I Got My Feral In The House Today!

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I built a two story catcatraz for the basement with cat door window and a three story in the garage with cat door for mortie and besties . Even an occasional opossum stops by when it’s cold.

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That is amazing!!! I love opossums!! When I had my outside feral boys, we had opossums too. One year a opossum kept stealing tea towels that I had covering a heat pad in one of the houses. I caught it on camera. It was so funny. They are much nicer than raccoons!! Just love your set up!
 
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My sweet boy is in Heaven playing ball with all our cats
We are truly missing him, His bonded mate Sammy misses him, thank you all for caring for me and my cats
This is the hard part.
He was a very special cat, I was very close to him, he is the only Feral that let me hold him and brush him and he
loved affection. Sammy is starting to love affection but not able to hold him (yet)
Sweet Blacky you were such a good kitty. I'm pretty sure he took care of Sammy when they lived on the streets.
Blacky was the Alpha Male on the streets, at home too!
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You gave Blacky the best life! Just look at him in those pictures. He is so happy. He had the best place to live and enjoy his life safe from harm. Rest in Peace Blacky. Look down and take care of your Mom!
 
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we are currently in the process of catifying a room that goes out to our large catio
I will post pics soon, I'm sad that Blacky won't be here for the finished project.
The project was placed on hold to take care of Blacky.
But I know he is without pain and having fun anyway!
 
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I work in Printing and we are currently Printing Door Hangers for the Humane society
They are going to put them on doors in the communities to notify that they are going to TNR!!
I always wondered why they didn't get involved, also they are asking for help from people
to let them know if they know of any untipped cats and to help if they can.
I always thought this is a community project and not just the one person who has the heart to do it.
I'm so excited about this.

I will post those pics! :D
 
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The Humane Society wasn’t always the best place here in San Diego. They have grown and I am so happy that they’re getting involved with this.
 
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I'm finally able to post pictures of The Cat Room, I'm still missing Blacky, things are so different without him.
Sammy is living in the Cat Room, Life is a bit easier for me with him not having to go in the garage at night.
I still have to take him to the garage before coming into the house, Cats and their routines.
Oh my goodness, I am finally able to brush Walli! and Sammy is starting to play!
I was playing with Sammy one day with the wand toy and I touched Walli's back with it and she liked it!
So I started scrubbing her back with it oh my goodness! She had a huge hair Matt and she is very Feral
I did not want to take her to the vet but I was prepared to try and trap her. The next day I taped a brush to
a long wooden dowel and started brushing her every day! It took me 3 weeks to work on that Matt and finally got it
all of it off the other day. it was so large. I did not notice with everything going on with Blacky and my personal life.
It seems she is getting closer to me, still can't pet her yet and maybe never will but I'm so glad I didn't have to take her to
the vet, she would of been so stressed it would of taken her into a urinary stress problem.
Sammy is starting to become a Momma's boy. Joey is still separated but is able to hang by their door without the view being blocked.
I still have hope for him, but I don't trust him.
life has been so hectic, but getting thorough ok!
oh my goodness I'm finally posting the pics of the cat room!
The hole in the window is the Exit to the Catio
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Thank you for posting an update!! I so love the cat room.
How awesome for Walli!!! It just goes to show that it's never too late. With one of my former feral boys I too taped a brush to a dowel rod. After doing that for awhile ( and when his back end was facing me so he couldn't see) I replaced the brush with my hand. It took a few weeks, but soon he enjoyed touch so much.
 
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