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[RetroCat]

RetroCat an ACRE sounds like a plantation to me!!!! In the Country and a neighbor who loves cats- Wow,huge bonus!!! Great job with the kittens and I'm sure you'll be able to get the elusive ones the lady hasnt gotten to- that's a must do

That`s good to hear RetroCat



Badge awarded

Thanks Kwik! That’s definitely the plan…catch the few that haven’t been TNR’d yet, and get them fixed.

Thanks so much for the badge Norachan! I love the ferals, and will do my best for them.

 

[Krienze]

I had no idea this was here. I'm kind of excited to share my story (it's okay if I don't get awarded the badge!) and reading all of your stories has been AMAZING!

From the time I was little, I feel like we have always taken care of ferals. First stray we rescued was my cat, Sassy, who was being tormented by the neighborhood kids. My grandma marched over, snatched him from them and that was that! We ended up keeping him. (...I'd just watched homeward bound and wanted to name him Sassy, haha)

The first situation other than that, that I can remember were the voids at our house in NY. A momma cat who we called Luna had about six kittens. When we noticed she wasn't feeding one and took him in. He turned out to be sick, but we gave him a good life for as long as we had him! We made sure momma and her other kittens were well fed and as time went on and they started to trust us more, we managed to rescue about three of the other kittens to find them homes after getting them spayed/fixed. Sadly one would always evade us... and he ended up getting hit by a car. It was devastating for me. I remember standing in the street and making people go around him while I sat with him and pet him until he passed; I was a kid and home alone at the time. I wish I could have done more.

I think that's what really made me want to help ferals though, we called him Eddie.

After that we've just always made sure to take care of ferals, taking them in for being spayed and neutered when we could. Admittedly this also applied to dogs too though. We found Lola, one of our dogs, terrifyingly skinny. Brought her to the vet for vaginal prolapse, turned out she had heart worms too. We spent thousands to take care of her with the intention of finding her a good home once she was better... but we fell in love with her and kept her.

In that area, we had many stays. One of which who was pregnant. We took care of her during her pregnancy, special foods, vet visits, etc. She ended up running to our door when she went into labor and long story short, that's how we ended up with Sammy (the dude in my profile pic!) We had probably about ten cats in that area that we took care of, though we tried to TnR only two ever let us catch them =(

When we moved to where we are now, we sadly don't have as many - but there are a few that we take care of via food. One we've managed to catch and fix. The others are to slippery and mostly come around to eat at the side of our house since it's more quiet. (fair, yanno?)

Charlie was a little hurricane Ida feral at 3 weeks old. My step dads job had a bunch of kittens born in the storm. He took Charlie home for us, but we're constantly sending him with bags of food for the other cats still in the warehouse! The workers there love having them around so at least they have shelter.

I won't bore you guys with the details of all the cats we take care of through just feeding them and what not, I was just kind of tickled to be able to write out some of our experiences!

We love ferals. <3

 

[Ylang Ylang]

I'm a one-person operation and help cats who find me or our property. It is now mostly centered around TNR and adoption only where appropriate. Our first was a feisty 6wo tortie kitten strutting across a busy county road in 2006. Most cats in need are young adults and more feral than not. Some visit during the day; one tom comes only at night and won't let me come closer than 12 feet, and that only once. He will communicate with me through the window. I watch them for health, food, and shelter needs around the year. Cats that can be happy indoors are adopted into the household and don't go out again. Assessing what's best is a long process and requires patience and understanding of feral, stray, and rescue cats. I take webinars with community cats to improve my help for them. Unfortunately, some neighbors still won't fix their in-out cats. I have a small alliance with some neighbors that get it.

 

[Norachan]

That`s great Ylang Ylang Thank you for all you do for these cats.

Badge awarded

 

[Norachan]

We love ferals

Sorry I missed your post Krienze !

Badge awarded for you too.

 

[Krienze]

Badge awarded for you too.

Oh, thank you very much!!!