Yesterday while i was at work i mentioned to my co-worker that i might soon be getting an Angora bunny, she looked at me and said she wished she had known i was looking for one as someone she knew just took all 300 bunnies she had and handed them over to a reptile shop as food.
This woman is a 4H leader and wanted new rabbits, so instead of looking for homes for her current rabbits she had them destroyed one of the rabbits was a grand champion. I have been crying since, i never met the rabbit but i am just sickened at the thought of what happened.
I know snakes need to eat too, I am aware that a lot of rabbits end up on someones plate. the coldness of it all not even trying to find a home with any of her 4H'rs.
I am trying to let this go but it keeps staying with me, i now want an Angora badly just to cuddle with and protect, hopefully i will get one in the next couple of weeks. i am looking at two that i have been talking with a breeder about one is a red satin buck the other is a black English doe. i really want to meet them before i get them so i will see what is brought to the show in October.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
contemplation
As i sit here knitting and reading Ravelry, i am thinking.
i watch the cats walking past the window to the 'drinking bowl' water garden and wonder how their lives would be if i had not adopted them or had not let them move in.
Right now Lusitania could be the pampered princess of someone else. She could be a strictly indoor only angel with all her needs met. instead she has her garden and i try to keep her treats on hand. My little rock star Robber would probably ended up as a barn cat since he was afraid of every thing.
Dash and Oliver would still be in that parking-lot and most likely dead by now, Buttercup would be total feral instead of playing with the crew.
Gabrielli and Lakota would be unwed momma cats if they still lived Gabrielli would probably not have survived kitten hood. and my darling Mikael who was so sick as a kitten.
right now with the economy as poor as it is my plans are behind the timeline for moving them all north to what my Mother refers to as the prairie it is 20 acres of land where we plan on building a house with enclosures to keep the cats safe from the coyotes that already live there. I want to start my Bible garden in something more than bonsai and i do have a start on the rosary garden with OGR roses i even have a St. John's rose.
on Ravelry i saw a post for this, http://www.fiberfarm.com/2009/09/a-mighty-big-giveaway
and i wish i could enter but i am not in a space right now to care for them as they deserve. Now if i was already up north on the prairie i would soo enter the contest. then i could look into getting an angora bunny or 3 and start fiber farming to help supplement taking care of the kitty sanctuary.
Good luck to who ever wins they are super cute
i watch the cats walking past the window to the 'drinking bowl' water garden and wonder how their lives would be if i had not adopted them or had not let them move in.
Right now Lusitania could be the pampered princess of someone else. She could be a strictly indoor only angel with all her needs met. instead she has her garden and i try to keep her treats on hand. My little rock star Robber would probably ended up as a barn cat since he was afraid of every thing.
Dash and Oliver would still be in that parking-lot and most likely dead by now, Buttercup would be total feral instead of playing with the crew.
Gabrielli and Lakota would be unwed momma cats if they still lived Gabrielli would probably not have survived kitten hood. and my darling Mikael who was so sick as a kitten.
right now with the economy as poor as it is my plans are behind the timeline for moving them all north to what my Mother refers to as the prairie it is 20 acres of land where we plan on building a house with enclosures to keep the cats safe from the coyotes that already live there. I want to start my Bible garden in something more than bonsai and i do have a start on the rosary garden with OGR roses i even have a St. John's rose.
on Ravelry i saw a post for this, http://www.fiberfarm.com/2009/09/a-mighty-big-giveaway
and i wish i could enter but i am not in a space right now to care for them as they deserve. Now if i was already up north on the prairie i would soo enter the contest. then i could look into getting an angora bunny or 3 and start fiber farming to help supplement taking care of the kitty sanctuary.
Good luck to who ever wins they are super cute
Sunday, August 30, 2009
New Momma
The other day i finally got a decent picture of the female that is coming around for food.
Tortie of Lynx point Siamese. Tiny, pregnant, brave she hisses at mikael when he went to close while she was eating. She also watches while we play with the Da Bird.
the little wench is also trap savvey. she avoids all food in the traps.
Friday, August 14, 2009
last night when i got home from work i was greeted by some of the regulars
Bettie of the injured leg - she is allowing me to pick her up again now that she knows i have bought RC Baby Cat, i am so glad that she is still with me and not dead as i was told, i do not know happened to her , but she was hurt and has lost weight.
Belly, i wonder when she is going to start bringing around her babies.
Rue -who is refusing to be caught.
and some of the house meows so before i got to far they were fed.
Later when i went to pick up the dishes i saw i pale shadow. so it seems that the kitties are coming back
from wherever they had been scared to because of the road work and the dogs. i went out checked the dishes picked up the empties and refilled one dish and got my glasses for a better look. Yep small pale cat of the Siamese persuasion with a very low slung belly could this be in truth Myst's mommy?
i guess i need to feed in the traps again.
Bettie of the injured leg - she is allowing me to pick her up again now that she knows i have bought RC Baby Cat, i am so glad that she is still with me and not dead as i was told, i do not know happened to her , but she was hurt and has lost weight.
Belly, i wonder when she is going to start bringing around her babies.
Rue -who is refusing to be caught.
and some of the house meows so before i got to far they were fed.
Later when i went to pick up the dishes i saw i pale shadow. so it seems that the kitties are coming back
from wherever they had been scared to because of the road work and the dogs. i went out checked the dishes picked up the empties and refilled one dish and got my glasses for a better look. Yep small pale cat of the Siamese persuasion with a very low slung belly could this be in truth Myst's mommy?
i guess i need to feed in the traps again.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
FERAL KITTTEN
Finally, i have caught the little Siamese kitten that has been running around.
3 weeks ago i became aware of a little white kitten, i had been told that there were 2 of them but i have only seen one, so i can only believe that the sibling died as well as the mother. i really hate the colony that is not that far from my house i thought that it was under control, that i had all the Queens spayed and i could relax! no some more were dumped and then the car lot closed and that colony has moved into this area. also their is an intact male Siamese being allowed to wander.
So tonight was kinda funny. after all this time of stalking the kitten, setting traps that have been tripped by the wrong cat, i have the kitten in a squirrel trap sitting over a litter box. and my crew let me know that i had trapped something. Mikael came in which is very unusual and Dash kept pulling on the door i had thought he wanted in but he kept going to the middle of the patio so i finally came out and heard the howl.
It was such a horrible sound i was not sure what was in the trap. it almost sounded like a dog that had been debarked. then i lifted the towel and saw this opossum white/grey wiry fur and thought great a rat. but no it was the kitten and i am sooo 'not' looking forward to socialising it at the moment. so in the morning i will build its cage and get it out of the trap maybe discover the gender and get some pictures to post
Wish me luck
3 weeks ago i became aware of a little white kitten, i had been told that there were 2 of them but i have only seen one, so i can only believe that the sibling died as well as the mother. i really hate the colony that is not that far from my house i thought that it was under control, that i had all the Queens spayed and i could relax! no some more were dumped and then the car lot closed and that colony has moved into this area. also their is an intact male Siamese being allowed to wander.
So tonight was kinda funny. after all this time of stalking the kitten, setting traps that have been tripped by the wrong cat, i have the kitten in a squirrel trap sitting over a litter box. and my crew let me know that i had trapped something. Mikael came in which is very unusual and Dash kept pulling on the door i had thought he wanted in but he kept going to the middle of the patio so i finally came out and heard the howl.
It was such a horrible sound i was not sure what was in the trap. it almost sounded like a dog that had been debarked. then i lifted the towel and saw this opossum white/grey wiry fur and thought great a rat. but no it was the kitten and i am sooo 'not' looking forward to socialising it at the moment. so in the morning i will build its cage and get it out of the trap maybe discover the gender and get some pictures to post
Wish me luck
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Goodbye my Bettie
Today i have found out that my first feral TNR kitty was hit by a car.
Back Seat Bettie, Mother of all my problems is no longer with us, she was struck by a car traveling to fast.
She is survived by Gabrielli, Lakota, and Moira.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Kitten Season
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We are well into kitten season, and i so need to get a new trap maybe more than one.
On tuesday i was trying to fix my trap. mine is old and does not always work--- so i am working on it and see my Rue (red tom) wandering around since i have been trying to catch him for over a year i set the trap baited with Ahi. Did i catch him ..... no! he walzed past and ignored the steak. being stupid i did not take down the trap and went to play with Robber 15 minutes into Da bird play i heard the cage snap.
Inside the cage was not Rue but instead one of the feral females i wanted to catch for a spay day that was already gone. I had baited the trap 3 times and she had danced in and out not tripping the trap. Lil miz Belly no longer had her belly and her nipples were distended so she has babies out there somewhere. i have a choice release her and never catch her again or try to get her in for an emergency spay and hopefully find her litter. Thank you, God. that Martin was able to help and there was a vet currently doing spays at the shelter. with warning that the vet was on a short clock and might not be able to get her in. when i got her back i waited then offered her kitten milk and tinned food. she was freed this morning after i gave her breakfat in the trap and she took off like a shot straight for the neighbors yard and hopefully her babies.
also this morning i scared a tiny seal point siamese kitten hiding by my garbage can. it is about 4 weeks old and looked to be fluffy. So i bleached out the trap and it is waiting not set. i want them to be comfortable eating in it to make it easier to trap them. i do not want them to be raised feral, i also want to catch Mini Fig who is about 9 mos now and Miz Bellys sibling.
So Let the Games Begin
On tuesday i was trying to fix my trap. mine is old and does not always work--- so i am working on it and see my Rue (red tom) wandering around since i have been trying to catch him for over a year i set the trap baited with Ahi. Did i catch him ..... no! he walzed past and ignored the steak. being stupid i did not take down the trap and went to play with Robber 15 minutes into Da bird play i heard the cage snap.
Inside the cage was not Rue but instead one of the feral females i wanted to catch for a spay day that was already gone. I had baited the trap 3 times and she had danced in and out not tripping the trap. Lil miz Belly no longer had her belly and her nipples were distended so she has babies out there somewhere. i have a choice release her and never catch her again or try to get her in for an emergency spay and hopefully find her litter. Thank you, God. that Martin was able to help and there was a vet currently doing spays at the shelter. with warning that the vet was on a short clock and might not be able to get her in. when i got her back i waited then offered her kitten milk and tinned food. she was freed this morning after i gave her breakfat in the trap and she took off like a shot straight for the neighbors yard and hopefully her babies.
also this morning i scared a tiny seal point siamese kitten hiding by my garbage can. it is about 4 weeks old and looked to be fluffy. So i bleached out the trap and it is waiting not set. i want them to be comfortable eating in it to make it easier to trap them. i do not want them to be raised feral, i also want to catch Mini Fig who is about 9 mos now and Miz Bellys sibling.
So Let the Games Begin
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