Hi all!
I have signed up for three cats this Sunday at a Spay/neuter clinic. This is an absolute gift from above as I have been very short with money and unable spay/neuter for a while due to some medical issues with our family cats and family issues. I only have one trap, but have been trying to get another one. I even posted here for one. I will be trying to catch another two in carriers if I cannot get another trap. Please send prayers and good trapping vibes my way. I am so nervous I won't be able to take advantage of this opportunity! Please send along any advice also! It has always taken me 1-3 days to catch one cat each time. I have to trap close to the day/on the day as I really don't have any room inside to keep them for too long. I really want everything to go right...
It's been a while since I have been here so here's a quick update. No neighbor troubles right now, Thank God! Midnight (Miss Impossible to catch as she does not live with us) brought us three new young adults about a month ago and a gray male showed up and started to eat here. That adds four more to our total. It is confusing to me though. When having trouble with your neighbors, Alley Cat Allies says to tell them that the colony will keep other strange cats away, keeping the colony the same size. This has proven to not be true time and time again for me. The male members of our colony tried to chase away the gray male but were unable to, instead one my males left! I really enjoyed seeing him everyday and am not to happy with the new one because of this.
Anyway I will protect and care for them all the best I can. I just worry constantly because I don't want them to feel too safe here and then have someone come and take some away again. I couldn't go through that again.
Well, I guess I better stop going on and on. Thank all of you and God Bless you that run/work at these clinics! I truly mean it! No one really knows how much this means to me. And many thanks to all of you here at this site!
JIL05
I have signed up for three cats this Sunday at a Spay/neuter clinic. This is an absolute gift from above as I have been very short with money and unable spay/neuter for a while due to some medical issues with our family cats and family issues. I only have one trap, but have been trying to get another one. I even posted here for one. I will be trying to catch another two in carriers if I cannot get another trap. Please send prayers and good trapping vibes my way. I am so nervous I won't be able to take advantage of this opportunity! Please send along any advice also! It has always taken me 1-3 days to catch one cat each time. I have to trap close to the day/on the day as I really don't have any room inside to keep them for too long. I really want everything to go right...
It's been a while since I have been here so here's a quick update. No neighbor troubles right now, Thank God! Midnight (Miss Impossible to catch as she does not live with us) brought us three new young adults about a month ago and a gray male showed up and started to eat here. That adds four more to our total. It is confusing to me though. When having trouble with your neighbors, Alley Cat Allies says to tell them that the colony will keep other strange cats away, keeping the colony the same size. This has proven to not be true time and time again for me. The male members of our colony tried to chase away the gray male but were unable to, instead one my males left! I really enjoyed seeing him everyday and am not to happy with the new one because of this.
Anyway I will protect and care for them all the best I can. I just worry constantly because I don't want them to feel too safe here and then have someone come and take some away again. I couldn't go through that again.
Well, I guess I better stop going on and on. Thank all of you and God Bless you that run/work at these clinics! I truly mean it! No one really knows how much this means to me. And many thanks to all of you here at this site!
JIL05