Some of you may know from reading pass posts that I feed the feral cats in the apt. complex. For the last year I have been busy with a litter of 7 plus their mother.
The Kittens are no longer kittens but have grown into full grown cats. Michelle, a friend of mine that works with the Feral Cat society has been successful in trapping and Spaying/Neutering six of them. They are then released back to the property.
I have given them all names, They are Hoss, Little Joe, Hop-Sing,Little boy, Marshmallow, Tooter and Maggie. The mothers name is Moana. I had been hoping that "Moana" would get trapped and fixed But no such luck., she had another litter About three weeks ago. I was able to sneak a peek at them, there are Three and it is to early to tell what Gender they are so for now their names are Will, Mike and Collin Feral (Get it?) I will post more info as it becomes available. Hopefully We can trap Moana and get her fixed and Put the kittens up for adoption before they become truly Feral. If you get them early enough then you can find them good homes but after a certain point it is nearly impossible to get them to trust humans. It has taken me over a year to get Little boy and Marshmallow to eat at my feet. The others wait till I have left the immediate area. Actually Little Boy let me touch him once briefly.
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I love the images your story brings to mind. Will, Collin and Mike Feral indeed! That's very clever. It sounds like a lot of fun to be master of the feral cats. More power to you!
Keath
It's really more like they are my masters, I can't forget to feed them or they come looking for me. Even when I had 103* fever I still went out with the food. And as for fun? I don't know that I would call it "Fun" I will say that it is fulfilling knowing that these animals depend on me and that I am doing a good thing. But at the same time I spend an lot of time worrying about them. At night I can hear cat fights and I wonder which one is getting hurt. The "7" bros. and sisters, I'll call them the "Magnficent Seven" Don't fight among themselves much but there are a few mean Siemese males in the neighborhood that harrass them.
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