Recent Content by catsinmyhat

Hello everyone, Well, we, after 3.5 months, have finally completed what we wanted to do.  Spay both Stripey and Blackie.  Of course, what we came out with is a pet cat (Stripey), 5 kittens (4 found homes and one passed away), and now, Blackie has been trapped, spayed, and is in a new home.  We...

I realize that this may need to go into a new forum but I think we have a problem.  We dropped three kittens with the boarding family and now have only two in the catio.  Stripey (Mom) is eating everything - gourging herself.  We have reason to believe she may be nursing the remaining kittens as...

Just an update.  We are going to keep two of the kittens - Hank is going to go to our inlaws and the other will stay with us and Stripey.  We are sending away the three that are the best with people to give them the best opportunity to be adopted.  The one staying seems to be a little clingy to...

Yes, Stripey will probably be spayed late this week or early next week.  Believe me, the Toms are around on a daily basis - it's like a kitty Sybaris around here.  We are going to keep her confined with Hank until the end of the month until the shed and home is built.  She has bonded so well...

Hello everyone, My wife and I have successfully raised five kittens from a feral mom (Stripey) and now, after seven weeks, four of them are off to a wonderful house with eight kids while they wait to be adopted.  I'm very allergic to them so here is not the right place despite the fact we've...

Thank you very much for the advice.  We butted the other cage up to the other prior to feeding this AM.  We put new food in the new clean cage and left mom alone to move the kittens to the new place.  However, when we went to check on them 20 minutes later, only she had gone over to eat (maybe...

Hello, First time cat caregiver - frankly, I'm allergic to them.  But, my wife and I just moved to a wooded lot and were pleasantly surprised in Feb to find two small feral cats walking around.  It was a cold winter so we fed them and they kept coming back and boy could we use some mousers!  We...