Feral Cat Fridays: A Salute To The General
The third member of Boots’ litter inherited a prominent feature that was impossible to overlook – his white-tipped feet were a miniature version of his mother’s white boots. We had…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: In The Footsteps Of Boots
I introduced Boots quite a while back as one the most prickly, touchy members of the colony. But Boots was a surprisingly good mother. Her daughter Sherman inherited Boots’ “take…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: There’s No Doubt She’s Motley
It 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 moreFeral Cat Fridays: Fuzz On Your Tux? No Problem!
When 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 moreFeral Cat Fridays: Is That Mosby or MiniMosby?
You’ve all met MiniMo so it’s time to meet her mother and namesake, Mosby. Mosby was born to Mama in the early days, before we accepted that we needed to…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Camo Keeps His (Or Her) Secret
Back 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 moreFeral Cat Fridays: A First Puff of Fluff
I’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 moreFeral Cat Fridays: Meet Master Bobby
The 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…
Read moreFeral 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 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…
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