My house apparently has a sign on it that only stray/feral cats can read. Probably the parade of stray cats who came before....
Now I see two young cats, I'm thinking litter mates who are coming to my deck. They look to be about the same age and I bet they were born this past Spring. One is black with white legs and the other is gray with white legs. So...I've been putting out the canned food the resident (and rescue cat) don't finish and kibble. The cats come in shifts and devour it.
I set up the plastic dog house that previous strays have used in winter weather and put it up against the house on a bench. I never know if a cat will use it because it has one door and no back door. Raccoons come to the deck to snuffle for bird seed.
Within weeks of bringing Boo Berry inside, these cats and an orange tabby have appeared along with a sporadically spotted smoke gray cat. Perhaps they are wandering pets but my guess is not. My neighbor had relegated their elderly cat to outdoors a couple of years ago and he would wander through as well. His only shelter was piece from a cat tree-carpet covered plywood. Poor cat lived like that until it died.
At first I hoped the cats would move on and find some other sap to feed them. Of course they didn't. Why would they? Three of my cats are the offspring of a similar kitty who we managed to trap and adopt out along with her other brood. And of course Boo, who showed up with a broken pelvis before a stormy weekend.
Needless to say, I can help them be outdoors but I can't do anything more for them. There is an endless supply of cats. It really makes me furious that people either leave their cats to starve and get hit or allow free roaming cats to reproduce. Boo was clearly someone's pet at one point. He's a sweetheart. These guys are at the door only after I shut it and are feral cat shy.
We are going to have a week of super cold (for here) weather with temps down in the twenties. I'll see if the fella will stop at Del's Farm supply and get some straw tomorrow. Gah.
Now I see two young cats, I'm thinking litter mates who are coming to my deck. They look to be about the same age and I bet they were born this past Spring. One is black with white legs and the other is gray with white legs. So...I've been putting out the canned food the resident (and rescue cat) don't finish and kibble. The cats come in shifts and devour it.
I set up the plastic dog house that previous strays have used in winter weather and put it up against the house on a bench. I never know if a cat will use it because it has one door and no back door. Raccoons come to the deck to snuffle for bird seed.
Within weeks of bringing Boo Berry inside, these cats and an orange tabby have appeared along with a sporadically spotted smoke gray cat. Perhaps they are wandering pets but my guess is not. My neighbor had relegated their elderly cat to outdoors a couple of years ago and he would wander through as well. His only shelter was piece from a cat tree-carpet covered plywood. Poor cat lived like that until it died.
At first I hoped the cats would move on and find some other sap to feed them. Of course they didn't. Why would they? Three of my cats are the offspring of a similar kitty who we managed to trap and adopt out along with her other brood. And of course Boo, who showed up with a broken pelvis before a stormy weekend.
Needless to say, I can help them be outdoors but I can't do anything more for them. There is an endless supply of cats. It really makes me furious that people either leave their cats to starve and get hit or allow free roaming cats to reproduce. Boo was clearly someone's pet at one point. He's a sweetheart. These guys are at the door only after I shut it and are feral cat shy.
We are going to have a week of super cold (for here) weather with temps down in the twenties. I'll see if the fella will stop at Del's Farm supply and get some straw tomorrow. Gah.