Jimmy is having a breakthrough!!

You've got a fiesty feral bunch - they're not afraid of any bobcat. It's YOU they love! (So glad the enclosure will stand up to a bobcat. I hope he realizes there's no food for him at your place and will roam somewhere else. Poor kitties!)

Thanks for the wonderful updates. You're doing so well with them!




Laurie

I'm not scared of a bobcat. They very very seldom attack people. Usually the only ones that attack people are rapid. I'm really not worried about that. But I do stay alert when walking. I have read a few stories of bobcat attacks, but like I said, they are rare.

And the cats are safe. Come spring the bobcats will move along... Hopefully.

I have also thought of putting food out with jalapeno in it so they might look somewhere else for food if they thought the food source here were bad. But they have a set territory like any cat.

But I think it probably best to just do nothing. As long as the kitties are secure, all is well.

We have lots of wildlife. I would rather have bobcats roaming the woods than poisonous snakes in my yard...... Bobcats are pretty secretive.

I still have a plan of putting meat out with a wildlife camera motion detected to just catch a picture of one. But not in my yard area. Maybe several acres back..

One of the reasons we have such abundant wildlife is because our land goes back three acres but beyond that to the rear is 1000's of acres of wild government land with the lake bordering it on one side. It is owned by the conservation dept I think. But it is totally uninhabited and wild. We have walked/climbed to the top once on sort of a plateau and took pics. [rough rough walking to get there] The pics are on a different computer that the harddrive crashed on. If I ever retreive it, I will post some pics of the land. Quite beautiful land it looks like land from some western movie. Free land, no fences and still natural.

But also on our own land, we have a wet creek 10 or so months out of the year. There is a free water source.. And that draws wildlife. We used to have wild boar but they moved on. We have lots of deer but since bobcats are in the area now, the deer have moved on. Life cycles keep changing, but that is the way of things. Our FIRST creek is about 100-150 yards behind the house.

I'd love to wake up to that sight every morning. Its beautiful.
I love this thread on jimmy. He is a hansome fella.
Your a wonderful person for taking in these kitties who need lots of love and attention.

Well, nothing to report. Jimmy is not moving forward.............nor backward. Still watching me get ready for work. Still sitting in the closet and still using the restroom litter instead of going outside.

Not going backwards is good.... He has gone in litte bursts of progress since the begininng. This last burst was just huge and he is probably still processing all his new feelings.

He is nearly "exactly where Star is now"........ That was my initial hope for him based on his circumstances... But I think he will progress much more than Star in the longrun.

Star talks to me but is still skittish. Absolutely does not like being touched and probalby never will. She has little times where she has laid on my feet but they are few and far between.

And they both might just surprise me as the years pass.....

But there are differences between them. Star NEVER displayed interest in humans like Jimmy. And this has always been in spite of him being afraid. They are just very different..

both with their own quirtks..... and both special.

I am sending you some hugs and prayers from me in Mississippi, I hope Jimmy continues to have steps forward, you are doing a great job. You are just so patient.

Jenn - it is so beautiful where you live! I love it here - lots of woods and wildlife - but we don't have any water. I've always wanted a good size "crik" - or even a small lake - on our property.

Laurie

I have seen several photos of your property Jenn.
You have your own little Eden.
It's beautiful.

I have a little eden that need so much more work......... the person who lived here had a half finished fishing cabin and did not respect the land and had it absolutely trashed with beer cans, junk, metal objects, lawn mowers and probably anything else you could think of. That's why we got a good deal on the price. They did not live here on a full time basis since they had no water or septic. We have moved approx 2 tons of rocks and 1 ton of trash..... and I mean TRASH. Plus about 200.00 worth of aluminum cans. We still don't have it all hauled away. Since we recently bought a truck, we have the means to do it ourselves now. Just have to find the time. It's been a big job, but it will all be worth it when we finish....

Then our little eden will actually bear fruit..... We love it here.

As far as little Jimmy, I got "his closet cleaned out".... And have it fixed for him. We both have a spot...

Tomorrow morning will be busy. We recently sold our old wood burning stove and have found another one for 250.00 that is just beautiful. It is about 5 miles from us. We are picking it up in the morning. I am so excited. It is big enough it will heat our whole cabin and has glass door so we can see the flame like a real fireplace. We will filll the propane tank up just for an emergency but we don't plan on using it usless we have to. We are fixing to stock up on wood. We hope the stove will be installed and working in the next week or so. If the electric lines go down, this new stove gets hot enough we could actually use it to cook on if we had to. We are bringing it home in the morning but the installation will take a bit of work. We have to have at least two days good weather to get it going so we can make sure the roof does not leak after cutting the hole..

Then we just need that windmill to generate electricity and we will be self sufficient and bill free except for necessities like satellite.......... and phone.. But that windmill will be a few years away. We are considering building one ourselves actually. We have the plans.

Wow, I am so pleased to hear that he is still doing well Jenn, and your house sounds absolutely wonderful, I am a bit jealous myself - although wayy too lazy to do most of the work you have done!!

You really have a beautiful place there, Jenn. Jimmy, Star and the rest of the crew are lucky to be able to call it home and to have you and Juan in their lives.

I meant to tell you that my mom surprised me the other night when I was over for dinner. My brother and his kids were there too and we were talking about their two kittens, when out of the blue my mom asked, "How's Jimmy?"
(She knows he's special to me). So, I told her how well he's adapted to his new home, the wonderful progress you've made with him, and then she wanted to get on TCS and see his pictures. She loved the one of him earlier in the thread where he's peaking around the laundry supplies and said, "Wow, what a gorgeous cat!

Anyway, just wanted to share that.

That's wonderful Elly........ Tell you mom also that Jimmy loves his new closet spot. Our closet does not a door on it and his view is of our bed but he actually spends more time IN THE BED than in the closet.

It is so sweet that she read the thread... He is one special cat!! I will have mroe pics of him to share as soon as I get time. Possibly tomorrow if Jimmy is in the mood.... It warmer today so most of the cats are outside...... They love the fresh air and sunshine.

And now presenting our wood burning stove we got today. It is about a year old and came complete with flue and everything..... We love it! we will be using it in about 3 weeks.... It is big enough to heat our whole cabin.....

Elly here is a pic of Jimmy's Princess. She is a little over a year old now. Very quiet little kiity and reserved. Her and Jimmy still love each other. She is a sweetheart and has silky hair like a rabbit. She was asleep and I said her name and she looked up at me. She is a little sweetheart. Both her and Honey [her full sister] have this type of hair and both are very soft footed and quiet. They play but they are both watchful. Cow's other litter with Snoopy and Tulip [the white ones] have entirely different personalities. They are the life of the party type kittens... But here's Princess Minny Pearl today and the other pics are the first time I saw her. I brought them in the house the same day or the next day I took these pictures. It was hard to get them out from under the deck. Princess is the one Cow is loving on with the multi striped head..... Cow was vicious over them. This was back when she did not like people to begin with and I was messing with her babies.

Jenn...I love Cow's black & white babies kitten pictures.
There are no words to describe how adorable they are.

Awww, Jenn, those pictures are beyond cute. What adorable babies! Princess Minnie Pearl has grown into quite a lovely young lady. No wonder Jimmy's so fond of her.

Her and Jimmy are alot alike. Aloof, staying off to themselves, watchful... They are a perfect little kitty couple!!!

And Jimmy.........since I fixed the closet to be more comfortable, he won't go in it!! Those darn ferals...........heheh He will be used to it in a few days.

And it looks so much more comfortable! I have my side and he has his......

And thanks for the compliments on the cow's litter. They were precious little babes. And they still are. The one with all three is my favorite. And it really shows their personalities. See Hank marching out front. HOney's little paw is poised to follow him. She is his shadow. But Princess upon seeing me and the big world it moving to get back under the porch.

Before I could get them in, Hank went in the woods. I had two in the house, the girls, and he was nowhere to be seen when I went to get him out from under the porch. That's where I thought he was but I was wrong. I could hear Cow calling him. I finally heard him while I was shining the light under the porch behind me in the woods. I finally found him a 1/4 acre away just mewing for his mama. It is a thousand wonders something did not get him. He was scared and lost. And he is the most adventurous of the babes. Even now. He is the sturdiest too. And twice as big as the girls. He is exactly like JJ except in looks. Their coloring is different but he is JJ through and through. The girls are just like Cow.

We have always laughed. We have a herd of calves at our house.......!!

since those pics were taken May 16, 2006, I believe they were born approx sometime in April last year. She disappeared for a couple weeks and when she came back she had given birth. I knew about when she had them but not exactly. I looked for them and could not find them. I could tell they had been born but she kept them very quiet and I suspect she changed their location several times. I kept checking cow to make sure she was still nursing. Her previous litters before I knew her had all died due to lack of nutrition according to my neighbor. I think they were 5 weeks old here or so. They were still a slightly wobbly but were hungry also. Cow's milk was not very rich I don't think. So they are about 10 months old now. I think......

I might be wrong but I remember you finally captured cow and the babies just before you moved.
I don't know how you did it all????
JJ was recovering from his surgery, you were getting your new place ready, Jimmy was happening....
and now look at you Jenn.
You and Juan did it...
you are in your new place, have an enclosure, computer access,
your new stove is very cool---er, hot & that is just the surface of your life.

You are really quite amazing Jenn.

I agree.
Jenn, you and Juan are both amazing!
I'm sure you're not anywhere near old enough to be my Mom...but I want you to adopt me!!!

OMG - Cow and her litter are SO insanely gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jenn - all I can say is that the world is a better place because of you!

Laurie

I might be wrong but I remember you finally captured cow and the babies just before you moved.
I don't know how you did it all????
JJ was recovering from his surgery, you were getting your new place ready, Jimmy was happening....

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You are right. All this happened at one time. Cow was real good with her babies after they had been in the house a month or so, she got out and it was heck trying to catch her again in spite of her babies being in the house..... When we finally got her, we took her to the vet to be fixed and she was already pregnant. They would have aborted the kittens and fixed her but they told Juan if any kittens survived he would have to bring them home. He couldnt' do it so he brought Cow back home, pregnant and unfixed and told me what the vet said. We decided to keep her indoors with us and feed her up so her litter would be healthy. That's where tulip and snoopy came from. The others in the litter did not make it. One made it one day, another a couple weeks and one a month or so. They were just weak. The two that made it are top notch and extremely healthy. They are not fixed yet but they have had all their shots.

Here they are now..... they are the most beautiful kittens I have ever seen in my life..


Cow was fixed while she was nursing the babies and did fine. She suffered no milk loss. The vet said it was safe to fix her while she was nursing. The same vet fixed her that told Juan she was pregnant.

These little girls have never known anything but our house... they are active, active active. I bought them 12 huge balls today to roll around when I went to springfield..

OH that's right.... springfield... Let me tell you. I went to springfield, mo to get my 60 lb of felidae cat food that i had ordered. I ended up getting 100 lbs so I won't have to go back for awhile. The traffic was killer. I got lost twice. I haven't been there in 6-7 months...... I bought 12 balls, looked at everything and got the dogs some new pigs ears.. The place I went to was called All About Dog and Cats. It was an awesome store. It was huge and everything was geared to critters. Clothes, toys, chewies, food galore. Grooming, bathing.....complete pet care. I looked around for three hrs. Juan thought I had wrecked the truck. And I went to Lowes and got him a storage shed. a rubbermaid one so I can organize his tools off the porch. I am tired of the clutter of my porch....... I also bought the duraboard [concrete board for the wood burning stove. We are going to mortor rocks on it. so I have a new project.

I got to git. I still have to unload the car. At least what I can. I am only goint to cover the concrete with plastic. Can't life them. And the storage shed is for tomorrow when juan is home. He is at work.

But I had a great day except for traffic. On our one lane dirt road, we see two cars daily. ONe is a neighbor and one is the mailman...hehe

I'm sure you're not anywhere near old enough to be my Mom...but I want you to adopt me!!!

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Hey gracie...........I am older than you think.....!!!! I just haven't had time to relax yet. I am looking forward to retirement........!!! I'll adopt ya because after I retire I will need young hands and a strong back to help me out.

welcome aboard........ !!!! hehehehe

Later, Jenn

Tulip and Snoopy are beautiful.

Okay, you have a deal...I'll let Mason have the four kids and me and the four cats will be on our way