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    Socializing Feral kitten, approx. 4 months old

    I had to let the feral kitten that was not taming out to go back with the mom and her new litter. She was ten months old. I have had her seven months. I spent an hour every day with the four and she just was not coming around. She has been getting very aggressive. And I am wanting to let them...
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    New Drop Trap

    I know that small "have a heart" trap and I have it. I also have two the city gave me that are not spring traps like the "have a heart" traps. They can be rigged up also t be used with a stick and string for manuel operation.The only problem with the city traps is they are not much larger than...
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    New Drop Trap

    ​It's rained here all week. I plan to try and trap the other four kittens Wednesday and Thursday. The Mama Cat still has not moved them yet to my house. I sure wish she would. I tried not putting out food that she could carry to them Saturday night, hoping she would bring them over. It did not...
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    New Drop Trap

    Amazing thing happened. Some friends came over that are experienced with feral cats, they said baby is the wildest cat they ever saw so young. Soon after they left I got out my lazer pointer. They baby started playing with it and then the toys I had in the crate. I reached in and it let me pet...
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    New Drop Trap

    New baby in the house ..three days without much sleep.All that crying. Finally today it began to settle down some. I've got the kitten in a crate on top of dinning room table. That way it would be able to watch me. Today it was peaking out of the litter box watching me come and go as I feed the...
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    New Drop Trap

    I am not going to be able to trap there anymore. Too many people interfering. And It will be a week before I can do anything. If the mom did what she did with last litter, she will move them to by back yard under my deck and shed. I have other traps for babies. They were not the hard ones to...
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    New Drop Trap

    Up date. Got Mamma Cat. Spayed on Wednesday.Stood by drop box trap until 8pm no luck. Thursday morning I got there at 6:15am just in time to see baby's  going to hide. Thursday evening found out there are 5 babies. Got four on trap before they got spooked I ended up catching one. Friday morning...
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    Comment by 'nightowl007' in article 'Cat Genetics Interview With Professor Leslie Lyons - Part 1'

    Anyone have an idea why a long haired tuxedo and a short haired tuxedo have Siamese kittens?
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    New Drop Trap

    Thanks...All set to trap Mamma Cat this morning. Then the babies. I read somewhere last night where someone used a lazer pointer light to guide babies to trap. I hope I get them all this morning.( A friend needs my drop trap to catch an injured cat in one of the colonies she feeds.)If not they...
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    New Drop Trap

    Bad news..Momma Cat moved babies. Not too far from where they were, but now under a storage shed low to the ground. She was taking food over to them today. I could see three. Two Siamese and one tuxedo.I just can't believe how big they are already! Momma cat and Daddy cat are both tuxedo's. They...
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    A feral kittens aha moment

    ​I have a cat nursery in one room of my house.With just about everything a kitten could want. At the back of the room in each corner is a book case. From book case to book case is a twelve foot board covered with carpet in front of a large window. The four feral kittens I trapped last October...
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    New Drop Trap

    Last Summer after my city finally decided to sponsor TNR. After speaking with the local Code Enforcement  officer .I registered the about 12 feral cats that frequent my house for food as a "colony ". Even though it really wasn't a topical colony. Code Enforcement said this would be pro active...
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    Clumping vs. non-clumping litter

    Honeywell Pet Clean Air Air Purifier Model # HHT-013-HD
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    Clumping vs. non-clumping litter

    I did notice when it's time to change Dr. Elsey's litter is getting old urine runs to bottom and gets sticky, I also noticed the litter seems to get darker.  I added fresh litter ever other day. A layer across the top seems to freshen the box up. Then I did not add any the week I was going to...
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    Clumping vs. non-clumping litter

    MUST READ >>>>I used plain clay litter for years. I only had two cats and one was allergic to scented litter. Now I have six cats. I recently found Dr. Elsey's  precious ultra clumping non-scented  cat litter. I love it. 40lb bag  $ 11.99. now at Chewy.com orders over $49.00 shipped to your door...
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