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Bonus picture -- Kathy Kat at her new furrever home! Photo texted to me by her new hooman. She has already found and annointed the litter box, ate a can of Fancy Feast, and received lots of pets and cuddles. Now, tired out from catting, she reclines on her chaise lounge. This kitten is going to...

And Kathy Kat has gone on to her new forever home. She bonded with him almost immediately, giving him her little kitty kisses and purring for him once we did the introduction, and I'm sure they'll be quite happy together. In a way I'm sad to see her go, given how sweet she is, but there will be...

I gave her a name -- Kathy -- because she's so chatty. I also took her to my usual vet, who confirmed that she is around 14 weeks old because her adult incisors are coming in, "she's just small," he noted, also noting that she had good heft to her for her size so she wasn't malnourished. I...

I took her in for TNR because she was too old to easily tame, but then brought her into the house because it's cold outside and kittens have trouble regulating their temperature after surgery. So I figured I'd shuffle this little girl into a carrier in a few days and then let her go outside...

For a 3 year old cat I wouldn't be worried too much about a medical problem unless he was poisoned somehow. Was your house recently treated for insects? Have you used ant killer or anything else poisonous recently? What about cleaning counters with a new cleanser, or using a new cleanser on the...

If he has IBD, taking him off his prednisone could definitely cause a flare-up and thus throwing up. You should never simply stop administering (or taking) prednisone, because your body "forgets" how to handle inflammation when it's on prednisone, and you can have a flare-up when you abruptly...

I think when people say "tube feeding" above they mean syringe feeding. Tube feeding is, well, involved, in cats because their nasal passages are too narrow for a nasogastric tube as is used in humans. It generally involves surgical insertion of a tube at the throat of the cat that goes down...

Your veterinarian also has access to an appetite stimulant for cats. Whether that is appropriate for your cat depends upon a number of factors (the most commonly used one is a human anti-depressant and has a *very* tiny dose that must be given no more often than 48 hours apart), but it basically...

For those of us less handy, use a nanny cam to watch for the kitten or cat in the trap. That way you can pull the string from a *long* ways away and from outside the line of sight of the trap. I'm in the security business so I use a security camera (accessed via an app on my phone) instead, in a...

You will not get a feral to use a covered litter box -- a covered litter box doesn't let them look around to see if a predator is coming during what is a very vulnerable time for them. Take the cover off. And don't bother putting dirt in there, just put normal clay cat litter, feral cats like...

I caught my first five cats using a borrowed drop trap and borrowed live traps after the cats simply refused to go into the live trap I'd bought. The live trap you see here is borrowed, my live trap is large and heavy and the lady who helps me by carrying the cats to the vet during the daytime...

The little calico kitten is the last un-TNR'ed cat in the neighborhood. Caught the last full grown female yesterday, she's in my garage sleeping off the anesthesia from her spay surgery right now. Someone suggested that I post this as a good example of how to trap using a drop trap, and how to...

And in case you're wondering scale. Note that Oreo (the tuxedo cat) is a Big Boi and was TNR'ed approximately a year ago so is not directly related to CK (Calico Kitten). Cats are aloof solitary animals my a**....

And it doesn't stop. Another kitten showed up yesterday. SIGH. I suspect this is the surviving kitten of the calico girl that I TNR'ed last week. She looks old enough to be TNR'ed herself.

And both Sandy and Elsa have been accepted by a no-kill shelter! I was worried about ELsa, but after three days of intense socialization work she was fine. She wasn't a love bug like Sandy (who of course was no problem like all), but she let them handle her and pet her without any drama. My...