Feral Cat Fridays: Where Did All Those Cats Come From?
How did we wind up caring for so many cats? It seems like we should have somehow, some way, been able to take evasive action. We certainly didn’t move up…
Read moreHow did we wind up caring for so many cats? It seems like we should have somehow, some way, been able to take evasive action. We certainly didn’t move up…
Read moreIt’s been more than 18 years since we came to Dry Creek Hill and saw our first feral cat. We’ve known and named 78 cats in those years–you’ve met all…
Read moreWe saw a few of the visitors to our feral cat colony only a time or two. We never knew where they came from or where they went, but the…
Read moreLike the Ice Cream Cats, Spotty was a sometimes visitor to the Dry Creek Hill feral cat colony. But unlike the Ice Cream Cats, Spotty came and went for several…
Read moreMost of the feral cats that came to our clearing thought the colony was a great place, moved in, and were trapped, neutered or spayed, and released. A few just…
Read moreIt was surprisingly easy to identify most of the cats in our colony, but if there was one cat we were guaranteed to recognize, it was Motley. Motley was a…
Read moreWhen Harley appeared with her first litter we were debating how to confront our feral cat explosion. Harley must have known we were investigating trap, neuter, release (TNR) programs. She…
Read moreBack in the early days of our cat-wrangling Mama wasn’t Mama. She was just a gray tabby that wandered into the yard, drew our sympathy, and stayed. She became Mama…
Read moreI’ve held off covering Fluff because there is so much to say. After reviewing the many pictures we have I decided Fluff needed 2 weeks. She was a favorite of…
Read moreThe Masters tournament is being played as I write this, so it’s a good time to cover the last member of the golfer litter. You’ve already met Fuzzy, Chi-Chi, and…
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