Who feeds the cats?
I snuck around back to try and sneak a pic of them waiting but they spotted me!!
Out the front door.
I snuck around back to try and sneak a pic of them waiting but they spotted me!!
Out the front door.
I didn't bring any of them here, but I feed them all and named them all and I'm getting all of them spayed and neutered (four down). IOriginally Posted by Going Nova
It's like a scene from a movie! Invasion of the cats. lol Are they all yours?
Oh my goodness! You are super awesome!Originally Posted by kscatlady
I didn't bring any of them here, but I feed them all and named them all and I'm getting all of them spayed and neutered (four down). Ithem!
Some are strays, some are ferals. The Fluffballs, Hef and the gray guy are strays. Gus is probably a stray, but was on his own so long that he turned feral, but eventually I got him retamed. Maggie, Mrs. M, Wil, Mya and Mel were all born out here, though.Originally Posted by AddieBee
And I see Gus and Maggie right in the middle of the action!
Are they definitely a colony or just a collection of strays... I don't recall if you said.
Thanks!Originally Posted by Going Nova
Oh my goodness! You are super awesome!
We had six outdoors, three were kittens and brought indoors to foster. Two of the adults are spayed. And we occasionally see some pass through, but they don't stay long enough for us to trap after we notice them.I worry about how my neighbors feel about the cats. I hope your neighbors are better than some of mine!
Your kitties are lovely, BTW.
Have you ever tried to reach out to a local rescue group to help with the spay/neuter or to help place the ones that are somewhat friendly? I just did a find on petfinder.com for your home town and found one that is a no kill shelters that specialize in cats:Originally Posted by kscatlady
Thanks!
Most of the neighbors are cool. I think there is one neighbor that complained to the land manager because we got something in the mail to stop feeding the cats. I know who it is though, because there is only one porch that I've never seen any food on. I don't care though! It's not the cat's fault they're homeless! It's people's fault! And these cats DESERVE to have someone take care of them and love them and that's what I'm going to do and they can't stop me. They can evict me I suppose, but I would still show up here twice a day to feed them.
Bless your heartOriginally Posted by kscatlady
these cats DESERVE to have someone take care of them and love them and that's what I'm going to do and they can't stop me.
Thank you! I emailed one of the rescues, I didn't know what to tell them, so I just said I'm maintaining a colony of ferals and strays and do the TNR thing. I don't need to worry about animal control, they won't come here anymore. The shelter is full. That's what I heard any way.Originally Posted by Momofmany
Have you ever tried to reach out to a local rescue group to help with the spay/neuter or to help place the ones that are somewhat friendly? I just did a find on petfinder.com for your home town and found one that is a no kill shelters that specialize in cats:
http://members.petfinder.org/~KS86/aboutus.html
This one has a TNR program:
http://www.caringhandshs.com/
You are wonderful for taking care of these cats. Sometimes neighbors can be a real pain and if they start to really complain about you, you will want a way to take care of these cats quickly or risk having them rounded up by animal control.
I worked for a no-kill shelter that specialized in cats and had a TNR program. What caught our attention when people contacted us were things like this:Originally Posted by kscatlady
Thank you! I emailed one of the rescues, I didn't know what to tell them, so I just said I'm maintaining a colony of ferals and strays and do the TNR thing. I don't need to worry about animal control, they won't come here anymore. The shelter is full. That's what I heard any way.