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  1. lostmary

    I'm wondering about replies here towards dry food

    Hi all, I've been reading a lot of the threads here and alot of times I see a comment about not feeding dry food to cats. My girls get it all the time with a small can of wet in the evening. I thought dry food was good for them, but if it does harm to them or causes something bad to happen...
  2. lostmary

    OK..I've done it again. Someone pls check for hole in my head lol

    Hi all. ok. I've got another one. She is a beautiful white girl with one bronze/gold eye and a deep blue one. she has a little brownish/grayish fur between her ears. long story about how she got here, but she was dropped off by someone who had started to feed her and love on her, but were...
  3. lostmary

    I think my cat of OCD

    Hi, I had just posted here for the first time a couple of weeks ago. I have the ferals that are now house cats. Well one of them, Fuzzy, is now sleeping on my pillow with me. she has started to want to groom my hair all nite. Its driving me crazy. She starts at the roots and just works up...
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    update on all my ferals..

    hi all, wanted to check back in and update you on all my ferals. lets see, I think I'm up to 8. I've got 2 more all black males I've socialized and I'm going to release then to the barn in another week or two. all my others have discovered how to come in and out of the doggie door except one...
  5. lostmary

    need suggestion for cat door for inside walls

    Hi all, I'm usually in the feral group, but now my barn ferals have all learned to come in and out of my doggie doors. so I guess they are now "tamed" cats. lol. they sleep in bed with us and are part of the family. My delimia is that my daughter and son in law are moving in with us for a...
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    kittens reaction to one of my females.

    Strange topic I know, but I didn't know how to explain my question. lol I just got two more feral kittens to socialize. One is a B/W male and the other is a totally black one. Not sure if male or female. The bw one has been coming around in just the 5 days I've had him. The black one is...
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    update on all my feral cats

    Hi everyone, I'm back. I've been busy healing from surgery, doing great, back to dog training parttime and even driving a car again after 5 years. anyway, I'm the one who had rescued the barn ferals from our local TNR group. well, I'm now fostering feral kittens to socialize them. I'm having...
  8. lostmary

    I'm back after a long recovery

    Hi all, Just wanted to get back with everyone. I had my final surgery to have a pain pump implanted in my back. I'm now up and running and doing well. You may have wondered what every happened with all my ferals. Wellllll, it's been fun. Orange cat, (the one that lost his eye in a fight...
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    update on me and my ferals/noferals lol

    Things have been crazy. My ferals have all become nonferals. I just had a spinal pain pump implanted 2 wks ago. I get the staples out of my back tomorrow Yea shower here I come.lol...Orange cat, big orange male I had neutered several months ago, with one eye left from fighting, has decided...
  10. lostmary

    update of feral cats that have come, gone, come. lol

    wow, I wonder how this all happened? One day I'm saying ok to taking in two ferral black barn cats. I now have Smooth, Fuzzy, Orange cat, Gray cat, and Spotsy. those are the ones outside. Inside I rescued 2 kittens in the barn, I kept one, had her spayed, ear tipped, etc. Never could put...
  11. lostmary

    updatge on Bella, a feral that I'm socializing

    well,I'm back from vacation. was gone a week and had my daughter stay to take care of the cats, dogs, horses, barn cats. daughter said that Bella wouldn't come out of her crate to eat, , then the last day Bella came out, but as soon as she opened the door to come back into the room, bella ran...
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    update of feral that I'm socializing

    Well, to start with I've named her Bella. She is very elegant. She no longer runs in shear terror when I come into the room. I can pet her, and she has allowed me to rub her belly. Of course, that was just before she tried to nail me, but she was purring for the first time. Before tonight...
  13. lostmary

    what do you think this mean?

    I'm socializing a feral female about 6-7mos old. She has lived most of her life in a very large cat condo crate. Aside from being spayed when she was first trapped several months ago she hasn't been handles. I have her in a very big 3 level cat crate. I've had her a few weeks, and she has...
  14. lostmary

    gave back last kitten, got a new one

    Well, Sweet Pea when back to the TNR group to be adopted out. She will be great for a forever family, and I think she would love kids. She's just a young one herself. They brought another one for me. She doesnt have a name, and is about 5-6 months old already. Of course, she is a calico, so...
  15. lostmary

    Ernie has gone on to greener pastures

    I know Ernie isn't a cat, but he was one of my many rescues. He was a rescue horse, very very old. We think he was somewhere between 35 and 40. He had no teeth so could only slurp his food. I went out to the pasture and he was gone. It doesn't look like he struggled, just went while eating...
  16. lostmary

    My Orange Cat has been hurt,,,,Need advice

    One of my ferals is Orange Cat, big tom, neutered a few months ago, one of my babies. I love him so much. This is what has happened. Hubby saw him outside in the front, moving around, walking ok. sitting, everything seemed normal. About half an hr later I looked out my window and saw that he...
  17. lostmary

    Cleo is coming out of her shell

    I adopted Cleo about 6 wks ago. Well, she has finally decided that she wants to be petted and loved on. Normally, she will allow petting and start purring when she sees me. Yesterday, for the first time, I was petting her and stroking her with my nose...(kinda like momma cat licking her), and...
  18. lostmary

    Do cats prefer hot or cold weather?

    Just wondering if anyone knew. My girls stay on the perch by the open window, even if it is over 90 degrees with dewpoints over 75. It's misserable out, and yet there they are. enjoying it (I think). One has been running out the doggy door and staying under the deck. It is sooooo hot under...
  19. lostmary

    anyone tried a tracking device for your cat?

    Hi,.. I have Smoke who I found in our barn with her sister. She is now an indoor cat, but I now have a problem. She has discovered how to come in and out of the doggy door. I need it for my 2 dachshunds, so I can't close it up. They are used to coming in and out as they need to. Well Smoke...
  20. lostmary

    Smoke came home

    I don't know whether to hug her or beat her,(just a figure of speech, I would never hurt her). Just getting ready for bed, and heard the dogs barking on the porch. Went out to check, and there she is, on her favorite place, looking at me as if to say "WHHHAAT". I've closed off the doggie door...
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