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I have to say that I did a fantastic job searching for and finding the best husband. In each endeavor I've taken on he is always extremely supportive of whatever it is I'm doing. Lately, I've taken up caring for some strays in my neighborhood. We met three of them last spring...two Toms and a really small spayed female. He built me a couple of outdoor wooden shelters for the Toms last winter. They, gratefully, used them every night. The female we let come indoors because she behaved herself, short of having some quirky cattitudes, mostly directed at other cats. Now, she won't return outside with the exception of short hunting excursions.
Then, last winter a newly pregnant female started hanging out to be fed. I tried to bring her indoors to have her kittens but she was not having it, preferring to hole up underneath a neighbors house up in the floor insulation. When the kittens were five weeks old, a male and a female, she introduced them to me for feeding. I went down there three times a day to feed and try to begin handling the kittens. I had some success with that approach but at six and 1/2 weeks it was apparent that I needed them closer to me. The male kitten was a big, scared, momma's boy. You can tell by observation that he is her favorite. So we relinquished our guest room to the mother and babes. They are nine weeks old now.
I have a nineteen year old senior resident that keeps to herself in the master bedroom, mother and kittens in the guest bedroom, a cat that doesn't like other cats hangs out in the living room and just the other day, I found another spayed female whom I am currently searching for her owner.
My husband decided we need a serious outdoor cat palace. He's out digging post holes as I write. Anyway, I would like any and all ideas for this place since he says I can put anything I want in it. I'm thinking six individual cat bedrooms and a maternity suite. The overall enclosure will be 5' X 16' X 8' high. What shall I put in it?
Toms have been neutered and everyone else has vaccines. I'm waiting for mom's milk to dry up before the vet will spay her. I think once that is done everyone, with the exception of quirky cat, will play nicely together. Our home backs up to a beautiful wooded area that is a protected wildlife sanctuary. This is probably why people are dumping their cats here.
Then, last winter a newly pregnant female started hanging out to be fed. I tried to bring her indoors to have her kittens but she was not having it, preferring to hole up underneath a neighbors house up in the floor insulation. When the kittens were five weeks old, a male and a female, she introduced them to me for feeding. I went down there three times a day to feed and try to begin handling the kittens. I had some success with that approach but at six and 1/2 weeks it was apparent that I needed them closer to me. The male kitten was a big, scared, momma's boy. You can tell by observation that he is her favorite. So we relinquished our guest room to the mother and babes. They are nine weeks old now.
I have a nineteen year old senior resident that keeps to herself in the master bedroom, mother and kittens in the guest bedroom, a cat that doesn't like other cats hangs out in the living room and just the other day, I found another spayed female whom I am currently searching for her owner.
My husband decided we need a serious outdoor cat palace. He's out digging post holes as I write. Anyway, I would like any and all ideas for this place since he says I can put anything I want in it. I'm thinking six individual cat bedrooms and a maternity suite. The overall enclosure will be 5' X 16' X 8' high. What shall I put in it?
Toms have been neutered and everyone else has vaccines. I'm waiting for mom's milk to dry up before the vet will spay her. I think once that is done everyone, with the exception of quirky cat, will play nicely together. Our home backs up to a beautiful wooded area that is a protected wildlife sanctuary. This is probably why people are dumping their cats here.
