Recent Content by Mamanyt1953

Not sure where you are, but suspect it is NOT in the USA, from your use of "postal code" rather than "zip code." Do you have a way of mailing something with a "return receipt requested?" That means that someone at the place you are sending to must sign for it, and that is returned to you...

For someone with no experience with cats, you have done a heroic job for those cats, and for your neighborhood!

Yes, please update us on this. As an unofficial caretaker of a handful of local feral cats, I am aware of how they enter your heart when they enter your yard for food. You watch for them, wait for them, and worry about them.

That's my advice, as well. Go back to the last successful stage, and stay there for a bit longer. Not ALL cats will ever successfully use a method like this. You are asking that they ignore millions of years of instinct. Some will, some will not.

Lunch will be taquitos. Dinner will be a chicken patty, mashed potatoes and SOME sort of veggie. Probably green beans.

OH, let's mingle scents as much as possible. DO consider some sort of gate. I'm seeing one cat a bit hesitant, ears in "unsure" postion, sniffing at the doorway, trying to get the scent of "this other cat." I'd still suggest a gate, so that they can see AND smell each other fully. They need...

You may talk all you wish here. Almost every one of us has lost a beloved cat. Almost every one of us who have, have felt guilt...the constant "woulda, coulda, shoulda" second guessing, even though we could NOT have done anything that would have changed the outcome. It is a normal human...

Darlin' Girl, I know. I do know. There are days when I still weep for Kimberly and Gray, the dog and cat who were my boon companions in my childhood. And they have both been gone for a hair over 50 years. The grief gets...better, or we learn to live with it better, but we do not "get over...

Rest you gentle, Pumkin, dream you deep. Your purr echos in someone's heart forever. First, the practical bit: I have a 504 accomodation for an emotional support animal. They tend to move quickly on things like this. It may not be the chore you are dreading. Find out exactly what you need...

What you could do, should the situation arise again, is getting the kittens their first vaccinations, and charge EXACTLY what the vaccinations cost you. And while I do not think that disadvantaged children should be denied pets, I do believe that every kitten or puppy should be vaccinated, if...

@di and bob hit the nail on the head. She is telling him as clearly as she can that she is NOT DA MAMA anymore, and to put on his big boy britches and deal with it. It's always hard on the kittens, until they get used to it, but it works. Queens never (even when spayed) loose the instinct to...

Nope, NEVER unrestrained. Like unrestrained infants, cats can easily become projectiles headed to the windscreen if a car is rear ended. Needless to say, the windscreen always wins. Not taking that chance.

No clue about tonight at all. Not at all. I've been up WAY past my bedtime. I may just order a pizza, dunno.

I am so sorry I was missing in action for a few days. My offline life got totally nuts, and my online life had to be put on hold. Overall, I agree with Alldara on this one. I prefer to use baby gates, or a screen door, when that is possible. It gives them a chance to get totally accustomed...

Rest you gentle, Autumn, dream you deep. Your pawprints are on someone's heart forever. What a beautiful girl she was, is, and always will be. And she knew that she lived, breathed, and had her being wrapped in your love, from the day she entered her life until the day she passed through the...