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

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.

Kitten Season

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

I am told it is now summer. if so y am i still cold and wanting to turn on the heater.
Customers have been coming in and saying how hot it is and i am still cold.
I wear thermals and long sleeves at work and i shiver.


I am not as fatiqued as usual, but i think that is from taking the olive leaf extract, i am also more alert and other than the ulcer i do not feel sick even though i seem to be losing weight. no i am no longer doing the suddenly slimmer body wraps they may have helped with the migrains but i would feel bloated after.
I just measured my underbust and i have dropped 2 inches from my ribs which helps explain why my bra straps are sliding and the wires are poking out so i go from 34HH/J to what? 32 K?


I want to cry my ribs hurt, my back hurt, my ulcer is awake, work sucks and now i need to buy new bras that i can't afford.

Poppy

coming up to the 1 year mark of Patrick's disappearance, still sad i miss him and will always wonder what happened.

I did have a scare this past month and more. I got home from work and heard something under my bed. thinking "Ok someone is asleep in the storage box,"

after a few minutes i felt fur touching my ankle and thought 'wow Dash is getting braver he is finally touching me, ' then i get a better look and no it was not Dash but a stranger cat.

She is a very pretty Maine Coon mix kitty and NO i cannot keep her totally not fair. she does not like the resident kitties and they are not crazy about the 'growler' I have been calling her Poppy since she just popped up. putting a note on her did not work since she stayed hidden in my house. Finally i put a note up at the shelter and have been waiting for a call. worrying that she might be pregnant and not just fat.

today i got home from work and there was a message on the phone. it seems Pumpkin slipped out from her foster family and has been missing. No i do not want her!!! she is sweet but i have my paws full already.

Robbert E Leroy day

My Robber peacefully asleep in his mosquito net tent, He can be almost invisible when there. I will hunt and go crazy trying to find him. finally see a ripple of movement in the net and there he is blissfully dreaming. My Robert E Leroy may look like a MC cat but he is not, at barely 7lbs this spunky little punk of a cat has the look and the attitude but none of the characteristics of a coonie.

this my little Rockstar is a gem of a kitty, he is social to other cats loves to invite his groupies over and have me feed them. he has quite the cadre now. Dash and Oliver are his main Buds and they pick on the girls usually Gabrielli but sometimes Moira, they know better than to mess with Isolde, Lu and Lakota would take 'em down.

He started off as a foundling in Modesto and i got him by accident he was a replacement kitty for my Sebastien who ended up with FIP his sister Lusitania is the only survivor of that litter.

I guess i was meant to have Robber instead, my only request to the group that had adopted out 'Bastien was 'i want a red boy', Robbie is my only red boy and i love the little flying squirrel that he turned out to be. it has taken him a few years but now he will sleep near my cheek and beg for scratches. he is terrified of men and being taken anywhere. He is a great help in bringing out scared kitties that come here. he was the one who got Dash to venture out of the back room and finally trust me enough to take care of his feet. that is a story for another day.

vacation

today is the first day of my vacation.

i have an entire week to do with as i please.

i can knit,

i can go to the beach,

i can play with the colony.

i can even get serious about my photography