Feral Cat Fridays: Hi, I’m Larry …
Last week introduced Harley, a feral cat that emerged from the woods surrounding our clearing with her family of 5 kittens. This week’s hero is Larry, one of those 5…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Harley Lovers Are Loyal
If you doubt that feral cat colonies are matriarchal, I present Harley, the model matriarch. Harley emerged from the woods one day and surveyed our property. The available food and…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Scribbling About Scrabble
A vigorous trap, neuter, release program stopped our feral cat colony from growing from the inside, but we still had the occasional addition from the outside. A few lone, mature…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: “Ten-Hut!”
Sarge was one of the first feral cats we found wandering the woods of Dry Creek Hill. A white cat and a black cat, who later became Ernie and Foreman,…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Is That Ms. Hutch?
Our feral cat colony had several extended families. The most extensive began with Mama, the first feral we befriended, and ended with her grandchildren when our trap, neuter, release (TNR)…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: A Black Cat For Black Friday
Foreman was one of the first feral cats we saw on Dry Creek Hill. He was a tough guy who looked like he’d been stalking these woods for a while…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: A Roll In The Mud
This week’s featured colony member may have been the most aptly and oddly named cat in our colony. His name certainly drew quizzical looks from the staff at the spay/neuter…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Turk And The Masters
A few years ago I taught formerly-feral-now-housecat Turk to appreciate watching golf and the Masters is the best there is. He reminded me the delayed, only time in history played…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Scamper Of The Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes
One of Shadow’s two children, Scamper was born not long before we attended our trap, neuter, and release training program. In fact, her birth was one of the precipitating events…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: It’s Good To Be King, But Better To Be Foreman
Feral Cat Fridays honors Halloween today with a little glimpse into the lives of 2 black cats. Foreman, seen in the photo below, was an old, tough campaigner. He spent…
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