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Good morning.. New here... living alone in an isolated dwelling on a small offshore island , West Mayo to be exact . With five cats, all rescues. All neutered of course, aged about 2 years to 15 years . Punch drunk with lack of sleep as we have had a Force 8 gale raging all night with loud...

Good afternoon from a small Irish island.. Seeking opinions etc on a situation with my cats. Although I have kept, bred and rescued cats for around 40 years this is a new thing to me. Around a year ago when my dog and one of my oldest cats died, I took in three young rescues. 2 girls, one boy...

Seething quietly Maybe not the right forum as he is neither a stray nor a feral but... I put his story when I first joined; a stinky aggressive tom who used to live here, owned by a man a mile away . Aggressive to my cats, noisy, etc etc etrc, Medusa glares. He had been quiet lately then...

After days and nights of gales and deluges, confined to home, a calm, clear morning of utter golden silence... So out I ventured, before 8 am, leaving the door open so that should they want,, usually now 3 or 4 of the cats follow me.. ALL FIVE! a scatter of cats along the lane that runs...

Looking at my cats! FIVE beauties. Two, the oldest , were surrendered pets. But these new ones! Street cats the lady said. And three beauties. The fluffy one was terrified of doors and of me when I was standing. One day she took an hour to brave the door. Now she flies in so fast,... maybe...

I took a feral in from a rescue. She had been taken there with her kittens when someone saw a farmer burying them alive. They had rehomed the kitten when they were old enough and needing a home for the mother cat. |She was friendly and allowed petting etc.. then the hormones wore off? And...

In older Irish farmhouses, the stairs were at the side of the kitchen. which was the main too, for cooking, eating etc. These two , now only one, used to spy on me all the time, hoping for extra food..

Cats have low priority in rural Ireland. People were dirt poor and they had and have no commercial value so were not cared for or neutered. I once went to a farm when my car broke down and there was a whole colony of over 20 cats sitting in the sun on a wall... Islands are the worst, they breed...

One of my new trio . Black and white and with an irritating little ...smudge... of black on his lower lip that makes you itch to wipe off.. He was very slow to accept me. I always just wait Now? He gets ahead of me if I am outside, comes in front and near, then lies on his back with his legs...

Meet my beloved dog , Scallywag , who died late last year. She was a rescue, half Jack Russell, half Bassett hound... The cat was Sum Sum, short for "something pretty" a feral who came to me at that house. He has no idea the dog is there! Tried to bring him with me when I left that house but...

Had an alert that a post was deleted as it as was off topic? Would have helped to quote the post> I am nearly 80 and we do tend to ramble a little but I did not think I had so grossly oiffended. ,, maybe this is the wrong place for me after all. Also I have 40 posts but am still kitten. scared...

My twins... at a different house,,, sadly wee lass on the left died 3 months ago and took my heart with her

Good afternoon, from a tiny remote offshore Irish island. Good to find you all.. I live alone and am in my late 70s...well, perforce am hostess to severe M.E . Love the peace and privacy here! The great ocean is literally a small field away behind my small home. Gets very stormy out here...