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I've two semi-ferals who live in my garden (and the surrounding fields) - various posts on them elsewhere in this forum. I've had them for a year - they are lovely little things. One, Squeaky, my c. 18 month old b/w girl, is a picture of health and is getting ever friendlier - boy, does she...

Hi all - been a long time since I was here. Hope all are well. To reappraise: - I've two neuetered girl ferals: Bubble (black, about 2 now) and Squeak (b/w, about 1 now) - got them in September of last year when I was living on a farm. Within a few weeks, both girls happy as could be. Bubbs out...

Background....I live on a farm and work next door in a communal office space. All very rural! At about 5 o'clock this afternoon (about 6 hours ago), I got a call asking whether my cats had kittens and, if so, whether one had disappeared as a little black kitten had been seen in the hedge...

Hello All, trust everyone's well A quick update: 1) no sign of Little Cow....thought I'd seen her in the next farm's garden last week but am 90% sure it was another b/w feral cat - quite possibly our original Ruby! 2) missing the Rudicat terribly 3) definite signs of strays around. I've seen...

Hello All - I'm as sad as I've been in years. This morning I got the news that my beloved Rudi, the world's best farm cat, the stray-who-stayed and basically my big buddy was killed in an RTA last week. I'm currently on holiday in the States. Back in England, my sister-in-law housesat for a...

Hello all - it seems a long time since I've been here and I hope all are well. unfortunately I bring troubling news - Little Cow, the beloved little feral who i adopted about 21 months ago, appears to have vanished. It's now been nearly two weeks since she's been seen. As the summer (although...

Think I mentioned in my last post that I'd had to take Paddy to the vet last week for a scratch/ scab on her nose. The vet said what I'd suspected - 'she's been fighting and it'll clear up' - and then charged me a neat little sum of money for the peace of mind. Anyway, it's very evident that...

Hi All - Paddy turns 2 today! Interestingly, I do know her actual birthday as her original owner (who had her for about 11 months ... and no mention of her incontinence, which has always baffled me) passed her details on to the second family where her incontinence became an issue and hence, via...

Hi All - think it's about time I tried to get Rudi to try out indoor life and I have a perfect window coming up. I'll have the house to myself for a couple of weeks starting next Wednesday and my plan is as follows: * at the moment I try to feed both Rudi and Paddy in the utility room...

Hi All ... I'll start with the finish ... Paddy is currently missing. And it's a really strange, out-from-under-our-noses type of disappearance (and I may be nervous a bit prematurely). With it being a gorgeous, crisp day, this lunchtime my bro and I decided to take a walk round the field that...

A ridiculous glut of work has kept me off here for a bit, but I thought I'd come in to say hi, pass on latest and, more than anything, wish you and yours festive greetings. So .... * Rudi: remains a big, grey, lovable lump. He is quite the most adorable cat. He doesn't know yet that he's going...

Hi all - I think I may have found out why Rudi has been behaving erratically (he seems to have taken to climbing lots of trees this week, but has otherwise been very regular with his visits for food and loving) - we have a new stray on the farm. It's a white cat with large darker patches on it...

Evening all, Lovely surprise a couple of hours back when LC trotted into the courtyard. It's something she did fairly frequently about 10-11 months ago, as she used to originally come through the courtyard to get to the feeding station. But ever since I moved the feeding station to near her...

It looks as if I might be adding to Rudi and Little Cow. The rescue from whom I got Little Cow got in touch with me yesterday to tell me the sad story of a little 12-18 month grey and white girl. They are having trouble homing her as she has a bit of an incontinence problem. Sounds like she...

Hello all - haven't been around here much lately, though have followed a few stories (JTbo, you should write a book!) on the site. There's not been a huge amount of things happen with my two, but thought I'd drop a little update: "Combined" - both LC and Rudi seem to be eating a fair bit less...

I don't usually wander over to the 'Behaviour' part of the site as my two cats are a feral and a stray. However, this is definitely a behaviour topic! Over recent months, a number of people around the farm where I live have reported seeing a stoat in the area and have commented on it killing a...

Hello All - not been around much lately in the posting sense of the word, but have kept up with the usual plethora of fascinating, joyous and heartbreaking stories here. Which reminds me that I must drop Hissy/ Mary-Anne a note. Time for a nice tale of my own... Over the last few weeks, Rudi -...

Hi all - these are non-urgent, but any thoughts appreciated. 1) Rudi/ cuts and bare patches on ears. Ever since I've known and been able to pet Rudi, I've noticed that the outsides of his ears are a bit tattered. By that I mean that they seem as if they have little scars/ tiny bare patches on...

Hi all - I have a bit of a dilemma with a rogue hedgehog! 3-4 days ago, when I was taking the pans out of one of the Happy Hutches, I noticed some bizarre-looking poop in there. I had a quick squizz at the Internet and basically became pretty convinced that it was hedgehog poop. I cleaned the...

Hello all - just logged back in for the first time in a while. Such a variety of emotional reactions to reading the stories on here: from heartwrenching to joyous, calling all stops along the way. I'm continuing to make good progress with my barn friends! Ruby, in particular, is so cool. For the...