Last Fall I TNRed what I thought were the only cats living in the University's motor pool. I found out last week that there is a new female in the motor pool, so this morning I went over to see whether I could take her in to be spayed. Well.....this is the first time anyone there would actually talk to me. It turns out that there are about 6 cats there...two momma cats and a couple of males and a couple more that they don't know the sex.
The female I went to catch has already had a litter of kittens that are still nursing (darn!). The other female also had kittens recently, but they all died. So, Monday I am taking as many traps as I can rustle up, and we will trap as many of these cats as possible that day. It would be nice if we can get them all except the new momma in one day.
Sigh....I really thought I had the colony under control in the Fall...but since I couldn't find the person who was caring for the cats (I knew someone was feeding them, but no one would "tattle" on him) I had to do it on my own. If only I knew about this particular female in the Fall, she would never have had this new litter of kittens.
The female I went to catch has already had a litter of kittens that are still nursing (darn!). The other female also had kittens recently, but they all died. So, Monday I am taking as many traps as I can rustle up, and we will trap as many of these cats as possible that day. It would be nice if we can get them all except the new momma in one day.
Sigh....I really thought I had the colony under control in the Fall...but since I couldn't find the person who was caring for the cats (I knew someone was feeding them, but no one would "tattle" on him) I had to do it on my own. If only I knew about this particular female in the Fall, she would never have had this new litter of kittens.