage on the outside walkway. And she is helping me with the care so it doesn't look...

Thank you.

Good luck with that project. This colony is controlled and that's the way we want to keep it. They keep out the ones on the edges, and we see them, we know where they are, who are waiting for their chance to get in. If these guys would disappear they'd be on that area in a second and someone...

thank you for the great information. I checked that site and already have a list of centers to contact for help with TNR. I hope they answer. Maybe using this site will help as leverage? and the handouts look really nice. Yeah, I didn't start this mess either. I cleaned it up. No one...

Thank you for your kind post. Oh, I understand when people drop the babies off at a colony where they think no one will notice. It would be worse here if I hadn't stayed on top of it. I finally put my foot down for all it means and said do NOT drop cat off here. I cannot take them nor do I...

I'm not the gentleman with the pic. That's another poster. If he's got long hair he needs to flaunt it is my opinion coming from a family of bald men. yes, there will always be someone who complains. Even a neighbor who is not so friendly to the cats but does appear to tolerate them is very...

Thank you. The neighbors are aware of the problem or the ones that stopped by last night are. It will spread I hope through the neighborhood grapevine. The cat caregivers who don't know about the problem yet will, some are apartment building owners who rent out apartments in the area and care...

these neighbors are among the ones that drop food off for them. They know what is going on. I did offer food. Some of it they gave me. They were checking on me because I had my phone off all day and didn't get their messages. I turned that off because I didn't want any reason to complain to...

Just to update - I didn't feed them today and now the neighbors who are friendly to the cats are angry and feeding them themselves.

Years and years ago my then SO and I visited Amsterdam. I love that city. They appreciate cats there as the early, early traders realized the importance of cats to kill vermin that the city that sits on the water has plus the cats that killed vermin on their ships. We were in a wine shop...

yes, I've been trying to think of what to say as I'm not good at this sort of thing. But I'm not feeding them anymore. They will find food elsewhere I think but it won't solve the problem of the cats because they will stay on that property where they were raised and lived for many years. But...