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Doh! Left that information out of my original post... Yes! Of course he has been neutered! That's a *strict* rule in this house. He was neutered mid-October and we picked him up the end of October, so there's been two months for the hormones to flush from his system. I'm not sure how long...

A couple of months ago, we agreed to take in a 2.5yo male cat who had been abandoned. While this cat seems to like it here, we are finding that his presence has quite upset the household balance (we have 2 other adult cats). The worst of it is the spraying. The knucklehead who abandoned this...

How many farms are there in your area? Personally I had no luck whatsoever in finding barn homes for the ferals in my neighborhood (I'm in Virginia). I've decided it's an "urban legend" (or should that be a "rural legend"?) that it's possible to find such places. It might be better to try and...

For the sake of your mother-in-law and the animals, you need to report her to Social Services, Elder Care, etc. Do it NOW. Get them IN the house so that they can see the full impact of her hoarding. Yes, this is going to be very hard on you, your husband, your mother-in-law and other family...

wow, that's really fabulous! I hope they get plenty of people taking them up on that offer.

I would say you did the right thing. He knows you will let him leave when he is ready. And you're right - he's survived this long, he knows places to go where he can get out of the weather. Trust him to come back when he's ready.

Our cats are also "gravy hounds". They love the Nutro gravy but all 3 turned their noses up at the VitaGravy. Then I tried it with my ferals - they hated too and those cats eat everything I put out. I'd say save your money. If you're dying to try it, I'll send you my almost-totally full...

Katie, I think you've forgotten that 6/19 is Father's Day (which is why the feral clinic was moved to the 12th). Might be better to make it the 26th.

I wouldn't be too worried, yours are likely just keeping dry somewhere. Ferals often know of multiple safe spots and there may be other people feeding them as well.

I would take this kitten to the vet as soon as possible. The description of his movements and balance being off sounds like there may very well be something else effecting him (bacterial? viral? neurological?), of which the blindness is a part. If you have other animals, be sure to keep this...

The slight *thunk* of my skull as I bang my head gently on my desk (why, oh, why do the really ugly problems turn up at 5pm on Friday...)

I would recommend continuing to set traps. If you catch the momma first, I would not release the mother cat unless the kittens are too young to have been weaned - it may be _very_ difficult to retrap her later. You can use her as "bait" to catch the kittens and vice versa. It will likely take...

You're right, it would be best if a vet could treat him but since that's going to be difficult, see if your vet will give you some liquid antibiotic. You could slip it into some stinky/tasty canned food and he will likely not notice. I did this with one of our ferals who had a head wound; I...

Bump and a reminder to all who are interested, give Katie a shout so we can get a head count. And yes, I live about 10 min. from Dulles Airport.

The clinic Katie and I volunteer at will shave matted fur off if it's bad. We had one today that got a major crew cut - the fur on his back, belly, and sides was removed because it was just _one_big_mat_ :P It had to be terribly uncomfortable. Fortunately it is late spring, so he should be...

I read on an TAR forum that the contestants are not permitted to do anything illegal. If the cabbie had said 'no, never mind, forget the $25', then they would have been okay with running in, but if U&J had stiffed the cabbie, they would have been disqualified. I think the difference is that...

Well, Katie's trying to get this off the ground, to have a get-together for folks in the Washington Metropolitan area. I informed my husband that I told Katie we could hold it at my house So those who are interested should let Katie know so she can get a head count going. (I live near...

61 kitties at the clinic today. 2 had already been fixed/eartipped so they got vaccinated. But that means another 59 not contributing to kitten season Most were female. And, as a bonus, we finished up early enough that I might be able to get in my garden after all - woohoo!

The woman clearly has obsessive/compulsive behaviours. The one thing that kept running through my head was "If there is ever a fire, they are in serious, serious trouble." And I fear for any emergency personnel who has to go in that house to try and save them...

I once got a tshirt with a picture on it of Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) pointing a handgun and underneath were the words "Curb your dog!" I thought it was fairly tasteless and when I realized this was my Christmas present, I was quite appalled. Nice guy but I don't know why he thought I would...