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…
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: 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: 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…
Read moreFeral 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…
Read moreFeral 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…
Read moreFeral 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…
Read moreFeral 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…
Read moreFeral 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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