Our fluffy, super-soft Toy Aussie, "Lillie Grace Pearl."
I tell her she was a unicorn in her past life. There's proof right there, via the "birthmark" on her sweet little head. 🦄
I shared her pics before, but she's growing up now! Got her coat in.
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On a game cam video from July 31st I noticed that our feral cat, Verbena, was coughing.
I figured it was a hairball, so I got her some hairball remedy paste from Tractor Supply.
Unfortunately, she REFUSES to take it. Verbena will - quite literally - jump back at the taste of it. It freaks...
I thought I'd share what surprise showed up on our doorstep - literally - back in 2017.
While it was amazing to see, it was also very stressful worrying over the Mama Deer not returning. She stayed away all day, and for a few hours seemed frantic from trying to remember where she left her kid...
Has anyone ever seen their feral cat - after being trapped/in a shelter/spay surgery/recovery - traumatized from the experience? I've noticed that our feral has been very skittish. I'm so used to her coming up to our porch begging for food, running off when I come outside to fill her food...
What do you typically feed a cat after being spayed?
The feral that (hopefully) is getting spayed today I cannot handle AT ALL. I read they have to stay in the trap 24 hours after the surgery, and to just moisten wet canned food with water and drop it into the trap. I read they can get their...
We lost the last of our 3 senior dogs a while back. (She was sort of our special needs dog. She acted more like a human newborn than a dog. I can't explain how SWEET she was. I still miss her desperately).
We vowed never to get another dog, but on July 1st we got a Toy Aussie. (Our first...
I've been looking up online ways to tell is a cat is spayed or neutered. (Chubby jowls, etc). It's difficult to tell on a game camera, but I would imagine we have some experts here that have been successfully catching ferals and strays for a long time now. Perhaps some of you can give your...
I need advice on how to make a feral cat more "comfortable" in a trap overnight and into the morning hours. (Unfortunately, I can't transport the Mama Cat or her kittens into a larger cage after trapping. They are all just too feral. I can't handle them in any way whatsoever).
I understand...
I finally - after MONTHS - captured the 5 feral baby kittens. I still haven't caught the mother.
She refuses to go into the trap. I have tried everything. I've even tried tying a string to different dog crates and capturing her that way. (Manually). Nothing has worked.
The shelter told us...
How do things work after a feral cat is spayed at a shelter? I assumed the shelter looks after her for a day, or two tops, and then we release her back outside to recover on her own. (Continuing to feed/water/have outdoor sheltering options open to her of course).
This cat will NOT accept...
What do you do when a feral cat has moved her kittens elsewhere? I was so close to capturing all 5 kittens, and then the Mom to be spayed. (We personally visited the shelter after discovering she had kittens that were already pretty old. I think they nurse just a little bit, but they are...