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Feral Cat Fridays: Scribbling About Scrabble

By Charles Prokop December 18, 2020 Feral Fridays, Uncategorized 2 Comments
Feral 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…

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Feral Cat Fridays: “Ten-Hut!”

By Charles Prokop December 11, 2020 Feral Fridays, Uncategorized 2 Comments
Feral 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,…

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Feral Cat Fridays: Is That Ms. Hutch?

By Charles Prokop December 4, 2020 Feral Fridays, Uncategorized 2 Comments
Feral 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)…

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Feral Cat Fridays: Scamper Of The Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes

By Charles Prokop November 6, 2020 Feral Fridays, Uncategorized 2 Comments
Feral 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…

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Feral Cat Fridays: How Our TNR Program Started

By Charles Prokop October 23, 2020 Feral Fridays, Uncategorized 2 Comments
Feral Cat Fridays: How Our TNR Program Started

When we moved to Dry Creek Hill, we had no experience with feral cats. We certainly were not looking for any. Trap, neuter, and release were unfamiliar terms and we…

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Feral Cat Fridays: Guildenstern the Golden Star

By Charles Prokop October 16, 2020 Feral Fridays, Uncategorized 2 Comments
Feral Cat Fridays: Guildenstern the Golden Star

The Water Tub Monster adventure was one of the rare times when all 3 of Herkemina’s kittens were not acting as a unit. Meet Guildenstern, the kitten who was mysteriously…

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Feral Cat Fridays: If It’s A Black Cat, It Must Be George

By Charles Prokop October 9, 2020 Feral Fridays, Uncategorized 2 Comments
Feral Cat Fridays: If It’s A Black Cat, It Must Be George

My father liked to name our black cats George in “honor” of a very good friend. My father has been gone for 25 years now, but when Mama, the first…

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Feral Cat Fridays: The Tail of Herkemina

By Charles Prokop October 2, 2020 Feral Fridays, Uncategorized 4 Comments
Feral Cat Fridays: The Tail of Herkemina

Herkemina, the mother of the heroes of The Water Tub Monster, appeared one day at the water bowl in back of the house. She returned the next day with a…

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Feral Cat Fridays: The Water Hole Monster

By Charles Prokop September 25, 2020 Feral Fridays, Uncategorized 2 Comments
Feral Cat Fridays: The Water Hole Monster

New kids on the block feel their way around long-time residents until they learn how the neighborhood works, and it’s no different in a feral cat colony. This little interchange…

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Feral Cat Fridays: Scratch & Sniff

By Charles Prokop September 18, 2020 Feral Fridays, Uncategorized No Comments
Feral Cat Fridays: Scratch & Sniff

Several weeks ago I mentioned Grable. She arrived with 3 kittens (Cody, Callie, & Chessie) in tow so we had to delay her spaying until the kittens were on their…

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