Feral Cat Fridays: Advanced Cat Trapping
Most of the cats on our property were easy to trap. We’d put the trap in the yard, bait it with wet food, and in short order we’d be trotting…
Read moreCat Trapping 101: Practice Test
Fate has a way of testing us all, and immediately after posting about cat trapping we had to put our skills to the test. The weather here in the Texas…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Cat Trapping 101
MiniMo is the last cat remaining from our colony, but it took trapping, neutering, and cat care to control our population. The first thing we had to do was trap…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: MiniMo Marches On
After mentioning MiniMo several times I thought I should introduce her, starting with her name. MiniMo is short for Mini-Mosby. She is the daughter and doppelgänger of Mosby, a solid…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: A Look Back At Starsky
After Starsky’s memorial of last week, here’s a more complete look at her life. Starsky was always one of the more social members of our feral colony. You can see…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: And Now There Is Only One
Starsky died Wednesday night. I mentioned Starsky last week as one of the last 2 remaining feral colony cats after Dark Darryl died. I was planning to cover her in…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays (2): … And this is my other brother Darryl.
When Harley arrived with 5 kittens, we had a problem. It wasn’t the problem you might imagine — we were used to feral cats bringing kittens out of the woods…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: … This is my brother Darryl …
Continuing from last Friday’s post (Hi, I’m Larry …), meet Larry’s brother, Darryl. Larry and Darryl were both from the litter Harley brought out of the woods into our clearing.…
Read moreFeral 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…
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