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Yes fingers crossed Miss Felix will ace her exam.
Mommyof2 i have completely given up on having a decorated Xmas tree other than with lights. Waaayyy too much interest in my house if I dare to place an ornament or two
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My girls left it alone last year. Going to be interesting this year especially with Nugget now in the picture
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Novel therapy for Chemo-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy just discovered!
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YesIamaDragon that is purrfect!
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We made it. Miss Felix was a good kitty. The vet said she is getting so old that she doesn't need to take the vaccines anymore. She has lost another pound since Feb. The doctor changed her Gabapentin to twice a day, instead of prn. Just to make her comfortable. She is 22.
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Ladies, thanks for all of your good advice about feral kitties and how to care for them!!! Unfortunately, the locals don't seem to TNR, but my daughter is in town for a couple of weeks, so I'm hoping she can help me figure out how to trap the female and get her neutered! I'll let you know how it goes--
Best wishes,
Leslie
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Petite, At 22, Ms Felix should have everything she wants on a golden platter (not to say she isn't getting that). She will be more comfortable with the extra gabapentin.
Fairchild, Good luck to you and your daughter. Our shelter loans out traps, so you might see if anyone does that.
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Can you borrow a humane trap from SPCA or similar? My DD kept hearing a cat cry in her classroom. Borrowed a trap, caught a 6 week old kitten. I’ve posted pic of her, think she climbed in some kids backpack and came to school.
I’ve seen where ppl will take an old cooler, turn upside down, cut a cat size door, line with blanket, tempt the cats with food to go in. Guess they smell it. Could also cover for extra warmth.
Maybe YouTube has ideas.
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Petite I am glad that the Vet is allowing Ms Felix to enjoy her golden years without shots. I hope the Gabapentin works wonders for her.
Saw a stray black kitty that was sooo hungry two days ago. I stopped and all I had in the car was potato chips which he ate quickly. I couldn't take him with me in the car but I am keeping an eye out for him. If I see him again I have either food to feed him or will pick him up. He was so sweet. Had a wonderful meow like a Siamese.
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Good morning, cat ladies. Speaking of stray cats, we went out for my husband's birthday and sat outside. We watched 2 young black cats and a larger tabby. The folks at the place had set up 2 self feeders and the kitties came and went. If people came by they would hide. 2 little girls were trying to pet them, but the kitties would have none of them. They looked healthy. They county has a program where they spay or neuter and release. They clip the ears of those kitties they have fixed. We were not close enough to see if their ear has a small snip.
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One of the shelter volunteers sent back a photo of the public places to leave food for stray cats. They are valued and the population puts out food regularly.
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Wrenn wouldn’t that attract rats and mice? Or do the cats catch them, keeping that population down?
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I don't know. It was a seaport, so the cats were probably pretty well fed from that population. Perhaps the people offerings were just dessert.
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Leslie,
Pages back, last winter or prior winter?, someone made an outdoor cat shelter for some ferals. It was made from something like a large rubbermaid container or maybe two of them, and was insulated, with hay bales I think? Was it Shetland who did that? I forget who. Maybe do a search of this thread. But the idea is to make an insulated warm dry spot they could all fit and to have insulation on every side including bottom.
Hopefully someone will remember
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I think it was Missouri Cat Lady (or something like that). She hasn't posted in a long time, hope she's OK.
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I just googled 'shelter for feral cats' and a number of choices came up and at least 2 utube videos.
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It wasn't me. Here is a post from January 7, 2020 about a shelter MissoriCatLady's DH built.
https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/156/topics/834322?page=181#post_5501288
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Thanks Shetland - well done!
Petite - very good news for Miss Felix.
YesIamadragon - LOVE IT!
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I remember that home for the strays. Midnight Louie thinks he is freezing and his little body is between me and the back of my chair. That is better than when he is helping me post. Miss Felix is doing pretty well with the increased pain meds. She was feeling so good last night she wanted to get in a fight with Louie. He usually backs off, but he stood up on his back legs with front claws out. He is now bigger. The last few months he has filled out and is no longer 3' long and 2" wide. Felix is shrinking. Since no one wants to go out on the lanai, I hope they just ignore each other.
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Good morning, cat ladies. All is peaceful with my fur babies this morning.
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Quick update on our COVID kittens (or shittens as we call them). Annie's prolapse looks to be fully resolved (yay) and Stevie is doing great too. Here's a super cute photo of Annie completely entranced with all our leaves (glad someone likes them). We call her Cowgirl b/c of how her fur looks, isn't she beautiful?
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If she got in those leaves you’d never find her. LOL.
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edj3, yes Cowgirl is beautiful!
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Stunning girl! Beautiful image of her looking out at the leaves. So glad all is well with her little bottom and that both are settlled and happy. I am sure they are bringing you lots of joy. Hope the older cats are getting used to the idea of the youngsters. XX
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edj3, she's a beauty! Glad their problems resolved.
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Cowgirl has such beautiful markings. I've never seen anything like it. Glad to hear that Annie is doing ok now.
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Petite so glad there is peace in the household!
Edj3 what a beautiful beautiful girl and love that shot! So happy that Annie's prolapse has resolved - those two kittens are so lucky to land in your domain
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edj3, she is beautiful and looks like she has grown.
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Oh ladies Hubs texted me on his way home from the drugstore yesterday. He said "I am not alone" Code around here for I picked up a four legged that needed help. It was the little black cat I had fed over a week ago and watched for ever since. She is now enthroned in a bedroom, we went to the vet yesterday for shots and bloodwork (all clear). We will spay her in about 3 weeks. She is young and so very very hungry. The vet told us to watch her because she is extremely constipated. She has been eating anything she could, including I think some corn someone that lived on the road was feeding their chickens with. Poor thing. Wonderful personality, very loud "Mao" vocal, and eating some dry food mixed with pumpkin as I type this. Her name is Alley Will get pics together sometime today.
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Oh, I am so glad your husband was able to bring Alley home!
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