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I'll consider it and talk to my husband about it. I guess I don't want to underestimate how difficult it could be to create an enclosure large enough that both cats could be confined to and be happy - it might have to be our whole backyard. Also I would have to get permission from our downstairs...

Today I had a new idea - but perhaps it's not the best and may be controversial around here. Ginger and Tortie have adjusted okay to life in our house, but they are still essentially feral. What if I were to just let them be outdoor cats? I could put a heated cat house in the backyard and...

Thanks for the advice. Yes, they are all spayed. We have 4 litter boxes. And yes, I did learn the hard way about intervening in a fight. I pulled Feta out from under the bed and she bit my hand, meaning that I had to go to the doctor and be put on antibiotics. She is bitey in general, but it's...

I kid....sort of. One of our cats is obsessed with attacking the other two. We acquired our first two female cats, Tortie and Ginger, about 5 years ago. They are semi-feral but bonded with each other. They will allow us to pet them at times, but will not allow being picked up. They are both...

The purpose me fostering them was to find inside homes for them  When our rescue or ones we work with find feral adults or larger kittens, we TNR.  Sorry to say, this was a bit of a misunderstanding.  If we had trapped these cats, we would've TNR'd the larger ones.  But they were trapped in...

Here are some photos of the kitties in question.   "Big Mama", which is kind of a misnomer because she's not very big.  But relative to the other ones, she is the matriarch. Here is the tortie.  She's not usually this scared, but I had to get close to her and nudge her out of her hiding...

Hi all, I've gotten a lot of tips and encouragement just from lurking around here, but I guess I'll jump in with my own question because my situation is a little unusual. I've been fostering kittens for about 3 years.  I've gotten some shy kittens, but the current batch is proving to be a real...

Hello, I work for a rescue fostering kittens and getting them ready for adoption.  I have 3 kittens right now who are almost ready to go (they're getting fixed today).   I have some leeway in approving adoptions for my foster kittens.  A gentleman would like to adopt one of the kittens to be a...

Ha, I always say "they let me play with kittens and they don't even make me pay for it!"   It can be hard work but I love having kittens.  This is the outlet for my maternal instincts since we've decided not to have human children.   So I decided to buy a 3-tier cat cage on Amazon today, along...

I've been worried about a small kitten before, but it seemed to work itself out.  By that, I mean that the kitten either caught up with the others or stayed small and healthy.  If mom doesn't mind, I would continue to let the runt nurse alone to make sure she's not having to constantly compete...

I foster for a local cat rescue, primarily kittens.  I have a litter of 3 6-7 week old kittens that were trapped yesterday.  I don't think they've lived inside before but they aren't too feral yet.  Two of the kittens hiss and hide, but then when we hold them they calm down.  The third kitten is...

Iceybolt, I'm sorry to hear about the little calico girl. RIP. As for me, this will probably be my last post in this forum for a while.  It turns out that my foster cat is not pregnant.   I took her to the vet today because she's been huge for 2 weeks with no kittens or signs of labor.  The...

I'm still waiting for kittens too.  I'm taking her to my vet tomorrow to see what's going on.  She has some discharge coming from one eye and she seems to keep it closed more than the other eye.  Also, some drooling and I saw worms coming out of her on Friday (gave her Strongid) so maybe the vet...

We usually drop them off in the morning and pick them up in the afternoon. They don't even use stitches anymore.  It's just kind of a glue that dissolves as they heal.

Sooo cute!!