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I haven't been here in quite a while. Life has been crazy, but the colony has been doing well. A few new additions (mostly fixed). Working on getting Little Momma and her two babies fixed. However one kitty, Scutch (trust me, he earned the name), has become a true pet. He barely goes out...

So, this group has been together for 2 years. That's when Tiger showed up, the rest have been here almost 3 years now. Yesterday, something rather unusual happened. A black kitten showed up. Maybe 5-6 months old. All the kitties took up guard posts, like Judy and the neighbor's cats did for...

I posted a few days ago that we made a "tent" over the girls' spot in the garage. A few things, the garage is separate from the house, in a fenced in back yard. The girls have one corner with a big blanket, 3 beds, and a cat tree. Dry food, water and a litter box (unsurprisingly unused)...

Well, I'm happy despite my achy bones, because the girls are warm and toasty. My hubby made a "tent" in the garage that's heated to 50-60 degrees, while its about 5 outside (-15 wind chills, and boy does that wind hurt!). They are being incredibly sweet, they really trust us, and show gratitude...

Tiger has only gotten worse since being fixed. He's extraordinarily aggressive now. He's attacking absolutely everyone. (And marking more) Especially people's pets. I have a friend near upstate new york who agreed to have a shelter and feed him. There's no other ferals she knows of, no outdoor...

So, there's a comfortable routine now. The two black sisters have a safe, quiet, warm garage (With warm pet beds we wash regularly). Tiger uses both straw filled shelters. And Judy, the much beloved neighborhood kitty, has taken to sleeping inside our house at night for many hours. Usually at...

I've had great success in further socializing Kira, but our dynamic has changed entirely. The first change, almost a month ago, we got new storm doors, and the one in back is now all glass and the kitties can see right inside. They were nervous for a few days, but now love watching us. A week...

Alright, FOCAS gave me the voucher for Tiger, but their vet is doing their yearly super cleaning, so they won't be able to make the appointment till Monday, which means I have between 1 and two weeks to prep for Tiger being brought in. (Everything will be nice and extra sterile for him, on the...

This morning was a riot of activity. I kept thinking for the last week, I was hearing the momma cat and her kittens outside. Early this morning the cries sounded too desperate. I went looking to find the source. To my complete horror, I saw familiar eyes behind a grate on the side of the...

Well, a lot has changed in the last month. I've been spending a lot of time with just one feral these days. Luna, Kira's sister, barely comes by anymore. Her human got hurt severely, and won't be home for several months. Luna's been going somewhere else (I think a few houses down), but she's...

I'm sorry I haven't been on since winter. Thank you all again for the advice on sheltering Kira through the storm. I ended up breaking an ankle on the last ice storm (cause it was sleet, not snow), but managed to still care for the kitties. They got used to the crutches right before I stopped...

Since I'm here now, and so many of you have a lot of experience with feral colonies. And I noticed some behaviors in this colony that I'd never quite seen before. Now, the colony had originally found a home in an abandoned house on the corner that no one had lived in for nearly 15 years (kids...

Okay, if you don't want the back story please jump to the bottom for my questions. I grew up in a house with an open door policy for cats. Strays or ferals came, we had a few shelters outside. We did TNR before it was a thing. (It certainly was a lot more of a hassle, getting licenses and shots...