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  1. Kristin_Happy Texan

    Our Toy Aussie

    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. Ho-Hum, Its Spring! - YouTube
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    Coughing Feral I can't trap again

    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...
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    Fawn on Doorstep

    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...
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    Trauma after trap/Spay

    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...
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    Food after spay

    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...
  6. Kristin_Happy Texan

    Our Toy Aussie

    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...
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    Identifying Spayed or Neutered Ferals

    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...
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    Ferals - Hygiene/Cleanliness while trapped for hours

    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...
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    Needs spay, but fear she's pregnant

    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...
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    Protocol for after a Feral's spay?

    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...
  11. Kristin_Happy Texan

    Feral Mom moving her kittens/BAD Timing

    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...
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